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The Ribbed Radiator Mystery (UPDATE: Protos or NAG ?)

Harit Trivedi from India collects prewar photographs, especially those that show motoring scenes from India. Here’s one from a lot of about forty pictures that he recently acquired. It covers the life span of a gentleman who lived on Bombay in the late 1920's. He owned many cars and motorcycles, most of them easily identified but here’s one that has already baffled the minds of many local experts. Therefore Harit turns to us. Indeed the radiator cowl with the odd indentations does not strike us as one from a well-known car. But we’re sure you can come up with a positive identification!

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Thursday, 29 July 2010

Ice-cream?

We all know what it is to restore an antique or classic car, but sometimes someone comes up with a different idea. Nico Langendoen from Holland is such a guy. Before the war his father used to sell ice-cream and his old vending cart had been languishing in the shed for many years. Nico decided to restore it and certainly did a great job. Now his only problem is… whenever he wants to show it, everybody asks him for an ice-cream. And at a prewar price!

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Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Let's face the music!

The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed is already some weeks behind us. It’s arguably the largest historic motor sports event in the world that attracted around 150,000 visitors and as every year, the Earl of March made sure it was a Mecca for historic racing fans. One of the many prominent drivers was of course Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason who took part for the fourth time with the 1939 Auto Union Type D Dual Compressor (click main pic!).

(photos courtesy Audi)

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Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Hey! What's that?

Citron_model_A_1919_300 We are so lucky that many keep their eyes open and send us wonderful photos. Either from their camera or from their family album. This shot -I should say shots- were sent to us by Leo Schildkamp (basically a Lancia guy, but still...). He spotted this nimble Citroën in Maastricht, at the entrance of Jan Jacob's Garage, where -it must be said- anything could pop up from the mists of time. Anyway, Leo jumped from his car to take a few extra pics and ended getting a small tour in this very much untouched 1919 Type A boattail Coupe. Car is currently in the collection of Jack Braam Ruben.
(photos Leo Schildkamp)

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Monday, 26 July 2010

Eric Longden missing bits (UPDATE: more photos)

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Martin Shelley is collecting parts for this most interesting project, a 1922 Eric Longden which must be one of the prettiest cars ever raced at Brooklands. If he could find a radiator (a cowl only as his is aircooled) and the little alloy centred solid back axle, he'd have an almost complete set of parts... Pic also attached of the car with Eric Longden and the Mayor of Portsmouth at the 1923 Southsea Speed Trials. If you have any Eric Longden parts or any printed info to help his project further please contact him directly(click).

Update by Michael Butler who found more photos

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Sunday, 25 July 2010