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Ford Junior 1936

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Early Renaults

 

Renault 1909 Louis Renault started 1898 to fabricate a car with DeDion engine and 1,75 ps. Air cold with transmission and differential, 3 step gearbox and reverse gear. A very advanced construction. He sold 179 ex. From 1902  engine volume increased to 6,3 l. because of the demand from competition cars. From 1904 to 1928 Renault kept the main construction of L-top, cylinder casting in pair, magnet ignition, thermo siphon cooling and the cooler placed behind engine. 1905 the models AX and AG came. They were the base for all Renault cars, even the famous Taxis de la Marne. The taxi cabs of Paris helped to move the French army during the battle of Marne. The Germans were stopped. 1908 a 6 cyl car was announced. 1911 removable tires and pressure lubrication. More than 10000 cars were produced. Renault has not have any down periods of importance.

About the 1901 car, there is not so much information, more than it has been owned by the Renault reseller, Erik Lundvik, in Stockholm and that the car has been on display in the Marble Halls 1925.  The car was left for restoring in 1990th in Stockholm. The Renault 1901 to the left has the complete name of Type D Series B Voiturette. Typically for the mark after 1902 was that the cooler was placed behind the engine. Perhaps the driver got warm air for the coupé. A dark chapter is that Louis Renault died in prison 1944 after been accused for collaboration with the Nazis. After his dead the company was nationalized. During and after the war a small car was developed, CV4, with the help? of Ferd. Porsche who was in jail for war crime. Although it was announced that he could go free for 500000 franc. His son earned money for construction of the Cisitalia car and paid this sum. For a long time Renault did not make their own bodies, instead there were left to different body firms in France.

Ford T 1918

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Austin Motor Co

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Austin Seven

Austin Seven barn find

 

The history about Austin Seven is just like to tell about Herbert Austin and his work with Austin Seven as the base. The car type that has been widely spread and copied is Austin Seven. Herbert Austin was a self taught car enthusiast in the beginning of early 1900. In this time a quick person could learn by private work and studies to work with car constructions. In this way one could learn to create successful cars. Herbert Austin worked with tools at Wolseley. He thought he had better ideas for a car. 1905 he started his own making of a car called Austin. Those car types he made in the beginning was ordinary family cars. They were called Austin Twelve and twenty. He had also cooperation with Hotchkiss to whom he sold engines. He didn't made profit enough and realized that a small car was the right one for England. A car was taxed after it's engine power. The motor fuel was also expensive. During the WWI he earned much money.  He used it 1922 to develop a car which would suit English people. It became an Austin Seven. This car had an engine with 850 cc and 13 ps, two seats and an extra seat in the rear.

Engine had 4 cylinders and only 2 main bearings in the beginning. Whole England bought this car model. I am sure they mostly used it to go for pub rounds. Herbert Austin established this car in the whole of Europe. Those car producers that bought licenses  in order to make copies was BMW-Dixi, Rosengart, the Danish, the Japanese Datsun, MC Nimbus and even the American Bantam. From Bantam it became later Jaguar Swallow. Totally 375000 Seven were built. Now Herbert looked with interest  on the export market  in America. Here he started the firm American Austin in Butler Pennsylvania.  Back home in England the small Seven sold so good that many small special car builder started with a Austin and many of them became small car producers. As Lotus with mainly the Lotus Seven and other sport cars. 1932 Austin got big competition from the new For Y which took 50% share of the market. Austin Seven became later the main idea for the small Mini.

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Minevara Automobile

Minerva MotoCyclets

Minerva Cars

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Minerva panzer cars

 

Minerva 1900 - 1939 Minerva is such a mark that must have a mystical history behind. That is what you think. When studying the mark strictly there is no interesting story. Only the usual. Two brothers De Jong started bicycle manufacturing in the beginning of 1890, almost the same years they made small engines in series for motorcycles. They also produced an motorcycle of their own which had a good selling. This was not the goal for the brothers. hey wanted to put money on cars. Their first was a Panhard like one, selling 1904. At this time much people had money to pay large and expensive luxury. Minerva production wanted to connect to this train. Furthermore they changed engine type when they bought a license for a double slide Knight engine. From 1909 all cars were equipped with this engine. The important thing that Minerva could continue with these luxury cars for a small number of customers was that Belgium had decided to supply their army with armoured cars.

