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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 
cca 1895 Tandem Tricycle
There is a wonderful source of research material on motorised vehicles
at Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Source galica,bnf.fr/BnF) in photo
albums by photographer Jules Beau operating 1890-1913 in the field of
sport and motoring. -- Many
car manufacturing companies started out by making bicycles frequently
as assemblies of bought out items. This photo shows Mr and Mrs Alolphe
Clement Bayard (eventually Talbot
Cars) on a cca 1895 Tandem Tricycle, four foot drive, four hand steer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1902 Mors and 1901 Bertrand
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on 'La Panne'. -- I
was advised by our Dutch veterans expert Ariejan Bos that La Panne is a
part of Belgium, and not the car as I had thought! He also advised the
cars were not Belgian either. The car on left is a French cca
1902 Morse; right cca 1910 Bertrand.
Morse license plate 715-Y3 can be dated 1906. Car is fitted with very
unusual "spring wheels". More
Spring Wheels.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1904 Siddeley 6HP Two-Seater
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle.
Is it a Minerva? -- Not
a Belgian Minerva nor similar bonneted Rochet Schneider. Ariejan Bos
advises this is a British cca
1904 Siddeley 6HP. Reg is Middlesex
CC. (See 1912 Wolseley Siddeley entry lower.) Henry Wardill had garage
in Carshalton 1903, agent for Minerva. In 1926 made patented 349
supercharged Wardill Motorcycle. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1905 Renault Model x 14CV Tourer
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle.
Suggested not a CGV or Charron, Renault, Opel or Vauxhall.
-- Which is a little curios because as far
as I am able to determine this would seem to be a completely standard cca
1905 Renault Model X 14CV Tourer,
scuttle bonnet and rad. What is a little different is that it is fitted
with a body painted in British type striped paintwork, which
may be confusing.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1905 De Dion Bouton Voiturette
Ryan from Reimaginarium (Australia)
is investigating maker of his two-seater body (see bottom) came across
photo of car with passing resemblance which has remained unidentified.
-- Our Ariejan Bos thinks this is a cca
1905 De Dion Voiturette but heavily
modified. Vertical levers on steering column removed, but side levers
remain; rear body is completely modified plus side door added; tubular
frame is original, as is bonnet and mudguards, and so is the wholeof
the visible underside.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1905
Standard16'20 Tourer Rebodied
While we were searching for something else, we came across this photo
named as 1905 Standard 16HP Double Phaeton UK. --
We have no record of Standard with unique
bonnet/rad, so contacted our veterans expert Ariejan Bos who confirmed
having this photo in his collection on the back of which was
confirmation that this was a 1905
Standard 16'20 Tourer, four cylinder,
twenty of which were rebodied especially for use of Editors attending
the June 1909 Commonwealth Press Conference.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1906 Singer 9HP Tricar
Fascinating but poor photo found on a forum of old photos asking for
info on the make of vehicle. Unfortunately the original source was
lost. Question was, is it a Humber Forecar?? -- We
have repaired/enhanced the photo and can advise, - No. This vehicle has
side mounted tower radiator, and not many makes used them. With
confirmation from our Singer man Simon Bishop we can confirm this is a
cca 1906 Singer 9HP Tricar, and that
driver is possibly Miss Muriel Hind.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1907 Rover 6HP Two-Seater
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK) seems
to be on the lookout for photos of unusual cars, and wondered if we
knew what this one was? -- The
car was relatively easy, an early British
Rover, either a 6HP or an 8HP. This
one was a 6HP, as the 8HP had a transverse spring. Unusual numberplate
though. EWE 3 was a a trade plate (General Identification Mark). Our
reg man Nicholas Young advises it should have read EW - E3 or EW.E3,
from Huntingdon, the second E refers to garage allocated.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1912
Wolseley-Siddeley 16'20
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK),
who warns our visiting venues of the SVVS impending arrival, obtained
this photo from the Facebook page of the Cock at Headley. The photo was
posted by Peter Denyer advising " Hire cars run by the Booth
Family previous Landlords of The Cock parked in Church Approach early
20th century." Can we advise the manufacturers? --
The car on the left is British made in
Birmingham being a c1912
Wolseley-Siddeley 16'20 Landaulette. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1912
Ford Model T Tourer
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK),
who warns our visiting venues of the SVVS impending arrival, obtained
this photo from the Facebook page of the Cock at Headley. The photo was
posted by Peter Denyer advising " Hire cars run by the Booth
Family previous Landlords of The Cock parked in Church Approach early
20th century." Can we advise the manufacturers? --
The car on the right is American, possibly
made in Manchester, being a cca
1912 Ford Model T Tourer. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1913 Straker-Squire 15HP Tourer
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle. Suggestions
so far Cadillac, Model T, Crossley, Peugeot, - and Tzarist chauffeur! --
Actually a quite unusual but a British car from
Bristol, made by a steam vehicle producer using De Dion Bouton &
Trepardoux steamer principle. Started importing French petrol cars 1907
and then built own. Electrics suggest this a cca
1913 Straker-Squire 15HP Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1927 Wardill Supercharged Two-stroke
Leading on from photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) relating
to an item higher up on this Help Page, we looked into the history of
the Wardill Garage featured. --
Researches established that the Wardill family
had a number of premises from 1903 involved in cycles, motorcycles and
cars. In 1927 they started to manufacture their own rather unique 346cc
Wardill
Supercharged Two-stroke, and 2017
their descendant started making one right now! Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1929
Buick 116 Model 20 Tourer
Cinema screen grab taken from
a Russian film "Nenavist " (Black Blood ) made in 1930 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about a strike at a Romania oil
field transferred to the Polish military who use force to quell strike
and get the oil. -- Russian
film company in 1930, only five years into Stalin's reign on death of
Lenin. All cars were very difficult to get hold of in Russia (see
Lenin's Rolls Royce) . This car is an
American cca
1929 Buick 116 Model 20 Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1932
Opel 1.2 Litre Regent Limousine
Cinema screen grab taken from
American film "The Book Thief" made in 2013 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about WW2 young girl who cannot
read but becomes avid reader and picks up a book at Nazi book burning
bonfire. -- The
vehicle is German and is the 1932 development of the Opel Regent range.
