Earlier this week in the PreWarCar.com magazine…

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On Monday

My great grandfather's taxi

“I am trawling through a lot of old family photos and papers trying to make sense of movements between continents 100 years ago. I wonder if anyone can identify this car. It was my great grandfather's taxi. Its pre WW1 and the picture is taken in Antwerp, Belgium. My grandmother always insisted that her father owned two Benz taxis (pre - Mercedes). She was good with her hands and therefore she used to help work on them.

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On Tuesday

Lanchester looking for new lover

One dear reader who has just offered a truly lovely car for sale doubts the knowledge of his fellow-readers here on PreWarCar, writing: “Nobody knows what Lanchesters are, they went bust in 1930 when the bank fore closed on a £25,000 loan. Not a lot of money and probably covered by Work In Progress. The business was sold to Daimler who really needed the small car that George Lanchester had designed or they really would have gone bust. Smells like a historic stitch up to me.”

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On Wednesday

London to Brighton: How many owners did your car have?

People don’t get 120 years old. Or at least not the people that we know. Some cars, however, are approaching that ripe old age by this time. And it’s hard to imagine what these cars have gone through in their motoring lives. The annual London to Brighton run is a great celebration of these vintage machines and auctioneer Bonhams jumps to the occasion of selling some of them.

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On Thursday

MG J2 reborn

As popular today with sporting motorists as it has ever been, the simple construction and rewarding driving experience of the MG J2 makes it a natural choice for a prewar restoration. With a committed MG restorer involved, one could be forgiven for thinking that any J2 might be resurrected with only a few easy weekends’ work but, in reality, we all know that life has an annoying habit of getting in the way.

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On Friday

What exactly happened to this Bucciali roadster?

Not all cars are equal and some marques are more mesmerizing than others. Take the enigmatic Bucciali, shrouded in mystery and intrigue, because there is so little left of the wonderful cars themselves.

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On Saturday

How differential steering works

“Engineers had to find a way to connect both rear wheels to the engine without sliding and slipping on turns." In this technical video, the Chevrolet Motor Division explains how differential steering works. The subject is introduced by an acrobatic on PreWarMotorbikes. Some things look so complicated but ones we understand the principle...

For both PreWarMotorbike and PreWarCar fans, we present: Around The Corner!

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