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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 95
below relates to enquiries received
during
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
 1899
Clement De Dion Bouton
Cinema screen grab taken from an American
MGM film " Count Your Blessings" made in 1959 where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. Book
by Nancy Mitford. Stars include Deborah Kerr and Maurice Chevallier.
Story about a couple who marry before the war, hubby goes off to fight
and gets shot, returning eight years later... --
No front to speak of, engine at the back, steering
wheel rather than rudder, this a French cca
1899 Clement Voiturette with de Dion Bouton 2.75hp engine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1900
Benz Velociped Comfortable
Lovely period photo received from Reg
Towner (UK)
of a car reputed first vehicle in Newhaven, Sussex. It was
owned by his family, skilled engineers and owners of town brewery and
fourteen pubs. Photo is marked "Mother and our Mercedes Benz,
1901". Believed a "Benz Velo" or "Benz
Comfortable" (too early to be a "Mercedes").-- (M-B
merger was in 1926!) This is a cca
1900 Benz Velociped Comfortable. There
were four engine sizes 1.5, 2.75, 3, 3.5 HP. 1,200 off Velos made
1894-1901.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1902
Argyll Rear Entrance Tonneau
Period photo received from Steve
Bradley (UK)
sent on behalf of Aleck Stacey, the Grandson of Aleck Stacey who later
became Mayor of High Wycombe. Possibly the first car in High Wycombe?
Any help to identify the car would be much appreciated. -- Scottish
car built in Bridgetown Glasgow by company founded 1899 as Hozier. No
numberplate clear, suggesting made and photographed pre 1904. Radiator
was used for couple of years so has to be a cca
1902 Argyll Rear Entrance Tonneau.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1905
Delahaye Type 37 Tourer
Cinema screen grab taken from a n American
MGM film " Count Your Blessings" made in 1959 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Book
by Nancy Mitford. Stars include Deborah Kerr and Maurice Chevallier.
Story about a couple who marry before the war, hubby goes off to fight
and gets shot, returning eight years later... --
Made by one of the earliest of car makers,
starting in 1894, this is a French c1905
Delahaye Type 37 Tourer. Joined
Hotchkiss in 1954, and was gone 1956.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1907
Renault Roi des Belges
Lovely photo received from John Allen (UK)
of a French registered Chalon-sur-Saone car post
1905 but pre-1928. Noted dashboard radiators on CGVs and Charrons
but no match. Understand that Renault also made such cars? -- From
the wheelhubs and the shape of radiator we can confirm that this is a
big Renault. They then made numerous sizes /models of cars so
identification is difficult but has a flap on the bonnet suggesting
latest cca 1908 Renault Roi des Belges, 20 or 35 HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1908
Humber 10'12 Swing Seat Tonneau
Photograph posted on the PreWarCar website
by Tim Crooke asking if anybody can identify the mystery car at Great
Grandparents wedding day in Ireland. -- No
registration visible to aid in accurate dating but we are relatively
sure this is a cca
1908 Humber 10'12 Swing Seat Tonneau.
Tonneaus were normally rear entrance where there was a door in the
rear. On this one a side handle is visible where there is no space
for a door, but the front passenger
seat swings out to get in.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1908
Argyll 14'16 Tourer
Lovely period photo supplied by a newly discovered cousin of Stewart
Would (UK) of a car
standing in front of the garage in Middle Street, North Driffield, East
Yorkshire, belonging to distant cousin George Appleby DOWSON, an
Engine Maker/Cycle Engineer/Steam Engine Maker/Motor Engineer,
1875. -- Confirmed
by one of our wise sages as a Scottish made cca
1908 Argyll 14'16 Tourer. Registration
BT 474 was from East Yorks CC and same source believes that the car has
survived.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1909
Adler 5'11 PS Doppelphaeton
Lovely photo received from Dennis v/d Meulen (Holland)
saying" I'm so glad I found a proper
place to indentify the vehicle. Put on license (B-392) on 12-June-1909
in The Netherlands. -- Thank
you for the vote of confidence. The car is a German Frankfurt made
Adler. They started 1902 and made many models in the early years some of
which used De Dion Bouton engines. This is relatively light car
with later curved scuttle very similar to a
surviving circa
1910 Adler 5'11 PS Doppelphaeton.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1918
Buick 2-Door Convertible Coupe
Another period photo received from Dr Steve
Bradley (UK)
sent on behalf of Aleck Stacey, the Grandson of Aleck Stacey who later
became Mayor of High Wycombe. In about 1920 Aleck Stacey had another
car.
