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The SVVS Website currently receives
approximately 500,000
hits a year and the "HELP
PAGE" is internationally the most
visited 'page' on the site. We receive numerous e-mails from historians
and motoring enthusiasts from all over the world with the request to
identify vehicles from old photographs. We can help with identification
of Classic cars because most of us are old enough to remember them as
new, and owning Vintage or Veteran vehicles, many of us, and/or our
associates, are also specialists in own make or type of vehicle -
These Help Pages are therefore devoted to some of the interesting enquiries
received, and information that we have provided. While page is
being built, enquiries are in received order, - when completed, cars are in year order:
Page 78 below relates to enquiries received
during
2015 Click
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:  Probably
1904 Lacoste & Battmann
Very interesting photo being investigated
by our (UK) experts
who were suggesting it could be Lacoste
& Battmann based? Very
unusual rad. -- Our
Dutch contributor Ariejan Boss advised similar car was featured in The
Automobile many years ago as possibly 1903 Gladiator but eventually
agreed probably L & B. L&B made chassis/cars badged under
a number of names including some in the UK. Early cars were De
Dion based. Registration is Liverpool 1904. L&B became British in
1905.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1910
Renaut Taxi
Cinema screen grab from a French film "Les
Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec" made in
2010 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a young woman
who braves ancient Egyptian tombs to locate a mummified doctor and bring
him back to Paris and back to life to cure her dying sister. --
Nice French car in a French period film surrounded by Model T
Fords. This has an open drive cab, has the scuttle bonnet with a
hinged flap and is a cca
1910 Renaut Taxi.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1911
Ford Model T Runabout
Cinema screen grab from a French film "Les
Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec" made in
2010 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a young woman
who braves ancient Egyptian tombs to locate a mummified doctor and bring
him back to Paris and back to life to cure her dying sister. --
Rather surprising that in a French period film they would need to use an
American car. This has transverse spring, gas lights, no front doors, so
is cca1911
Model T Ford.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1911
Ford Model T
Cinema screen grab from a French film "Les
Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec" made in
2010 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a young woman
who braves ancient Egyptian tombs to locate a mummified doctor and bring
him back to Paris and back to life to cure her dying sister. --
Surprising that in a French period film they would need to use American cars.
Transverse spring, gas lights, Ford logo and rounded mudguards, so
is cca
1911 Ford Model T.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1915
Powered Toy Car
Fascinating photo taken in 1915 received
from Mike Statham, part of the Research Team at the Friends of Insole
Court, formerly Ely Court, Llandaff, near Cardiff in Wales.
. Could we identify car.
-- 'Automobile' specialist
Mike Worthington Williams advised this would be virtually impossible to
tell. East London Rubber Company, Harrods, Army & Navy, Co-op,
Brown Bros and numerous others offered such Toy
Cars,
and many were built by gifted amateurs. This
one looks professional.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1915 FIAT 18BL Military Lorry
Cinema screen grab from an Italian film "Porca
Vacca" (Holy Cow!) made in 1982 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a beautiful
woman during WW1 who engages in affairs with two men, playing them
against each other. Triangle dissolves against suicide and fascism. --
Not surprisingly the truck is of Italian manufacture and one of the two
mass produced FIATs for the War effort. This is a cca 1915 FIAT 18 BL
Heavy Military Lorry, 5.6L. Made between 1911 - 1921.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1916
Overland 86 Touring
Another request for identification of
a vehicles received from our regular contributor Joao Ferreira (Portugal)
who asked if we could help him
identify this car that belonged to a relative. "Perhaps a Cadillac
or a Studebaker of around 1916, but I'm not sure".
-- American, yes;
Cadillac or Studebaker, no. This is a
similarly big car made by the Willys-Overland Motor Company, a c1916
Overland 86 Touring. Overland had gone
bust in '06 and was purchased by one of their dealers John Willys.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1917
Model T Ford Touring
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina? --
Very popular American car probably made locally in Buenos Aires. Ford
Argentina was founded in 1913 and assembled Model Ts from 'complete
knockdown kits' made in the USA. This does not have demountable rims so
cca 1917 Model T Ford Touring.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1919
Wolseley 16'20 Landaulette
Lovely period photo sent to us by Ian Davidson
(UK)
of his uncle with his new taxi. It was taken in a village
outside Dumfries, Scotland around 1920, and is thought to be a 1915 or
1920 Wolseley 15hp Landaulette. But might it be a Model T Ford? -- Not
a Model T; no transverse spring. AA badge whith short base started
1920. Registration seems NA 6## is Manchester CBC mid 1919. Likely a
pre WW1 built, but just post WW1 registered medium size c
1919 Wolseley 16'20 Open Drive Landaulette.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1919
Model T Ford Touring
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina? --
American car, a cca
1919 Model T Ford Touring owned by an
enthusiast as the car has a non-standard polished brass radiator and,
more significantly, non-standard Hassler Shock absorbers, coiled
springs fitted to transverse spring. No bonnet?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1926
Buick Standard Six Tourer
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina? --
Another American car, and from square tie bar below the lamps, split
windscreen, two blade bumper with diamond central fixing a cca
1926 Buick Standard Six Tourer. The
chap sure looks glum enough to suggest he may be going to his own
wedding!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1926 Oakland Sport Phaeton
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina?
