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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:
1895 Rochet Schneider L5 Tonneau
Hand painted photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of car photos asking for information on
the make of vehicle? - - The photo is marked'
Visit a Honfleu' which seems on the other bank of the Seine
estuary from the Port of Le Havre in Calvados, Normandy. Poor photo so
car was difficult to make out but our Ariejan Bos advises it is an
early French
Rochet Schneider from Lyon. The hinged
footplate for the front vis-à-vis seat seems to be of the 1895 L5 Type
Tonneau.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1902 Electromobile Single Landaulette
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia
'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904. --
LC 631 was mid 1905 London CC. We suggested French Krieger but our
Ariejan Bos says British, a cca
1902 Electromobile Single Landaulette,
Lambeth. Initially using French Krieger electrics but later Contal.
Also Broughams. had Taxi fleet 1908. Actress Vesta Tilley.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1903
Gladiator 10HP Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia 'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.
-- - Not much of car visible. ID feature is louvres on top of bonnet
rather than it being a lid, 8 on side, and solid entry handle. Our
Ariejan Bos advises another but earlier cca
1903 Gladiator, this a 10HP Rear Entrance Tonneau,
with Edwardian stage actress Delia Mason.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1903
Gladiator 12HP Tonneau
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia 'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904. --
No registration visible so likely 1903. This is a cca
1903 Gladiator 12HP Tonneau made by
early French cycle maker Clement-Gladiator. Actress shown was Miss
Kitty Gordon and (second of 4) husband Henry Beresford, son of 3rd
Baron Decies of Bolam Ireland.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1903
Peugeot Type 61 Landaulette
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia 'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.
-- Registration H 12 is amongst first issued by Middlesex CC in
December 1903.There would have been a rush. Peugeot ID feature is the
rectangular header tank on the radiator. This is a medium size of car
so would have been a
cca 1903 Peugeot Type 61 Landaulette 12HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1904
Napier 30HP Six Tourer
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia 'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904.
-- Chain drive, long bonnet, rolls-type rad, tall filler cap and very
deep steering wheel, all pointing to a cca
1904 Napier 30HP Six Tourer. Internet
reveals that the ladies in the car are all actresses; Adrienne Auguarde,
Pauline Chase, Nina Longstaff and Caroline Ellen.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:1906
Humber 10'12 Landaulette
Another puzzling photo received from Member, actor and auto
historian Nicholas Young (UK) of encyclopedia
'Car Number Classics' detailing histories of original
cars/owners of the first registrations issued in UK in early 1904. --
Photo of an open drive car, no registration, and a lady. Some web
research advised lady is Miss Madge Crichton (1878-1951), actress. The
car with this smaller unusual bonnet was only available for only about
a year and is a cca
1906 Humber 10'12 Town Car Landaulette
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1907 Maudslay 25'30 Landaulette
Lovely photo sent to us by Andrew Lewis-Barned (UK) which
belonged to his great-grandmother, and which is pictured with the
chauffeur at Sussex Square London. Can we help to identify the car?
- - Quite a few cars had round radiators with offset surrounds but only
a few with the offset wider at top than bottom. This car is a London CC
registered cca
1907 Maudslay 25'30 Landaulette made
in Coventry. Maudslay started ship engines1901, cars to WW1, then made
commercials. Became AEC.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1908 Swift 10'12HP Two-seater
Puzzling photo from a forum asking for
information on the make of vehicle. --
Registration FM (Chester 1914) or FN 589 (Canterbury CBC). Not earlier
than 1906 when bonnet changed from rounded to angular. 10 louvres which
occupy whole bonnet, so a two-cylinder. Earliest a cca
1908 Swift 10'12HP Two-seater having
Swift's own two cylinder 1814cc engine. Could have detachable rear sets
making it a Side Entrance Tonneau. Subsequent 7HP single cylinder
smaller cars had no louvres.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1909 Humber 16HP Landaulette
Another photo, rather pixly, sent to us by Andrew Lewis-Barned (UK) which
belonged to his great-grandmother, and which is pictured with the
chauffeur at Sussex Square London. Can we help to identify the car?
