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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 photo 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:
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1900
Daimler Charette Anglaise
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car
Number Classics' detailing histories of original cars/owners of the
first registrations issued in UK in early 1904. --
Our Ariejan Bos confirms a British cca 1900 Daimler Charette
Anglaise.
The rad was probably added. Daimler features are shape of the
protection plate at the front with the large centre hole for the crank
handle, and also the chain case.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1903
Daimler 12HP Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car
Number Classics' detailing histories of original cars/owners of the
first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.-- Photo
from his "IZ" series of registration numberplates indicating
the County Mayo in Southern Ireland. This is a cca
1903 Daimler 12HP Tonneau belonging to
Viscount Guillamore of Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Ireland. READ
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
18HP Wolseley Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the
door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of
original cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early
1904. --Early sporting machine which our Ariejan
Bos spotted was a cca
1904 18HP Wolseley Tonneau registered
Mayo CC, Ireland, driven by Sir Hickman B Bacon, Baronet, and a
relative of the Elizabethan Francis Bacon. READ
MORE HISTORY.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
Opel Systeme Darracq
Very interesting photo found while saearching other cars on a forum of
old car photos dealing with car histories. Photo date is 1910 and the
script obviously says Opel, but the radiator has a central hump and is
not of a pattern I have seen before. It also has an external
Distributor by starting handle, a Darracq practice. -- Our
Ariejan Bos confirms unusual radiator but car is
cca 1904 Opel Systeme Darracq built
while had Darracq licence. Car has a later 1910 body. READ
MORE HISTORY.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
De Dion Bouton Type S Omnibus
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car
Number Classics' detailing histories of original cars/owners of the
first registrations issued in UK in early 1904. --
Confirmed by Michael Edwards od DDB UK that this one is a
cca 1904 De
Dion Bouton Type S, with a twin cylinder 727cc engine. In the catalogue
body is defined as an 'omnibus', which is not really apt given only two passenger seats.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1904
Brouhot Rear Entrance Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car
Number Classics' detailing histories of original cars/owners of the
first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.--
Title in the Peerage of England, 25th
Baron de Clifford, lived at Cowfold in Sussex, owned French
Brouhot cars and died at age 26 in a car accident in 1909 in 1904
Brouhot Tonneau. Married actress Eva
Carrington. SEE
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1908
Talbot 12 HP Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from our Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of the door-stopper encyclopedia 'Car
Number Classics' detailing histories of original cars/owners of the
first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.-- This
is a cca
1908 Talbot 12 HP Side Tonneau owned
by Henry Moutray Ernest Anketell-Jones, JP, 'Landed Proprietor, who
lived at Burrishoole Lodge, Corraunboy, county Mayo, - being on the
west coast of Ireland. ,m READ
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1908
Talbot 12HP Runabout
Couple of interesting photos received from Alex Richards (Australia), a Rover aficionado, who would like advice on this car.
Photo RC273 seems like a Talbot or a Standard with typical two-seater
body and open rear cargo deck. The radiator shell of the car in picture
has a shoulder on it which suggested a Standard as Rover cars had
flat-topped bonnets. -- Our Ariejan Bos confirms
a British
cca 1907/8 Talbot
Runabout, obably the 12HP. pointer is the
auxiliary rod at front of the steering column.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1908
Royal Tourist G3 Touring
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 exotic foliage
and trees confused investigation, assuming British colonial location
and European car. Turns out location is a pebble beach on the '17-mile
Drive' near Monteray, California, where they now hold an annual
Concours d'Elegance, and where this American built cca
1908 Royal Tourist G3 Touring from
Cleveland Ohio could well have swept the board later, being one of
USA's premier luxury brands of that time.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1910
Darracq 10HP Runabout
Couple of interesting photos received from Alex Richards (Australia),
a Rover aficionado, who would like advice on this car. Photo of car KH2
suggests something like a Napier perhaps ? Difficult to make out as
part of a larger photo so zoomed-in and cropped; is definitely not a
Rover ! -- Our Ariejan Bos thinks this to be a
French car and probably a
Darracq of around 1910, possibly the 10HP.
Difficult but pointers are rad filler assembly and bonnet shape, louvre
pattern and mudguards.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1910
Rochet Schneider Limousine
Another interesting puzzling photo from a forum of car photos
asking for information on the make of vehicle not yet identified.
Origin of photo apparently Belgium. -- The photo
is slightly damaged and also slightly blurry, amd therefore
identification is slightly more difficult. The radiator top appears to
have a raised tank like Peugeot but with sloping sides, and trace of a
roundel on the rad matrix. We think this is a
cca 1910 Rochet Schneider
Open Drive Limousine, probably the 12 HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Charron Charronnette Two-seater
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of old photos and asking for information
on the make of vehicle from Holland. -- Small
car, rear radiator and coalscuttle bonnet, which does not look original
and advised by our Ariejan Bos he thinks this is a French cca 1914
Charron Charronnette but fitted with a modern bonnet in the style of
the mid-twenties Renault; perhaps modernisation or a necessity after an
accident? Rest of the car fits a 1914 Charron.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Vauxhall 30'98 Racer
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? -- On on the
side of the car in Cyrillic (Russian alphabet which I can read due my
Yugoslav background where were bi-alphabetical), written in phonetics
is 'Vokshol' which presumably would be Vauhall. Ariejan Bos Advises
this is a cca
1914 Vauxhall 30'98 Racer, second in
the only ever Russian Grand Prix, St Petersberg, May 1914. READ
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1914
Rolls Royce 40'50 Ferguson
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand)
from a forum of old photos and asking for
information. Obviously a Rolls Royce
40'50
but no mentions of Ferguson company in his lists. Too early to be American.