Any help to identify the car would be much appreciated. -- American
car with rather interesting coachwork, possibly British. Roof seems
'convertible', but 'all weather' when closed. Louvre pattern suggests
a cca
1918 Buick Two-Door Coupe,
D or E 46 type, with RHD 4 seat body.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1920
FIAT 505 Coupe de Ville
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? --
Interesting that this photo is on a Romanian website as being a Taxi in
Brasov and also with notation of Fiat 502. It is indeed a FIAT, and it
may have been a taxi, but it is a cca
1920 FIAT 505 Coupe de Ville,
sometimes called an open drive limousine. Very similar car also Cicos/Romania
is on Help
Page 59.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1922
Humber 15.9, 5 Seat Tourer
Interesting photo received from Stewart
Would (UK)
taken by RT Watson of Anlaby Road, Hull, somewhere in the immediate Hull
area; probably in the vicinity of the village of Swanland. Can we help
with the identification of this car?
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Quite a big and long car car with a wide gap between the doors. Couple
of our experts agree the car is British and a Humber. Our Tony Oakes
notes no front brakes and no driver's door, which suggests this is
probably a cca
1922 Humber 15.9, 5 Seat Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1924
Rolls Royce 20HP Open Limousine
One of a 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
taken in August 1928 in Belgium?
-- This is a very poor grainy photo
which does not reveal much when magnified. In addition the near front
door is open as is the bonnet, hiding almost everything. So it is a bit
of an 'educated guess' but from rad shape and wheels I think it is
a cca
1924 Rolls Royce 20HP Open Drive Limousine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1929
Horch 350 16'80 Limousine
Period photo received from Marcel
Leuenberger, Tigard (USA)
of a vintage vehicle which was taken in Switzerland at a wedding
of one of his ancestors. He is trying to find out the age of the photo;
is it 1920 or so?-- 'Rheinfall'
on the signpost is on the Rhine in north Swtzerland, and is the largest
plain waterfall in Europe. The car is of German origin, from Zwickau.
This is a cca
1929 Horch 350 16'80 Limousine. May
have later front bumper of a 375. Company became Auto Union in 1932,
then Audi.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1929
'Morris Commercial' 1 Ton Van
Period photo sent to us by Simon Humber,
Wincanton, Somerset (UK)
which appeared on the Romsey Revisited Facebook page, but he is having
trouble identifying the vehicle. Can we help? -- Numberplate
is just visible but unclear on the letters; possibly KW (Bradford), or
HW (Bristol) or MW (Whilts). The numbers put it into the 1929-1930 band.
The vehicle has smallish headlamps on the wings but windows to the cab
so is on the change and is a cca
1929 'Morris Commercial' One Ton Van.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1930
Citroen C4 De Luxe Saloon
Surfing through the internet in attempting
to identify old vehicles we often come across photographs or old
Postcards, including those on Rootschat and 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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French made car launched in 1928 at the Paris Salon and was one of
the first with an all steel body in Europe. New range following on the
B14 called the AC4, this is a later
cca 1930 Citroen C4 De Luxe Saloon,
9CV.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1930 Auburn 8-125 Boatail Speedster
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? --
Another American car but this one from the supercar stable of Auburn,
this being a cca
1930 Auburn 8-125 Boatail Speedster.
Errett Cord revialised Auburn and had Russian Count
Alexis de Sakhnoffsky design this coachwork. Top of the range,
very fast at 108 mph, with Lycoming 125 BHP straight 8 engine.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1933
Ford DeLuxe Roadster Special
One of a 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 captured
vehicle taken near Khalkin Gol in 1939 after Soviet victory over
Japanese.
