Who knows?
A pre-war car stopped at the top of a descent somewhere, maybe in Scotland, with something undefinable on the bonnet. Continue reading Who knows?
A pre-war car stopped at the top of a descent somewhere, maybe in Scotland, with something undefinable on the bonnet. Continue reading Who knows?
Thanks to those who left comments or emailed their thoughts on the identity of the red car. We seem all to agree that it’s an interesting car and everyone, without exception, thinks it’s Italian. Below are the cars that were … Continue reading The Red Car Part 2
When I drive into a car park I automatically scan all the other vehicles and am immediately conscious of anything interesting. You’re like that too, I know. Sometimes I comment on something to a non-petrolhead passenger and they are amazed … Continue reading The Red Car
There’s nothing on the back of this photograph/postcard to indicate who the deceased is, nor when or where their final journey took place. I posted it to the Facebook Group Unidentified Photos of the British Isles and the buildings were … Continue reading The Final Journey
This postcard shows the British Columbia Ferries Terminal at Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island. I’ve been there and it is a beautiful place, Vancouver Island. I’m not sure I would have chosen this view though, for my postcard home. But … Continue reading Bizarre!
I was sent this postcard by a friend who asked ‘Is that a Ferrari with Italian plates lurking between the Sunbeam and the Escort?’ Good spot! I’m not sure what it is and when we do identify it I am … Continue reading Unidentified in Cirencester
Here’s another British-registered car abroad with a large GB plate on the back. It’s Dunkerque and the card’s title is Enbarquement pour l-Angleterre. The postcard was written on 18th of July 1955 and posted presumably in an envelope as the … Continue reading Returning home
[Later edit – This post has a comment attached by Paul Blokland which correctly identifies the car as a VW Brazilia] This is Angra do Heroismo on the island of Terceira in the Azores. And that’s a right hand drive… … Continue reading An Open Door Policy
I bought this postcard for those two Citroen DSs (or IDs – it’s impossible to tell from here). It’s a postcard from Royan on the west coast of France just below La Rochelle. Unfortunately someone has had the stamp and … Continue reading Greige cars below the Tricolore
Rob van der Klugt, who regularly identifies mystery cars on this blog, emailed with a little mystery of his own. “Browsing through my postcards, I discovered another old one. It might be suitable for your website. According to the information … Continue reading HRX990
Can you identify them? Let’s have a look back at some of the posts I tagged as “mystery” and see if we can identify them. This blog needs a bit of housekeeping. From December 2013 Top Down in Brighton The … Continue reading Old Mysteries
This week we have some musings from Rob van der Klugt. Firstly about the mystery car in the post Excursion en Gruyères and then on convertible formats and the post Glass’s Guide. Despite your advice, Bob, I didn’t stop searching … Continue reading Unfinished Business