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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:  1903
Peugeot Type 42 Double Phaeton
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos and asking for information on the make of
vehicle. Is it a Peugeot? -- The
box-like header tank was fashionable for a while and was used on a
number of makes including on Daimler-Mercedes but we are relatively
sure this one is a
cca 1903 Peugeot Type 42 Double Phaeton.
It was made only in 1903 and had a 4 cylinder engine of 3,635cc.
Apparently only some 79 cars of this type were built.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1904 Lacroix Delaville Le Nef
Tricycle
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested but had not yet been
determined. -- Designed
1898 in France in Agen not far from Spanish border by Joseph LaCroix
calling it La
Nef (boat) from the pointed prow. Belt
driven, it was powered by De Dion Bouton Engines 2.5 to 8HP, steered by
a 'cow's tail'. Joined 1902 by Colonel De La Ville forming "LaCroix
DeLaVille" made about 200 vehicles in similar form up to 1914.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
Richard-Brasier 16HP Tourer
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos and asking for information on the make of
vehicle. Probably not a Benz but Mors or Brasier? --
If this is picture of Julio A. Roca while he was
President of Argentina, it must have been taken between 1898-1904. Not
a Benz, as car has a raised central hump on bonnet, French Mors hump
was rounded, but from shape of hump likely French cca
1904 Richard-Brasier 16HP Tourer. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1906 Bovy D'Heyne Delivery Van
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested and has been Identified by
our Veterans expert Ariejan Bos. -- Ariejan
advises this is a Belgian Brussels made Bovy-d'Heyne
Delivery Van, probably the cca 1906
two cylinder model. Popular as Taxicabs and Commercials, later
motorcycles and forward control lorries. Became Bovy and merged with
Truck maker Brossel, who had taken over Belgian Pipe, becoming Bovy-Pipe
to 1950.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1906
12HP Clement Bayard Tourer
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos and asking for information on the make of
vehicle. Clement Bayard or Clement Talbot? --
No suggestion on the photo this could be a British Clement Talbot nor
that it had anything to do with the UK. This is French built c1906 12HP
Clement Bayard Tourer. The body does not seem original, nor correct for
the year. Car looks re-bodied with the just-pre-WW1 stepped scuttle
look. Read More History.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1906
Chenard Walcker Fiacre de Paris
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos asking for make of
vehicle. This is an old postcard. -- We
have had the same car before but a different pose and we had identified
it as a
cca 1906 Chenard Walcker Fiacre de Paris
14CV. This photo also
seems from a series of postcards where the vehicle is in the same
position but the angle of the shot and change of different people. The
previous version below suggests a lady driver.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1907 Corre Fiacre de Paris
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos asking for make of
vehicle. This is an old postcard. -- We
have had the same car before but a different pose, but it remained
'Unidentified'. This time we asked Ariejan Bos who advises photo is
from series of ca 20 postcards of Mme. Decourcelle in her Corre
'fiacre' with registration 740-I4 (May
1907). This car was apparently the taxi-look of Corre, who didn't use
this radiator for their normal cars.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1908
Brouhot 15HP Demi-Limousine
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos asking for make of
vehicle. Is at a Brasier Mors Brouhot? --
French cca
1908 Brouhot which Ariejan suggests is
4 cylinder 15HP. Clearly re-bodied c1911 into a 'modern' demi-limousine
of a very unconventional appearance. Brouhot started 1890 in Vierzon,
mid France, in agricultural machinery. Hight quality cars from 1908 up
to 60HP 10L for royalty. Sold in UK as Club and Smart. Cars ended 1911.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1909 Darracq 50HP Coach
We have had a number of enquiries relating to the identification
of this 'Unknown Coach'. The latest is from Neil Warrington (UK). --
We had previously advised on our Help
Page 90 in
2015 and Help
Page 168 in 1921 that this is a known
photo normally unidentified, - other than it being a 'Coach used at the
Epsom Derby'. It is a cca
1909 Darracq 50HP "Coach".
We have subsequently found photos of it Bournemouth and in the Strand,
London England. It may have gone USA. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1910
Le Zebre Type A Torpedo
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? -- Pretty
little car designed by Jules Salomon, after he left Georges Richard,
and financed by son Jacues of composer Bizet, this is a Paris built cca
1910 Le Zebre Type A Two-Seater Torpedo powered
by a single cylinder 630cc engine and two speed gearbox. Attracted
investment from Messrs Emile Akar and Joseph Lamy who went on form
Amilcar.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1919 Gregoire
132B 15HP Torpedo
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested. -- Little
bit of research advises that this is a known photo on a number of
websites frequently referring to Maharajas of India, this one to
Maharaja Sahib Bahadur of Kapurthala. The car is a cca 1919 Gregoire
132B 15HP Torpedo which had a 2L engine, succeeded
following year
with same body but enlarged 2.3L engine which could reach an impressive 96KPH.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1920
Lancia Kappa Torpedo
Lovely hand painted picture postcard from a forum of old car photos
where the identity of the vehicle had not yet been determined. This
postcard, is headed "Sorrento, Hotel Tramotano, Glicinia"..
