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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1905
FN 362cc Four Motorcycle
Another photo from Alex Stevenson (UK)
showing Great-Uncle Norman Spencer with an
FN, taken in Vine Court Road in Sevenoaks, close to where he
lived. --
Fabrique Nationale de Herstal was Belgian company started in 1889 to
make arms and ammunition, and 1901 to 1967 making motorcycles. FN made
the world's first four-cylinder motorcycle and was famous for the use
of shaft driveon all models. London CC reg. says this one was a
cca 1905 FN 362cc Four Motorcycle.
Closed in 1967.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1905
Photorgapher's Prop Car
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 Canada? Unusual Tintype ? --
Very indistinct and damaged photo which
does not show detail, but we are relatively sure this is a studio shot
utilising a 'photographers
prop'. This would be a non functioning
model made up of c1905 car parts used for photograps only.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1906
Belgica Landaulette
One of a number of high quality interesting photos sent to us by
Mike Mackrill (UK) who
has a collection of old glass negatives relating to early days of
aviation and who has a website devoted to this
subject called Nostalgic Picture Library. Can we help
out with the cars? -- Exceedingly
unusual car manufactured in Belgium by folding bicycle manufacturer who
started cars 1901 and by 1906 was under French influence making the
Mathieu. Not much of car can be seen but this is a cca1906
Belgica.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907
Wolseley Siddley Landaulette
One of a number of high quality interesting photos sent to us by
Mike Mackrill (UK) who
has a collection of old glass negatives relating to early days of
aviation and who has a website devoted to this
subject called Nostalgic Picture Library. Can we help
out with the cars? --
Registration is SM 343, which is Dumfries
CC (Scotland). Under the disguise of
flowers this is a cca
1907 Wolseley Siddeley Open Drive Landeaulette.
'Entente Cordiale' was between England and France, 1904 vs.
Germany.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1907
De Dion Bouton Double Phaeton
Fabulous photo of a magnificent car
received from Alec Stevenson (UK)
from Great-uncle Norman Spencer. " I do not recognize the driver
but I am fairly sure the car is photographed at the end of Vine Court
Road, Sevenoaks, near their house, Ashbrook, where the Seven Oaks grew. --Great
looking car which is little difficult from side view but we are
relatively sure this is a cca
1907 De Dion Bouton 24HP or 30HP Double Phaeton.
No bigger De Dions were ever made and none have survived.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1912
Sheffield Simplex Torpedo
One of a number of high quality interesting photos sent to us by
Mike Mackrill (UK) who
has a collection of old glass negatives relating to early days of
aviation and who has a website devoted to this
subject called Nostalgic Picture Library. Can we help
out with the cars? --
Registration is W 1813 which is Sheffield
CBC but dating data is lost. W 1110, on a very similar car, is dated
1910. By 1913 they had a different
rad so this is cca
1912 Sheffield Simplex with torpedo
bodywork, possibly 3 seater?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: c1913
Morgan Grand Prix
Fascinating period photo received from one
of our Members Ian MacLennan (UK) who
was wondering what it was. Parents regularly attended Brooklands. -- Lovely
historical photo which we passed to the Morgan archivist Jake Alderson,
who advised that it was one he had not seen before. A
single seater Morgan
Grand Prix fitted with JAP 90 bore ohv
water cooled engine. Only one he knew like it was raced by W G
McMinnies in 1913. Could be the same car, at a
later date. Read
more.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: Probably
c1912 Ford Model T Touring
Interesting photo received from Philip
Clarke (UK) who
is trying to date it, so identifying car or year may help. Taken at
Youngman's Mill on Wortham Ling, near Diss in Norfolk. May have been
taken somewhere between 1910 and 1920. Is this a possibility or not?. -- Lovely
historical photo with a couple of five horse loaded drays next to a
post mill and granaries. Although not clear, in the foreground is what
looks like a cca
1912 Ford Model T. Therefore
photo is likely to be pre / during WW1.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1913 NAG K4 Touren Wagen
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? Could it be a NAG? --
Yes it is definitely a car made by
Nationale Automobil-Gesellschaft in Berlin, Germany. It has interesting
features which make it difficult to name precisely, gas lamps side and
scuttle (one broken) etc, but we feel this is a pre-WW1, middle
size vehicle, a cca
1913 NAG K4 Touren Wagen.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1914
Minerva Knight Tourer
One of a number of high quality interesting photos sent to us by
Mike Mackrill (UK) who
has a collection of old glass negatives relating to early days of
aviation and who has a website devoted to this
subject called Nostalgic Picture Library. Can we help
out with the cars? -- Luxury
car made in Belgium and grander versions were used by many European
Royal Families. CS Rolls was UK agent! Tapered rather than parallel
bonnet flutes so is cca
1914 Minerva Knight Tourer,
probably the 26CV.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1918
Crossley 20'25 Military Ambulance
One of a number of high quality interesting photos sent to us by
Mike Mackrill (UK) who
has a collection of old glass negatives relating to early days of
aviation and who has a website devoted to this
subject called Nostalgic Picture Library. Can we help
out with the cars? --
Registration is MC 595 which is Middlesex
County Council c1918. The vehicle is a cca
1918 Crossley 20'25 Military Ambulance
known to the War Office as Type J, produced by Crossley Motors,
Manchester. 6,000 Js were made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1919
Studebaker & 1914 Lancia
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 ? --
Interesting mix of cars. The front one is
American and has a number 6 on the radiator made after WW1, so a cca
1919 Studebaker Big Six Touring. The
second car is Italian, made in Turin before WW1 being a cca 1914 Lancia
Theta 35HP Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1920
Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
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? Could it be a Rolls Royce --
Another interesting piece of detective
work by our experts. The car is big and luxurious and indeed looks like
a Rolls Royce, but which one? Via Rolls experts Tom Clark, and Andre
Blaize from France, advised c1920 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost
rebodied by Labourdette Paris in 1930. More!