-- Not A Rolls as these have a full width rad top. The car is British,
no registration visible to help dating, but front and rear wheel hubs
as well as the sloping thinner very top of rad advise this is a cca
1909 Humber 16HP Landaulette, made in
Coventry. Originally bicycles, first car 1896.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1910 Daimler 33 Landaulette
Hand painted photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of car photos asking for
information. -- Distinctive fluted
radiator, no windows to driver's cab, no front brakes, and no
registration to help with dating. This is the make of car, and a
similar model, that at the time was being used by Royaltyin the UK and
other countries! This one has the extra cooling lid on the bonnet and
is a chauffeur driven cca
1910 Daimler 33 Open-Drive Landaulette
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1910 Packard Model 18 Touring
Cinema screen grab taken from an American documentary film
"Horizons Unlimited" made in 1948 about the American roads
made for the Highway Transportation where cars are being investigated
by IMCDB. - - Dark and blurry so looks a round
radiator, but is not. This is a
cca 1910'11 Packard Model 18 Touring
from mudguard 'hoods' and large wheel hubs. Height of front door is
slightly lower than rear door suggesting 1910/19 11 model. Next model
all doors were same height.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1911 Renault 50HP Roi-des-Belges
Cinema screen grab taken from Spanish film
Mensajeros de paz" made in 1957 where cars are being investigated
by IMCDB. Story inspired by The Three Wise Men wandering through the
streets of Madrid. -- The car is French
with a longer bonnet from the earlier era suggesting a four cylinder,
curving front mudguards and uplifter rear mudguards, no filler cap to
bonnet, square edged rad, long wheelbase Roi des Belges extended body
with- all suggesting approximately
1911
Renault 50HP.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1914 Enfield-Alldays Nimble Nine
Another interesting photo received from a forum of old photos
and asking for information on the make of vehicle owned by GGrandmother
in UK. - - Very pretty British car from handle on
the bonnet. Bullnose rad suggested Bullnose Morris but they had louvres
in the bonnet. Relatively sure it is a cca
1914 Enfield-Alldays Nimble Nine Doctors Coupe,
bespoke coachwork. Merger/takeover of Birmingham's Enfield Autrocar Co
by Birmingham's Alldays & Onions, lasting through to 1925.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1915 Delahaye 16'20 Camionette
Lovely photo sent to us by our old friend Fer Cools (Holland)
asking if we knew the make of the light lorry surrounded by military
personnel. - - The immediate identification
feature of holes in the radiator skirting was familiar, but needed our
Ariejan Bos to the rescue advising a French Delahaye. Specific dating
feature was that the rad edges were rounded rather than square, which
suggests this is a cca
1915 Delahaye 16'20 Camionette.
Delahaye subsequently also made many fire engines
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1923 SLIM Type AP 12HP Tourer
Cinema screen grab taken from French film "L'autre Aile".
(The other Wing) made in 1925 where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. Story about hero is killed during aerobatic display so fiancé
becomes aviator. -- Two similar cars same
make, different models, French
SLIM 1920-25 type AP Tourer made to
1923 as 12HP & 15HP models, similar larger models were made 1924'5
in three sizes before closure. This one would probably be earlier
pre-front brakes model, possibly the 12HP Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1924 SLIM Type AP 15HP Tourer
Cinema screen grab taken from French film "L'autre Aile".
(The other Wing) made in 1925 where cars are being investigated by
IMCDB. Story about hero is killed during aerobatic display so fiancé
becomes aviator. -- Two similar cars same
make, different models, French SLIM
1920-25 type AP Tourer made to 1923 as
12HP & 15HP models, similar larger models were made 1924'5 in three
sizes before closure. This one would probably be laterb post-front
brakes model, possibly the 15HP Tourer.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1925 FN 1300 Sport
Another puzzling photo from France received from
Georges Truffaut (Belgium).
Can we tell brand? -- Work on the photo
eventually noted that there is a flying bird logo on the radiator face.