This seems to have the slightly smaller body suggesting it is the cca
1932 Opel 1.2 Litre Regent Limousine which
had the nearly the same size body as the 1.8L range.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1934
Hillman Minx MkII Saloon
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle.
This fascinating photo shows two British Cars next to a carriage being
pulled by a Zebra, no details on the cars. --
From radiator and badge car on right is from
Hillman Minx range. Details such as having a full louvered bonnet and a
widow's peak notch at the basse of the rad top advises that this is a
cca
1934 Hillman Minx MkII Saloon
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1934
Singer 14HP Saloon
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle. This
fascinating photo shows two British Cars next to a carriage being
pulled by a Zebra. While a lot is known about the zebra, no details on
the cars. -- From
the radiator and the badge the car on left is a British Singer. The
model was a little more difficult to define but the louvres on the
scuttle side say this is a cca
1934 Singer 14HP Saloon. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1934
Opel 1.2 Pickup
Cinema screen grab taken from
American film "The Book Thief" made in 2013 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about WW2 young girl who cannot
read but becomes avid reader and picks up a book a6t Nazi book burning
bonfire. -- The
vehicle is German
cca 1934 Opel 1.2
Pickup, developing car range into light
commercial, while they were experimenting with rocket power Opel-RAK
for landspeed records and air. First manned rocket 1929. Became USA
General Motors 1931.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1936
Zebra Phaeton
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand)
from a forum of photos and asking for information on the vehicle. This
fascinating photo shows two British Cars next to a carriage being
pulled by a Zebra. -- While
there is some info known known about the cart, no details on the cars.
So now whave now identified the two cars, we looked in to the history
of the Zebra
drawn Phaeton. It seems the photo
taken in Eden Gardens in Calcutta (Kolkata) India. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1926
Renault NN Torpedo
Cinema screen grab taken from various French TV Series "Arsene
Lupin" made 1971-90 where cars are being investigated by IMCDB.
Series was based on Maurice Leblanc's gentleman master thief Arsène
Lupin who was featured in over 50 stories starting in 1905. --
A car made in France with a typical
pointer to the make by having a scuttle bonnet and has a rear gill rad,
which at this stage meant this is a Renault and the diamond logo
advises a
cca
1926 Renault NN Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1936
Opel P4 Cabrioletlimousine
Cinema screen grab taken from
American film "The Book Thief" made in 2013 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about WW2 young girl who cannot
read but becomes avid reader and picks up a book at Nazi book burning
bonfire.-- German
car, development of the last of the Tree-Frog, the Opel
Laubfrosch, copy of the Citroen 5CV. This is the subsequent development
being the upmarket 1936
Opel P4 1.1 Litre Cabrioletlimousine
of 23HP which had four-wheel brakes.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1938
Steyer 55 Baby Saloon
Another interesting photo from a forum of photos asking for info on the
make of vehicle. This one seems to be before WW2.
-- Interesting
vehicle from Karl Jenschke just before going to Adler. The car is the
second generation of the Austrian Steyer 50, a cca
1938 Steyer 55 Baby Saloon. This had a
boxer four cylinder 1,158cc water cooled engine, front mounted, rear
drive. First generation had second side window, but omitted on the
longer 55 to reduce flexing, also two-tone. 13,000 made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1938
Mercedes Benz 200 Cabriolet
Cinema screen grab taken from
American film "The Book Thief" made in 2013 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about WW2 young girl who cannot
read but becomes avid reader and picks up a book a Nazi book burning
bonfire. -- The
Mercedes-Benz W 21 was a six-cylinder passenger car using the name
Mercedes-Benz Typ 200. It had a 1,961 cc engine of 40HP. Top speed
98KPH/61MPH. Available from 193-1936, 15, 000 made as salons cabrios
limousines & pullmans.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1938
Bussing NSG 900N Bus
Cinema screen grab taken from
American film "The Book Thief" made in 2013 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about WW2 young girl who cannot
read but becomes avid reader and picks up a book a Nazi book burning
bonfire. -- This is
is a single decker urban bus whose early vehicles were used in European
cities like Berlin, Vienna and Prague, and licensed by Straker Squire
for London (see lower entry). Took over NAG 1931. This is
cca1938 Bussing NSG 900N Bus.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1957
Servetta F300 Motocarro
Cinema screen grab taken from
Spanish film "Los Cobardes" (The Cowards) made in 1959 where
cars are being investigated by IMCDB. Story is about a man's attraction
to a cabaret singer who will make him become an outlaw and be chased by
the police. -- Interesting
type of three wheeled vehicle based on a scooter rater than a
motorcycle. The overhanging canopy cover rear roof suggests the Italian
Lambretta, probably the licence built one in Spain as the Serveta
F300 Motocarro.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Unknown Two Seater Coachwork
Interesting Enquiry from Ryan from Reimaginarium (Australia)
saying he has a two-seater coachwork body, possibly from '1905
Dunlop Reliability Trial, Innes Car'. -- Precise
locations and history are lost to time but car may have been French
with possibly a De Dion Bouton Engine. Body may have been locally built
as Innes knew local company. Photo of the Innes car resemblance but as
the car was crashed in 1905, nothing much now to go on. Any
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