Earlier this week in the PreWarCar.com magazine...

Do you know what the rest of the PreWarCar looks like when you see this (very muddy) wooden spoke wheel, mudguard and leaf springs? Use your imagination…

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The formative years of the VSCC were heady days indeed, defined, it would seem, by dashing young men with bristling military moustaches developing Spartan specials to be driven hell-for-leather, long before precious notions of investment value were ever conceived.

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This year, on May 11 and 12, it will be the 5th time that many, many, many of the most fantastic cars will make their trip to the banked track just under Paris in France and enjoy a most pleasant weekend. Give us your opinion in max 100 words and win entry tickets!

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The beginning of Straker Squire goes back to 1896 when Sydney Straker commenced building steam lorries in Bristol, UK. The company went through several changes, and in about 1905 Squire, a wealthy London socialite joined Straker and financed the import of French CSB chassis, which Straker Squire sold until CSB closed in 1908.

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By 1902/1903 makers building motorcycles often using proprietary engines or kits such as the Minerva, offered lady's models. An easy route as they either employed available self-manufactured sturdy lady's cycles or built stronger frames to the same design then adapted or made appropriate smaller fuel tanks and/or accumulators and trembler coil boxes to suit.

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After this failed six-wheeler-adventure the company sold premium four-wheeler-cars (courageously advertised: “Not Only The Best at the Price But the Best at Any Price”) until bankruptcy in 1917; production-numbers overall are estimated between 12.000 and 23.000 cars. In York, the Pullman-building still exists.

 

 

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