Classic Cars Caught Unawares in their Natural Environment

[GTBob]

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

[GTBob]

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]

RichB said:

Bob, it's the Vauxhalls of the era that had the flutes not the Austro-Daimler.

Duh! I should have read that more carefully! I'll try to keep up from now on!