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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1899 Stoewer Grosser
Motorwagen
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those for sale on Ebay, of very interesting
ancient machinery which has not yet been identified, so we have a go
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-- On Ebay marked
"Old
Russian Car", presumably from Cyrillic writing on it
and on the back.
Regret this assumption is incorrect as this is an old German car postcard issued by
a Russian publisher. The car is a
cca 1899 Stoewer Grosser
Motorwagen.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1904
General Light Car
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles I came across this one in Rootschat by
Historycat and his cousin possibly showing Howard Rosher, - who wanted
date/make for car. -- Rare
vehicle identified by Ariejan Boss as cca
1904 General from the General Motor Car
Co Ltd of Norbury and Mitcham. Started 1902 by making racer for Bexhill
Speed Trials. In 1903 a delivery van called the GMC for Post Office (not
USA GMC!) & light cars with Aster/Buchet engines. Gone '05.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1905 Daimler Limousine
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those for sale on Ebay, of very interesting
ancient machinery which has not yet been identified, so we have a go
!
-- This
shows a rather lovely rural period event where the chauffeur-driven car
has obviously come to grief in a ford with the electrics while the horse
merrily splashes on! Difficult angle but it is a cca 1906 Daimler
Limousine, possibly the 35HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907
Austin 18'24 Tourer
Interesting photo sent to us by David
Lilley (UK)
who is helping relative
of gentleman in photo c1902-1906. He is William Douglas of the
family who manufactured motor cycles and cars under the Douglas name
during the period 1902-1922. --
Quite a difficult one as front of car is
not visible and coachbuilt body. Our Ariejan Boss advises it is a cca
1907 Austin 18'24 Tourer, this one
with shaft drive. Herbert Austin left Wolseley 1905, to build
mainly luxury cars for the nobility and the rich.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1910 DFP 12HP Two-seater
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? --
Not a good photo so some discussion if it is a Le Zebre, Unic or DFP.
One suggestion 1914 Le Zebre 8hp, but my tendency, because of type
sidelights stalks, top tilting windscreen and shorter rad slope, is to
say a
cca 1910 DFP 12CV.
DFP cars were imported by Bentley & Bentley and raced in the UK WO
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IDENTIFICATION & DATING:1911
Napier 15 HP Side Entrance Tonneau
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles I came across this one in Rootschat by LDW
showing a gropup of entomologists (bug-hunters). Date/model of car? --
Made in Acton, London, this is
cca 1911 Napier 15 HP Side Entrance Tonneau.
The coachbuilt bodywork is traditional type but with a more modern
bulkhead. Earlier cars had no, or half sized, doors and later bodies
would have been lower and continuous. Photo dating is
into, or after, WW1.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1911
Riley 12'18 Two-Seater
Gorgeous photo slightly damaged sent to us by
Jon Rocke (UK)
from their family collection. No idea of
the make or model of the car. The lady is his wife's grandmother. Back
of the picture just says 1912-14?, believed taken in King's Heath.
-- Registration
looks like 0 4131 and would be from Birmingham CBC midway between '04
and '13. Car seems to have a circular radiator so was thinking perhaps
French but one expert advises this is British Coventry cca
1911 Riley 12'18 Two-Seater.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1912 Metallurgique
Saloon
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles I came across this one on Rootschat website
submitted some years ago asking for make and date of the car. Nobody
provided an answer. --
We can advise that registration CN 236 was issued by Gateshead CBC
(then Co. Durham) but dating details are lost.
Rather unusual car for this area being a Belgian cca 1912 Metallurgique
Saloon,
possibly the 26'50, with a curious coachbuilt body. Importers
were
Warwick Wright in London.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1912
Clement Bayard AC6 Torpedo
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those for sale on Ebay, of very interesting
ancient machinery which has not yet been identified, so we have a go
!
-- One
of a number of makes with a rear radiator. Smoother curved aligator
bonnet than Renault so is a cca
1911'12 Clement Bayard AC6 Torpedo.