Interesting Germanic one-above-other lighting layout but does also have
sidelights on mudguards, and has a four-part windscreen. Big wheels for
small car? Ariejan Bos eventually advised this is a cca
1925 Belgian FN 1300 Sports, also made
in 1400 and 1625 forms to 1933. Third 1925 Monte.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1927 Minerva AK Rebodied
Hand painted photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of car photos asking for informationon the
make of vehicle? Suggestions of it is a Vauxhall or a Railton. A big
Minerva? - - Would agree it being a Belgian
Minerva, and as the body style is
quite modern, probably a later re-body. Post-1930 Minervas went for
flaps rather than louvres. Minerva was effectively gone by 1934. This
would be from the bigger cars of A group which have 22 louvres,
Probably the 6 litre AK.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1928 Alvis 12'50 Super Sports FWD
Another interesting photo received from
Georgio Tardisu (Madeira)
which he thinks was taken in Penang in
Malaysia. -- British car with a rabbit
logo; there were four different 'hare' mascots on the Alvis. This is cca
1928 Alvis 12'50 Super Sports FWD, 1482cc
supercharged overhead cam engine, gearbox at front, being the first
production car with Front Wheel Drive. Independent suspension. Only 140
cars were made, 35 survive. Alvis sportscars raced successfully at
Brooklands and Le Mans.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1934
Lanchester 10 LA10 Saloon
Grainy photo from a forum of old photos asking for information
on the make of vehicle owned by late father in late 40's and mid 50's.
- -Vehicle seems to have reg TJ 8377 issued
by Lancaster County Council in 1934. The car has a triangular radiator
header and a triangular badge area with considerable heritage. This is
a cca
1934 Lanchester 10 LA10 Saloon made
after their takeover by BSA takeover and given to their Daimler
division to manufacture; still had reputation and 12,00 made.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1937
Plymouth Sedan
Grainy photo from a forum of old photos asking for information
on the make of vehicle owned by late father in late 40's and mid 50's.
- - Car is American, headlamps attached to
side of bonnet. Waterfall grille, quite common on US cars in the 1930s.
Only part of the registration visible but not of much help. Rad-top
figure however suggests this is from economical end of the Chrysler
Corporation products, a cca
1937 Plymouth Sedan or Coupe but not
enough visible to be certain of model.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1940 Skoda 1100 Popular Drophead
Another puzzling photo received from Chris
de Boer (Holland)
who is a Historian on World War II events and who asked again for help
in identifying a vehicle used by the German army May 1945.
- - Very difficult as people and clothes are obscured car, so we tried
airbrushing them out but got no further. Our pal Raoul Rainer in
Germany came up with intriguing answer that it is a car from
Czechoslovakia, a cca
1940 Skoda 1100 Popular Drophead with
a Tarnscheinwerfe. READ
MORE..
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
1976 Mobra 50 Super Motorcycle
Our Publicity Officer Tony Russell (UK),
whose son married a Romanian girl from Transylvania, has just holidayed
there, where Tony, an old biker, asked if we knew what this was?. -
- From the tank this looks like a cca
1976 Mobra 50 Super, made by Moped
Brasov, Mo-Bra, making motorcycles in Zarnesti between 1970-1994 as
follow-on to the 1960s Carpati moped. All Mobra were 50cc (max in
Romania) 4 HP, fastest 76 kph. Experimented with electric mopeds. Were
tuned and often raced.
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IDENTIFICATION AND DATING:
Unidentified
1920 Three-wheeler
Hand painted photo received from Mark Dawber (New
Zealand) from a forum of car photos asking for information.
Various names discarded; Morgan, BSA etc. - - Old
car considerably rebuilt and re-registered in Bournemouth in 1920. My
feeling is that this could be a British cca 1912 Crouch Carette, water
cooled, whereas our Veterans expert Ariejan Bos thinks, and could be
right, this is a modified Auto
Carrier company's Sociable, air
cooled. AC later went to build the AC Cobra. READ
MORE..
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