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Established July, 2001. Edition 2515
Monday, May 12, 2008
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The daily Magazine & Marketplace
dedicated to the pre 1940 car
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May: 61 sold/expired - 39 new
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Bianchi in 1/1 scale needed!
The hobby of Marek Hötzelt from Germany is collecting rare plastic model kits. Recently he bought this unusual kit of a 1906 Bianchi 15/20 CV Coupe de Ville. It’s in scale 1/16 and is made by the Japanese company Imai. The kit is very detailed with hundreds of small parts. It is even powered by a little motor to make it run. Marek always tries to build his models as close to the original as possible, however, with this one he has a problem. He can’t find photos of a similar 1/1 scale Bianchi for reference. But we are positive you can help him. Do you have or know of photos of a 1906 Bianchi 15/20 CV Coupe de Ville? Mail us! (RB)
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Monument to the Mother of all Motoring
This year it is 120 ago that Bertha Benz made her now famous long-distance journey. In August 1888, she and her two sons set off in the patent motor car designed by her husband, Carl Benz, and drove the 106 kilometers from Mannheim to the town of her birth, Pforzheim, returning to Mannheim a few days later. With the exception of one or two minor incidents, the patent motor car functioned perfectly. To mark this anniversary, the town of Pforzheim has unveiled a monument in honor of Bertha Benz. The sculpture, made by local artist René Dantes, is -in his words- “an expression of dynamic movement but also depicts a stylized representation of a Benz patent motor car and seated female figure, whose two elements fuse to form a single entity.” In our words: a fitting Monument to the Mother of all Motoring!
And don’t forget… today is Mother’s Day!
(photos courtesy Daimler AG) (RB)
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What is it?
Quiz # 226
It's a Bob Adams flatbed truck. Delivering a car bought through this website a few years back to its new US owner. It's one of those makes of car only the real insider knows about. Production was probably not far from 100 units in total. Still this marque is capable to arouse the interest of hundreds of afficionado's. The cars of this make in most cases were built and meant for competition and used the best of two worlds. Both from the UK and from the US. The maker himself is an ex army man, the history of the marque is made of competition. We understand the engine is slightly more powerfull compared to the more 'standard' cars making this example even more scarce than most of the other handfull of survivors. Up to you to explain or gamble -before next Monday - from which year and which specification this particular example is in order to have a chance to win the infamous PreWarCar T-shirt. Send here. (photo source will be made public next week)
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Your editors's Model T has passed the Dutch Road Safety Board tests (RDW ) and is granted a licence which will be efffective within days from now. It is our intention to report to you about Model T life during the remainder of this centennial. At the start of this t-project we like to express special thanks for their help to Keith Canouse for being our buyers guide during the AACA fall Meet, last October in Hershey. To Dougal Cawley of Longstone Tyres for providing an A+ set of vintage tyres and safety inner tubes. And to Theo Castricum for fine-fettling the car over the last few weeks for use on the Dutch roads! We'll keep you informed.JB
UPDATE: see video
No Friday lovely today; just to remember you it's Mother's day this Sunday...
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The Brass Dash Mystery (UPDATEs: Standard !)
Rastislav Noga from Bratislava, Slovakia asks our help in identifying this slightly battered brass dashboard panel. Several years ago he bought it locally without knowing what it was for. The speedometer is Smiths; the mechanical clock is made by North & Sons Ltd from Watford and London; the fuel gauge is AC Standard and the ignition switch is a Lucas Startix. The only markings that can be found on the inside of the panel are the numbers 300030 and 1034. It could be that the speedo and clock were replaced at some time, but still the whole dashboard has a certain ‘made in the UK’ air about it. What do you think? Let us know (RB)
UPDATE II comes from Crawford Stirling who has a 1934 Standard 10 which has a similar (painted) dash (click!)
UPDATE I by Steve Gallichan: “I am certain this dashboard comes from a 1930's Standard, made by the Standard Motor Company Ltd of Coventry England, and were very similar throughout their range of cars made between 1933/1934. It should have a wood grain pattern that was coated on top of the brass which has been removed. The circular cut out in the top of the dash was for the windscreen wiper handle that could be turned to engage the electric wiper motor or move the wiper blades off of the opening windscreen, there was the a second piece of the dash that covered the centre section to hide that large hole.”
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