Dating is via the radiator edges being sharp rather than rounded,
and
the high body has front doors.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1914
Fiat 15 TER Field Ambulance
Cinema screen grab taken from an Italian
Made for TV movie 'L'amore e la guerra' made in 2007, where cars are being investigated
by IMCDB. Story is set in the First World War and involves a humble
miner who became a sergeant and a young nurse who is a daughter of a
general, and an interfering captain who wants her money. --
One of the two staple WW1 lorries made in Italy. Photo was distorted and
on widening looks very much like a cca
1914 Fiat 15 TER Field Ambulance.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:c1915
Mors Tourer
Rather faded grainy photo sent to us by
Norman Roper-Marshall (UK)
on behalf of Wolfgang Warmer. They are doing the family history and
believe this could have something to do with it. -- A number of our experts have studied
the photos and agree that this could be a French cca
1915 Mors of the Citroen period.
Precise dating is difficult because it could be just pre, or just post,
Word War I. Seems to have wing mounted sidelights, seems LHD,
and house roof tiles look continental.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1922
Standard 14 HP SLO Two-seater
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles I came across this one in Rootschat by
Yellowbird showing Grandfather who was a chauffeur in the 1920 and 30s,
and asking for make and date of car. Counted the bonnet louvres;
Humber, Morris Cowley?? -- Not
either but it is British. Counting louvres, being four, and having a
distinct hump on the top of the radiator, and having a continuous
bodyline side suggests cca
1922 Standard SLO 14HP Two-seater/dickey.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1924
Ford Model T Coupe
Couple of lovely photos, which we have
combined, received from Mark Vaughn (USA)
of his great-great "spinster sisters" aunts' car.
The photos were put into his mother's autobiography/family history and
now everyone wants to know what kind of car it was. --
This car was first introduced in 1923 to replace by then the rather
outdated Coupe with suicide doors and also the Center Door Sedan. This
a 'new' cca
1924 Ford Model T Coupe which was at
the expensive end of range at $530.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1925 Renault
NN
Berline
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those for sale on Ebay, of very interesting
ancient machinery which has not yet been identified, so we have a go
!
-- One
of the last manufacturers to use a rear radiator behind the engine. Also
one of the last to use an alligator bonnet. This is a French
cca 1925 Renault NN
Semi-entoîlée, guess their version of
Wayman roof? Dating helped by round roundel.
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IDENTIFICATION & DATING:1926
Overland, 1924 Morris, 1925 Dodge
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles I came across this one in Rootschat by
cliffkinch of family that he is trying to date. Identifying and dating
the car may help. --
On the left, reg PP 5071 is
Buckingham County Council cca 1926 so the car is a cca
1926 Overland Model 93 Coach. Became
Willys Whippet next year. Centre car is well hidden for ID but is likely
cca 1924 Morris Bullnose Cowley. On the right Northampton CC
Registration on a cca 1925 Dodge.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1929
Hillman 14 Saloon
Rather small size negative sent to us by Michael
Morrish of Exeter (UK)
saying the car belonged to Captain Desmond Phayre who lived in Chagford
in Devon during the 1930s. Could we identify this motor car?
-- Registration
RU 9929 was issued by Bournemouth County Borough Council ending 7'29. A
couple of our experts agree this could be a
cca 1929 Hillman 14 Saloon. In
view of suicide doors front and back, it was suggested this could be a
Weyman fabric rather than standard saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1930
Morris Oxford Six Saloon
Another rather small size negative sent to us by Michael
Morrish of Exeter (UK)
saying the car belonged to the mother of Captain Desmond Phayre who lived in Chagford
in Devon during the 1930s. Could we identify this car?