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Small and not very clear photo, but we are relatively sure this American
car which was made in Pontiac Michigan is a cca 1926
Oakland Sport Phaeton. ID features include
front wheel brakes and multiple wheelnuts. Bought by General
Motors 1909.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1927 Chevrolet 1
Ton Truck
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Msalaysia? --
According to our Mark Dawber this is an American lorry, a cca
1927 Chevrolet 1 ton Truck. Small
hubcaps are the clue, and the fat tyres (6.00 x 20) and longer
wheelbase make it the heavier one ton model. No front
brakes are visible, so probably 1927.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1928
Dixi DA1 3'15 Tourer
Another fascinating photograph from our
regular contributor Cicos Florin in Constanta by the Black Sea (Romania)
who is interested in old cars of Romania. Do we know what
this is? -- It
is the very first BMW! In 1927 Automobilwerk Eisenach in the
centre of Germany who made big luxury cars, purchased a licence from
the British Austin Motor Co for production of the Austin Seven. Headlamp
bar suggests this is a cca
1928 Dixi DA1. BMW bought
company 1928, and DA2 introduced 1929.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1929 Ford Model A
Phaeton
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina?
-- American car, possibly made locally in
la Boca. Ford entered the Argentinean market in 1917 with an assembly plant in
Buenos Aires. From the brightwork of the radiator shell which seems nickel,
this would be cca
1929 Ford Model A Phaeton.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1930
Citroen C4 Berline
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Romania? --
Nice to see a non-American car in this Romanian photograph. This car
looks European, has solenoid trafficator semaphore turn signals
developed by the French, has five wheel-nuts and knurled hub, and a
small sun visor, so a cca
1930 Citroen C4 Berline.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1930
Ford
Model A Touring
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina? --
Very popular American car which may have been made locally in Buenos Aires. Ford
Argentina was founded in 1913 and assembled Model Ts and later Model As
in Buenos Aires. This is a well used
cca
1930 Ford Model A Phaeton, taken in
1935.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1931
Ford Model AA Flatbed Lorry
Blurry grayscale photocopy of a photograph
received from one of our members asking if we could identify the
vehicle and also suggest the possible year of manufacture. Registered
in the UK and right hand drive. --
This is a British made truck from the new Ford factory just opened in
Dagenham near London. Registration JH 864 was Hertford CC 1931. The
vehicle is a cca
1931 Ford Model AA Flatbed Lorry,
which was being made in parallel with the Ford Model A car, both
introduced 1929.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1933
Ford Model 40 Tudor
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina? --
American car, possibly made locally in Buenos Aires. Radiator grille had
vertical bars with no horisontal dividers, bonnet had slanting louvres, no twin
horns fitted, and no
sign of the V8 badge on the rad, so is a cca
1933 Ford Model 40
Tudor Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1936
Morris Eight Two Door Saloon
Small and slightly damaged photo sent to us by
Chris-Diaen Heneke (UK)
who uncovered this photo of their house while doing some renovation
work. They are interested in trying to date it and find out more about
the owners. They thought if we could identify the car, this would
help. -- Unfortunately
no registration showing so no accurate dating of car. This is however,
a cca
1936 Morris Eight Two Door Saloon,
Series I, 998cc, which was made 1935 - 1937. 165,000 cars were
made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1949
Triumph Renown Saloon
Small and relatively blurry photo sent to us by
Terry Green (UK)
of a vehicle used for several years in the period 1950 to 1955. The
photo was taken in 1953 at Conkwell, in Wiltshire.
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Registration, when enlarged, was FMR 650, which is Wiltshire County
Council issued October 1949. The car is a 'razor edge' Triumph
Renown 1800 Saloon built 1946 to 1949
with a Mulliner body. First under 'Standard' ownership. Two Litre came
late 1949. Similar smaller
'razor edge' car was the Triumph
Mayflower.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1951
Citroen Traction Avant
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Malaysia?
-- A French car
manufactured between 1934 and 1957 during which 760,000 various versions were
made, and which were widely exported. From the radiator grille and low
windscreen wipers this one looks a cca
1951 Citroen Traction Avant Legere saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1952
Ford Consul MK1 Saloon
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Malaysia?
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Medium sized British car which was widely exported. Introduced in 1950
and made in this form until 1956 when replaced by the bigger Mk2. From
the lack of chrome this would seem to be an earlier car, being a bent
cca1952 Ford Consul Mk1 Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: c1952
Mercedes Benz 170 Limousine
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Argentina?
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A car in a motor accident at traffic lights. The car is a cca
1952 Mercedes Benz 170 Limousine. Difficult to
tell if petrol or diesel, which adds a designation letter. May have been built
locally as MB had their first overseas plant in 1951 in Buenos Aires.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unidentified
c1930sTourer
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos and who has a website devoted to this
subject at http://antique-photos.com/en/. Can we identify this car
photographed in Dahar, Egypt?
--Dahar is either
a suburb od Cairo or a town on the Red Sea. Much time
spent pondering over this one but
no responses. Photographed from the back and most identification features are
hidden so only a make expert could tell what this could be.
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