Classic Cars Caught Unawares in their Natural Environment
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Hi All,
Maybe you'll be interested in my hobby and may be able to help me identify some of the cars I have been unable to identify.
I collect postcards that show cars, but in which the car is really incidental. Why I like them is because the cars are 'captured' off guard. They are not photos of the cars per se, but rather of a scene in which the car car happens to find itself. I'm a big fan of classic cars but do like to see them 'in period' so to speak.
Anyway, here's my blog. Hope you like it.
https://postcardsforpetrolheads.co.uk/
Best wishes,
Bob
Maybe you'll be interested in my hobby and may be able to help me identify some of the cars I have been unable to identify.
I collect postcards that show cars, but in which the car is really incidental. Why I like them is because the cars are 'captured' off guard. They are not photos of the cars per se, but rather of a scene in which the car car happens to find itself. I'm a big fan of classic cars but do like to see them 'in period' so to speak.
Anyway, here's my blog. Hope you like it.
https://postcardsforpetrolheads.co.uk/
Best wishes,
Bob
The darker open car, between the two bike/sidecars, looks to be a Citroen, probably a 1920s B of one version or another.
I have no idea on that wonderful long white thing, but it's gorgeous! Could be a Mercedes, from the V of the radiator? "Balloon car" body?
I have no idea on that wonderful long white thing, but it's gorgeous! Could be a Mercedes, from the V of the radiator? "Balloon car" body?
Edited by TooMany2cvs on Saturday 13th January 17:37
TooMany2cvs said:
The darker open car, between the two bike/sidecars, looks to be a Citroen, probably a 1920s B of one version or another.
I have no idea on that wonderful long white thing, but it's gorgeous! Could be a Mercedes, from the V of the radiator? "Balloon car" body?
That's one heck of a long wheelbase. I also thought immediately of special body for a balloon enthusiast.I have no idea on that wonderful long white thing, but it's gorgeous! Could be a Mercedes, from the V of the radiator? "Balloon car" body?
Edited by TooMany2cvs on Saturday 13th January 17:37
Austro-Daimler? (The radiator shell fits the bill - chrome and pointed).
TooMany2cvs said:
eccles said:
It's also got hints of Prince Henry Vauxhall as well.
Doesn't have the bonnet flutes, though.eccles said:
You can tell on that picture? They generally have very short flutes on PH Vauxhalls and there's no definition of anything after the radiator on that photo as it's over exposed and not detailed enough.
Click on it, and go to the ThumbSnap site. Then click on the image again, and get it at full res.https://thumbsnap.com/f/cadW9h20
TooMany2cvs said:
eccles said:
You can tell on that picture? They generally have very short flutes on PH Vauxhalls and there's no definition of anything after the radiator on that photo as it's over exposed and not detailed enough.
Click on it, and go to the ThumbSnap site. Then click on the image again, and get it at full res.https://thumbsnap.com/f/cadW9h20
Roy C said:
Early 1920s Steyrs also had that kind of radiator cowl (a popular design on German cars of the period), but it is closer to an Austro-Daimler.
I think the mystery car is quite a bit older than the others in the photo - probably more Edwardian than early '20s. If you try to imagine a landaulet body on that chassis, it would have been huge.Edited by Roy C on Sunday 14th January 11:37
velocemitch said:
Great blog, love old photos like those.
Thanks. I am enjoying this conversation too. I'm pretty good at identifying post war cars but I don't know so much about this period. I thought it was pre First World War and, following up on the responses on this blog, was leaning towards an Austro-Daimler, but then TooMany2cvs mentioned a lack of bonnet flutes. However, I have found this image on a site called Curios www.courios.at that seems to show a 1920 Austro Daimler Tourenwagen without flutes. What do you think?Bob
postcardsforpetrolheads.co.uk
GTBob said:
velocemitch said:
Great blog, love old photos like those.
Thanks. I am enjoying this conversation too. I'm pretty good at identifying post war cars but I don't know so much about this period. I thought it was pre First World War and, following up on the responses on this blog, was leaning towards an Austro-Daimler, but then TooMany2cvs mentioned a lack of bonnet flutes. However, I have found this image on a site called Curios www.courios.at that seems to show a 1920 Austro Daimler Tourenwagen without flutes. What do you think?Bob
postcardsforpetrolheads.co.uk
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