-- Poor negative and confusing
gizmo/opening on the louvres. Could be spare wheel carrier or drop-arm
opening? A couple of our experts
are quite sure this is a cca
1930 Morris Oxford Six Saloon from
the small hubcap on the
wheels, normal way doors, and bumper.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1931
Vauxhall 20'60 Saloon
Rather small size negative sent to us by Michael
Morrish of Exeter (UK)
saying the car belonged to Captain Desmond Phayre who lived in Chagford
in Devon during the 1930s. Could we identify this motor car?
-- Registration
GN 7643 was issued by London County Council in about February 1931. The
car was made in Luton in the UK by General Motors of America who had
taken over Vauxhall in 1925. Two normal way round doors so this is a cca1931
Vauxhall 20'60 Saloon known as the
Silent Six.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1934
Packard Super Eight Sedan
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a car in
the USA.
-- If we can make out the number-plate
correctly, this says 'California 1934'. The car is a high-priced luxury
American Packard from Detroit but from the low angle of the photograph
it is a little difficult to say if this one had the 8 cylinder or the
12 cylinder engine. Most pointers suggest this is a cca
1934 Packard Super Eight Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1938
Adler Trumpf Junior Cabriolet
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a vehicle
made in mid - or late 1940s, after 1945.
-- Made in Germany so was perhaps liberated
by the Russian soldier sitting in it. It was made in Frankfurt by an
1886 bicycle manufacturer but company was perhaps better known for
making typewriters. One of a range of cars with front wheel drive, this
is a cca
1938 Adler Trumpf Junior Cabriolet Type 1E.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1942
GA M1 NKVD Saloon
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a vehicle
made in mid - or late 1940s, after 1945.
-- This photo has all the makings of a
Russian car in Russia, except for the spare wheel? We are relatively
sure this is GAZ made by the Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod who were the follow-on
of NAZ, who had an agreement with Ford of USA on Ford A. Town became
Gorky, car 1938
GAZ M1 (NKVD) Emka,
Ford B.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1952
Ferrari Model 212 Export
Photos/info sent in by Tony Russell (UK)
on behalf of Suzy Miller whose father drove it.
It is a 1952
Ferrari Model 212 Export coachbuilt by Abbotts
of Farnham Surrey for Mike Hawthorn whose business was TT Garage in
Farnham. First shown at the 1952 Earls Court Motor described by some as
"ugliest Ferrari ever made!". Then owned by William Scott of
Ewell Surrey who employed Jack Wright, father of Suzy Miller. Re-bodied
in 1986 as a Touring Barchetta. Abbott body no longer exists.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1964 Chevrolet
Corvette Coupe
Number of interesting photos sent to us by
Andrew Kostin from Moscow (Russia) who
is a collector of old photos. Can we identify this photo of a
diplomatic vehicle in Moscow.
-- Lovely photo of a cca 1964 Chevrolet
Corvette Stingray Coupe. Corvette name was introduced 1953 and is
till made today. The car in picture is a C2, a second generation
car '63-67. In 64 changed to a single rear window. The current cars are
the seventh generation. The C2 Corvette also had a new additional name'
Sting Ray'.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unknown
c1930 'Bitsa' Motorcycle
Interesting photos sent to us by Ravindra
Naruka (India) who
has a passion for old motorcycles and recently purchased this machine.
Any ideas on year and make?
-- A number of our experts have studied
the photos and all agree that this is a 'bitsa', an assembly of parts
of various makes of different dates judging by the obviously makeshift
engine plates and non standard welds. The engine could be of c1930
Matchless sidevalve make as has
similar crankcase, but of an OHC type.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Undated
Citroen Special
Fascinating photos sent to us by Paul
Kuster (Holland) who
bought this special believed originally a Citroen
5HP built by a Citroen dealer in
Douchy, eventually registered as a Mathis with an Aronde engine and
tail from a shot down aeroplane. Registered in 1954. Can we date
original 5HP.
-- Honestly, NO. 88,000 Cs
were made 1922/6. I have one and cannot see any 5HP bits recognisable
as such. Wrong puny car to start on. Looks like the Yacco '33 Citroen
Rosalie Special, but is not one.
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