For this a Minerva frame was well suited. Compare with in England when the Navy chose Rolls Royce Silver Ghost for the same purpose. Lanchester was also a special mark for this. This paid what Minerva needed to be able to continue with these big expensive cars. During the twentieth the car production was blooming and up to 1926 it continued all the time. Minerva become the biggest employee in Belgium and had the most 1600 working in their factory. They sold as most 2500 car one year. On the same time Minerva build their own chariots on the contrary to other luxury car builders. After 1928 - 29 the the selling decreased considerable and Minerva was forced to take other jobs to build chariots for Adler four wheel driven cars 1935. They were also forced to merge with the other car manufacturer in Belgium, Imperia. One can see the influence on the Adler chariots for Imperia 1938. One try for a new type of car came 1930 but was badly sold and few cars were produced up to 1935. A trial with the the V8 engine from Ford was done 1953 but didn't come longer than a prototype. This car had also torsion spring and front drive.

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Benz buss imported 1918 in parts

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Benz Buss imported 1918 Between 1912 - 1918 Benz delivered several different types of engines and chariots. The shown bus is a rebuilt unknown type probably from 1916 or about that time. After WWI Germany was not allowed to export due to the Versailles peace

treaty. Everything that might be war material was not allowed. Separate parts were allowed. Swedish air force did import fighters for the marine in parts. This bus must have been the last which was under this order. Rebuilt and for sure lengthened to be able to take the longer chariot.

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Vram 1933

GP Vram 1933

Hyllinge MS Vram 1933

Sveriges GP Vram

 

Racing in Sweden was often done with rebuild American cars. Here a 6 cyl. Chevrolet car mounted on a lightened Ford frame made for the race at Vram 1933. The owner was may be Martin Strömberg. The racing number on the cooler is not the right one. See link.

The car did some more races and was later incorporated in this museum. The child author Astrid Lindgren was race secretary during this time and can be heard and seen in a interview which can be seen on YouTube many years later.

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Buick 8 1933 When better cars are to be built, Buick will do it. This is a well known slogan. In the childhood of motorism an engineer, David Buick work with construction of stationary steam machines for agriculture. Anny way his goal was to produce a car of his own and to sell it over United States. He started to construct an engine. As many enthusiasts in the beginning David was not good in handling money and soon he had spend all his money. The bank would not lend him more money.

The one which lost most money was the owner of a sheet metal workshop where Dave had borrowed money. William Durant was a well known investor. He went in this business and took over the lead of Buick factory 1904 and before the end of the year the production was running. A many other founder of today well know car marks David Buick disappeared in the heavy fog over Detroit factories. Durant created then the large company named General Motors when he bought several of other car factories in trouble.

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Mercedes 170V 1937




 

This 1937 Mercedes Cab is rebuilt that an extra seat has built up in the rear, even called a son-in-law seat. Note that the cab frame is missing. This may be ordered by Swedish Prince Bertil himself. At this time he had for some years ended his work at Thulinverken. There are no links for this car. He worked as mechanic/trainee at Thulinverken in Landskrona 1928.

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Tatraplan Tatra                Fulda                               Heinkel                            BMW Isetta

Willys                               Triumph Mayflower        Lloyd                                Standard 8 Standard
Förmodell till American

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Oakland 1915

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Oakland 1915 2 seats sport.

This chariot is under renovation. The mark was bought by Durant for his GM list of badges. Oakland was sold bad compared to it's sister car Pontiac and Oakland was ceased 1940.

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Hobby plane built on the frame from BA4

A homebuilt hobby plane built from the frame of a BA4. Owner, builder and pilot was photograph Egon Alm Åstorp. Engine is a 2 cylinder French Citroên or Panhard from 1939.
The designation BA4 is probably an early plane constructed by Björn Andreasson, later working as designer at SAAB.

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NSU Prinz                         NSU Prinz modellbilder                                             DKW F5 DKW F7

 Bengt Strand's Wife                                    Bengt Strand owner
 

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This is as a Fire Car rebuilt T-Ford.

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Scania ca 1905
 

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Scania Vabis museum

Scania Vabis

Scania car from about 1905. Built in Skane before merging with Vabis.