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Established July, 2001. Edition 2677
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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The daily Magazine & Marketplace
dedicated to the pre 1940 car
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October: 93 new - 113 sold/expired
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Last week’s little Mouse brought us a truckload full of emails. Many did not fall for the Italian made Fiat 500 “Topolino” and identified our quiz-car correctly as a licence built NSU-Fiat from Germany. Most of you thought it to be the Weinsberg version of which there were some 400 made. However, there is one that was built by Gläser which differs in small details from the Weinsberg, of which the most obvious are the windshield and the angle of the louvers on the side. We received four complete and correct answers from Ingo Jost, Eric Kieboom and jury member Bart Oosterling, but we decided that the winner should be João Pedro Gazineu for his short and simple: “Hi, I’m from Brazil, I’m 18 years old. This car is a 1938 NSU-Fiat 500 spider sport by Gläser. It was based on the Fiat 500 chassis, but it was not built in Italy, it was in Germany.” Congratulations João, the T-shirt is on its way!
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Maybe you wonder what she’s doing. Nowadays we would probably call it Quality Control, but in those days it was called “materials testing”, measuring all those bolts to make sure they have the correct dimensions. Somehow we have a vague idea of the early factories as dark holes, where people toiled to make a meagre living. This photo proves otherwise as this group of people seems to have a clear and proper workspace. The picture dates from 1922 and was taken in the Manheim factory of Benz & Cie. The factory itself dates from 1908 when Benz had a new plant constructed in Mannheim. Officially opened on October 12, 1908 and now, exactly 100 years later, it is still in operation producing commercial vehicles. (photos courtesy Daimler AG)
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No doubt these dressed-up kids are on their way to a fun party, fancy fair or about to participate in a celebration parade. Anyway, the dickey seat of 1926 Buick Roadster in the background will be large enough to carry them. Our photo dates from the early 1960s when the Buick’s owner was a baker, Frank Maisey, which might explain why the little boy on the left is dressed in white and carries a basket of bread. But what is the significance of the boy on the right with the can tied to a pole? We couldn’t read the sign hanging around his neck. This Buick Roadster, that has lived in the same English county, Somerset, for the last eighty-two years, will be offered for sale by H&H at their auction on October 12. (photos courtesy H&H)
Update by Rick Ford who suggests the boy with the pole and basket could be an eel/elver catcher from the nearby Somerset Levels.
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