-- We contacted our Rolls Royce Historian Tom Clark who advised this is
a cca
1914 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost Tourer
chassis 12BD built for HP Shiel of Dublin and bodied by Joe Ferguson,
Belfast, brother of Harry Ferguson-the-tractor! READ
MORE HISTORY.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1915
Ford Model T Runabout
Very interesting photo found on a forum of old car photos where the
identity of the vehicle had not yet been determined. The photo is
headed "1915 Topanga Canyon". --Topanga
Canyon is a pass in the Santa Monica Mountains which exits onto the
Pacific coast road between Malibu and Los Angeles, California. From the
transverse suspension and the stepped scuttle, the the car is a cca
1915 Ford Model T Runabout, but why
cowled headlights??
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1916
Aries 15CV 5.4 Torpedo
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of old photos and asking for information
on the make of vehicle. Not clear enough to read the badge. --
But fortunately the shape of the badge and the shape of the radiator is
familiar enough to look in the right place. This is a military version
of a French cca
1916 Aries 15CV 5.4 Torpedo. Most
Aries cars and lorries during WW1 were made for the French
Military. Built in the North West suburbs of Paris.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1923
White 15 Seat Charabanc
Another puzzling photo received from Anthony Sparling connected
with Ceylon researching his family tree. -- The
vehicle is a Charabanc and has distinctive White petrol (not steam)
radiator. We have photo of same without people as White Smith Charabanc.
Research advises photo is from Sidney Australia of a luxury cca
1923 White 15 Seat Charabanc, bodied
by Smith & Waddington made for NL Day of Coogee, (both Sydney), on
the Jenolan Caves and the Royal National Park tourist runs.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1924
Galloway 10'20 Tourer
Email received from SVVS Member Roger Armstrong (UK)
advising car on HP 151 shown as Cluley 11.9 HP is incorrect. Only two
Cluley cars left for Australia, a 10.5 model and a 14/30 model. No
Cluley ever had a script identification across the radiator, and the
script badge reads Galloway and not Cluley. -- In
our defence, the car make logos look very similar and when blurry
are easy to confuse. See Photo of Cluley badge. Agree,
cca 1924 Galloway 10'20 Tourer. SEE
MORE HISTORY.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1925
Chenard & Walcker Cabriolet
Another interesting photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of old photos and asking for information
on the make of vehicle. Chenard & Walcker? and if so, model/year? --
Indeed Chenard & Walcker from the dimples in the radiator sides. It
seems a relatively small car, a Cabriolet 2/3 Places. C&W cars had
a relatively complex range just after WW1. This seems an unusual
cca
1925 Chenard & Walcker Cabriolet 2/3 Places built on a 10CV
Chassis, advertised 1925.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1927
Fiat 520 Saloon
Another interesting photo received from Jorge Tardeno (Madeira)
of a car he had found while surfing the web and wondered if we knew
what it was. -- Most likely a cca
1927 Fiat 520 Saloon, but it is the
lady who is interesting. She is Sofia Jablonska, Ukraine's first
internationally known travel writer, film-maker and journalist of many
books and articles, who made her name on first solo trip to wilds of
Morocco in 1927, travelled the world, living in China for 15 years
before retiring in France.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1929
Austin Heavy Four Tourer
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. This car looks like it might
have been borrowed to take my mother's parents out for a trip
somewhere. Amazingly my grandparents would have been in their 50s at
that time. -- Suicide rear door,
wheels/nuts, no louvres, weather screens etc all seem have the
appearances of a cca
1929 Austin Heavy Four Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1932
Austin Seven AEW Special
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.Clearly an Austin Seven,
whythe dart on the radiator? -- Our Austin Seven
racer expert John Caddy dug through his books and advised this was a
Middlesex registered cca
1932 Austin Seven AEW Dart Special
built by small coachbuilding company AE Wright in London; quite hot,
made 24, six survive. Dart was the logo.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1938
Armstrong Siddeley 14 HP
Another interesting photo received from Mark
Dawber (New Zealand)
from a forum asking for information on the make
of both vehicles, known photo of Imperial Aircraft with, reportedly, a
Rolls Royce car. -- The aircraft is 1938
G-ADSR, the very first 'Ensign Class' 42-seater four-engined airliner,
then the biggest in Europe and fitted with four Armstrong Siddeley 800
HP 14-cylinder Tiger radial engines. The car is a cca
1938 Armstrong Siddeley 14 HP Saloon.
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MORE HISTORY.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1938
Mercedes Benz1938 170H Cabrio
Another interesting photo received from Jorge Tardeno (Madeira)
of a car he had found while surfing the web and wondered if we knew
what it was. -- If it looks like VW, if it drives
like a VW, if it quacks like VW, it has to be a Mercedes
Benz cca 1938 170 H Cabriolet made
during the period of Hitler's experimentation with the 'Peoples Car'
1934-36, and was one of the originals. Other contenders were Adler,
Steyr and Hanomag. Design winner was Ferdinand Porsche, but built after
WW2.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING: 1968
Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.3 Rallye
This is a picture of a very nice cca 1968
Lancia Fulvia Coupé 1.3 Rallye car that Mrs President's Coz' George
has furkuled some 1,000 miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean outboard
Morocco in Africa. The car is on the very
small Portuguese island of Madeira which is famous for production of
dessert wines and has very active old car culture with a surprisingly
high number of car clubs with cars in active use. Our Chas Moody gives
us bit of history on make/models. READ MORE HISTORY.
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