-- Very poor photo
which we have tried to repair and enhance. Noticeable gap between
bonnet and rad. Our Mark Dawber thinks is an American
cca 1933 Ford DeLuxe Roadster (from
curved bonnet louvres), with grafted '37 Dodge grille and wheels.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1937
Plymouth P4 Four Door Sedan
Cinema screen grab taken from a French spy film "
Qui ętes-vous, Monsieur Sorge" (Who are you, Monsieur Sorge?) made in
1961
where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film based on fact, is about
a Russian spy from the Ramsay network in Tokyo Japan 1937 to 1941 who
eventually helped to avoid a Russian defeat by the Germans. --
American car made by the Chrysler Corporation
which has a logo of the ship Mayflower, this one being a cca1937
Plymouth P4 Four Door Sedan.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1948
Toyopet Model SB Van
Cinema screen grab taken from a French spy film "
Qui ętes-vous, Monsieur Sorge" (Who are you, Monsieur Sorge?) made in
1961
where cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Film based on fact, is about
a Russian spy from the Ramsay network in Tokyo Japan 1937 to 1941 who
eventually helped to avoid a Russian defeat by the Germans. --
Japanese made light van, a cca
1948 Toyopet Model SB manufactured by
Toyota Shastai; it had a 995cc 27HP engine also in beetle-like SA car.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1949
Standard Vanguard Saloon
Photo received from Reg Towner
(UK)
taken in Morecambe, Lancashire in 1958. The mystery car has split
windscreen, whitewalls, 4 doors & chrome rear bumper. Assumed 1940s
Oldsmobile or Buick but cannot find exact match.
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Looking on the wrong continent. This is a British car resembling a US
Plymouth and Russian GAZ. 175,000 made in Coventry. It has no rear wheel
spats (from '50), narrow rear window (to '52) it is very latest a cca
1949 Standard Vanguard Saloon
Phase1, 2088cc four.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1957
Gogomobil TS 250 Coupe
Lovely photo submitted by Annika Fuchs (Germany)
who is rapidly becoming keen on old cars. She snapped this interesting car on the
streets Germany. What is it?
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Unusual little car made by the Hans Glas organisation in Bavaria
originally making agricultural machines. Eventually bought by BMW. Over
214,000 Sedans and 66,000 Coupes were built. Very small engines, 245,
293 and 392 as TS 250, TS300 and TS400. 59 mph/95 kph. This one is
a cca 1957
Gogomobil TS 250 Coupe.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1961
Hirano-Valmobile Folding Scooter
Intriguing photo received from Duke Earl (USA) of
a diminutive motor scooter he saw on the internet and wondered what it
was? -- New
one on us too! Seems it is a cca 1961 Valmobile, and if in USA then it
was probaly made in Japan by Hirano Seisakusho, Tokyo, under licence
from the French company Martin Moulet & Cie in Paris. The original
came out in 1953 and lasted to 1958. Hirano took over in 1960 for
seemingly only one year. Suitcase folding Scooter assembled 30 seconds;
49 to 125 cc.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unknown
1930s Tourer
Intriguing photo received from Reg Towner
(UK)
of a car from family album, likely taken in England
"1951", may/may not be 100% accurate. Drophead roof, wire
wheels, four doors, perhaps a MG, Morris or Standard but no exact
match. --
Difficult
to identify as not much visible. Has
concealed hinges and rear handles. American? Also has a gap between
doors suggesting largish car. Does not seem UK body nor number shape on
plate. Mark Dawber suggests Australian Holden body.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Possibly
1932 Essex Sedan
One of a 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 captured
vehicle taken near Khalkin Gol in 1939 after Soviet victory over
Japanese.
-- Poor photo which we have tried to
repair and enhance, but still very unclear! Our Mark Dawber after some
hours thinks a low price car from c1932. Suicide front door limits
choice and external door hinges; could be cca
1932 Essex Six Two Door Sedan?
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:Unknown
c WW1 Tulip Bodied Phaeton
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? --
Lots of our experts have had a go at this one but nobody is entirely
sure. It has the Teutonic spitzkuhler radiator but it has French
Michelin tyres. Notwithstanding, there are a number of pointers which
suggest this could be a just pre or post WW1 Benz. This
would have been pre the merger with Mercedes.
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