but no other info supplied. -- Sorrento
is in gulf of Naples nearby Vesuvius in Italy and Glicina refers to the
wisteria in the foreground of the photo. The car has the sidelamps
directly below the headlamps which suggests it is Italian and location
also that it is a cca
1920 Lancia Kappa 5L Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1920
Sentinel 6 Ton Steam Lorry
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested. -- A
Steam Lorry by Alley & MacLellan of Glasgow after they had moved to
second factory in the Shrewsbury, Shropshire as the Sentinel Waggon
Works Ltd. The early A&M lorry remained basically unchanged from
1915 to 1923. This is a cca
1920 Sentinel 6 Ton Steam Lorry. Due
demise of steam company introduced range of diesel lorries and stopped
lorry production in 1957.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1920 Roamer C6 56 Sedan
Cinema screen grab taken from an American musical comedy film
"Perils of Pauline" made in 1947 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. Story about garment worker who want to be an
actress. fictionalized Hollywood account of the silent film star Pearl
White's rise to fame, starring Betty Hutton. Oscar winning songs. --
Very dark shot. The car seems at first
glance to be a Rolls Royce but careful study of rad corner advises it
is the American cca
1920 Roamer C6 56 Sedan
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1922 Rolls Roye Silver Ghost
Cinema screen grab of hand coloured photo from French
Documentary "Apocalypse Stalin" made in 2018 where cars are
being investigated by IMCDB. Story about the rise of Ioseb Besarionis
Jughashvili, to becoming Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin. From being a son
of a poor East Georgian family, to editing Pravda, and robbing banks to
fund Lenin's Bolshevik Revolution, to taking over when Lenin died. --
The car is one of the Lenin
era "state pool" cca
1922 Rolls Roye Silver Ghosts cars.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1924
Mathis SBO Torpedoo
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested but had not yet been
determined. -- Both
cars in the photo are French from the Mathis company of Strasbourg
started by car dealer Emile Mathis in 1905. Early cars were designed
for him by Ettore Bugatti and were marketed as Hermes. Mathis cars
started 1910 and from the shapely pointed and rounded radiator on, cars
in photo are
cca 1924 Mathis SBO Torpedo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1925
Fafnir 476 Limousine
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos and asking for information on the make of
vehicle. Is at a Spyker? -- No,
not a Dutch Spyker. Postcard of a restaurant in neighbouring Belgium.
"Moeder Siska" translates to Mother Siska, who had a waffle
house in Knocke-Le Zout, Belgian coast of English Channel. Car has
sideways 'Y' louvre, a pointed roof and windscreen and is a cca
1925 Fafnir 476 Limousine. Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1927
Talbot 14'45 Weymann Saloon
Couple of interesting photos received from Paul Melhuish (UK)
who has been scanning some old photos and negatives that
belonged to his parents which were taken in the 1930s. Has him stumped
. --
This is a relatively unusual car being a cca
1927 Talbot 14'45 Weymann Saloon, then
made by the STD Motors. Weymann Fabric Bodies were used for fuselages
for aircraft and superlight coachwork for cars 1920-1930, having a
treated fabric material stretched over a timber framework.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1927
Villard Delivery Van
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested. --
Jean-Louis-Felix Potin opened his first grocery
store in Paris in 1844 when he was only 24 and developed his business
selling high quality products at very low profit margins, and home
deliveries. The front wheel drive vehicle was introduced in 1923 by
Automobiles Colombe but this seems to be the later cca
1927 Villard Three-Wheeler Delivery Van.
Read
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1927
Sizaire Freres 4RI 11CV Saloon
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos and asking for information on the make of
vehicle. Possibly a Sizaire but which model? -- Sizaire
Brothers started as Sizaire Naudin 1905 and grew into a plethora of
complicated companies, which included one in Britain in 1913-27,
Sizaire Berwick. Meanwhile formed a further company in Paris in 1923
and were making this advanced cca
1927 Sizaire Freres 4RI 11CV Saloon,
2L 4 cylinder.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1928
Marmon E 75 Tourer
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested but had not yet been
determined. --The
tell-tale of make on this photo is the small pointed triangle above the
badge below the water filler cap. This is from a range of American
luxury cars, this a cca
1928 Marmon E 75, and from the two
door handles visible, is a Touring. Marmon cars 1902-1933 were made in
Indianapolis, Indiana. Marmon Wasp won 1911 Indianapolis 500.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: Probably
1931 Fiat 515 Saloon
Couple of interesting photos received from Paul Melhuish (UK)
who has been scanning some old photos and negatives that belonged to
his parents which were taken in the 1930s. Father
told him that in early business 1934, mother drove a Fiat 7-seater as a
taxi. --
Mystery; body and wheels British, overtones of a Willys. Registration
is Devon CC 1931, when Fiat was ending the 514 and starting 515, which
proved popular as taxi. Similarities, so possibly
a Fiat, with some small doubts.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1937 Opel Super Six Saloon
Cinema screen grab taken from aPolish-Czechoslovak war film film "Ulica
Graniczna" (Boarder Street) made in 1948 where cars are being
investigated by IMCDB. Story about the Jewish Polish underground
residents of a tenement block in Warsaw, and ending with the Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising in 1943. the then very recent Polish sensitivities
moved the making of the film to Czezechoslovakia. --
From boot and headlamps car in this shot
is a German cca
1937 Opel Super Six Saloon.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1939
Standard Flying Eight Tourer
Another very interesting photo from a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle is being requested but had not yet been
determined. -- The
door elbow cutout is a feature on a surprisingly large number of
British cars of that era and size, so is not much help. Fortunately it
is just possible to see the badge on top of the radiator, the British
flag, which gives this range of cas the name Flying Standards, this
being a late cca
1939 Standard Flying Eight Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: Unknown
cca 1905 Delivery Van
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New Zealand) from
a forum of old photos asking for make of
vehicle. . Is it an Argyll?? --
… and it continues to remain a mystery. The
chain cover is very distinctive so should be an easy clue, but not even
our veterans expert Ariejan Bos had an answer. Not an Argyll as they
generally did not have chain drive. South Metropolitan Gas Company was
founded in 1829 and by 1856 had docks, barges and 7 gas holders. HELP
PLEASE?
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