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1921
AGA Single Door Phaeton
Interesting period photo received from
Lars Magnuson (Sweden) who
is trying to identify the car. Photo was taken around 1928 and shows
his father, his sisters and parents; "The Magnuson family" . -- Lovely photo
taken in Sweden of a German car that was at the time being made in
Sweden under licence. This is a German cca
1921 AGA Single Door Phaeton, either
the 6'16 or the 6'20. The main difference between AGA and the Thulin
was that the AGA cars had the very angular mudguards.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1922
Studebaker Big Six 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 ? --
Big Country indeed, imposing view. Car is American.
Couple of distinct identification features, headlamp has a square front
and the rear lamp similar shape. From disc type wheels our Mark Dawber
dates it a cca 1922 Studebaker Big Six
Touring.
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IDENTIFICATION AND
DATING:LATEST
1922 Belsize Bradshaw 9 HP
Another car from a batch of photos received from
Philip Degen (UK) who
has seen a reference to us in the Essex Family Historian. Wife
has inherited an album which does not appear to be family and they are
trying to trace who they were. --
Very fuzzy small pictures. Original thoughts were that it was a cca
1921 Calthorpe but our Tim Harding recently advised, because he has
one, that it is a 1922/3
Belsize Bradshaw 9 HP with
the unusual body, but which was a factory option.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1923
Ford Model T 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 ? --
Another column of Fords. On each in large
letters on the lower windscreen seems to be written ESTA???. Not possible
to make out the other letters; perhaps Estados. The cars seem
mostly cca 1923 Ford Model T Touring, probably made
in Buenos Aires.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1931 Ford Model A
Cinema screen grab taken from an American film "
Black Rose of Harlem " made in
1996 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a young black
girl jazz singer in 1920s Harlem who catches the eye of a mobster who is
already married to the mob boss's daugher. --
Not a lot of the car is visible for a positive identification but, other
than it possibly being a cca 1926 Ajax, the widow's peak shape of the
radiator top suggests this is a cca
1931 Ford Model A, body on fire.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1931
Riley Nine Monaco Saloon
Interesting photo received from Steve
Boyce (UK)
being investigated
by his friend John Fagan who is researching his family history. He
would love to know more about the car and also hopes to identify the
location. -- Cannot
help on the location nor exact dating as no reg number visible. We can
however identify the car from the 'diamond' shape of bonnet louvres;
and from the lack of vent flap on the scuttle can limit that this is
1929 to 1932, so is a
cca 1931 Riley Nine Monaco Four-Seat Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1937 Steyr 630 Limousine
Cinema screen grab from a film "Schachnovelle"
(Brainwashed) made in Germany 1960 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about 1938 Nazi
Austria where an intellectual art smuggler is imprisoned by the Gestapo
and subjected to mind games. --
Quite a clear Austro Daimler type logo on the boot of a sizeable but car
is not Austro Daimler. This is a
cca 1937 Steyr 630 Limousine. Austro
Daimler initially bailed Steyer out, and eventually took them over
fully in 1935.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1955
Bedford & 1960 Ford Trucks
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 ? --
Little bit difficult to make out much on
either trucks but we think the one on the left is a British cca 1955
Bedford A 5, and the one on the right is an American cca 1960 Ford F
500 trucks. Both seem to be cattle transporters, so
hope animals OK?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1955 MG Magnette ZA Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from British thriller '
The Mind Benders ' made in
1963 where the
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film is about a scientist who
undergoes sensory deprivation to prove that this can make one unusually
susceptible to brainwashing. --
BMC saloons like MG, Wolseley and
Rileys of the mid 1950 shared body-shells and are a little difficult to
tell apart. Short chrome trim on the door and circular holes in the
wheels say this should be cca
1955 MG Magnette ZA saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1955
Bedford A5 Tractor Unit
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 truck
photoed in Argentina ? Possibly a Bedford but which
model? -- Not
easy to make very much out of how the lorry may have looked but study
of the front side-light pattern, wheel, and that the step is below the
door and behind the wheel, suggests this is a cca
1955 Bedford A5.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unidentified
Pre-WW1 Tourer
Lovely but damaged photo received from
António Almeida Porto (Portugal) which
he is repairing as a present for Mother-in-Law. It is the only photo
she has of her grand-mother and of other members of the family Guerra.
Probably taken in mid 20's and in the north of Portugal. He became curious
about the car when he was trying to repair the front wheel. --The car has
beaten all our experts in the UK and worldwide. It looks American but
has lots of European features. Any
ideas welcome?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unidentified
Third Reich 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 Germany ?
--The photo is
quite small and has little contrast so it is not possible to see into
the picture and pull out any clear identification features as to make.
Many of the luxury Geman cars of the period had similar
bodies. Any help would be much appreciated.
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CARS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. ANY ASSISTANCE MUCH
APPRECIATED
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