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Automobilia, and other car-related collectables.

Since its debut in late 2001, oldclassiccar has grown in many different directions, usually in a slightly haphazard fashion, as new ideas spring to mind and older ones get swiftly forgotten. A quick look at the homepage will present a list of car articles, on everything from running, choosing and driving old cars, through to some buyer's guides, large galleries containing images old and new, vintage road signs, toy cars, illustrated childrens book covers, classifieds, my own classics, your classics, and on and on.

As a collector of all motor-related memorabilia, many items in my own automobilia collection don't really fit in any particular section, hence this new corner of the website, which will grow to contain all manner of snippets, ephemera, old adverts, book mentions, and any oddities that I come across in my travels. Everything on this page has been grouped into one of three categories: 1. Make or Model Specific, 2. Old Garage, Business & Motor Factor billheads and invoices, and 3. Miscellaneous automobilia.

Other collectables on oldclassiccar
If you collect this kind of thing too, have a look at the free-to-list Automobilia adverts section. The Motoring Games section may be of interest too. A section added in 2007 covers the collecting of cigarette & trading cards from the 30s to the 60s, and if old comic postcards are your thing, check out these car-related humorous postcards. Anyone interested in old oil and petrol company memorabilia, may find this article on petroliana of interest. Finally, a new section featuring some of my own motoring gadgets is gradually being added to the site.

Motoring and car-related collectables
Make or model specific....
Aston-Martin & Lagonda tourers
  (Period press photo featuring two roadsters)
Austin 12/6 competition
  (An entry ticket to win a 12/6 Harley, dated 1932.)
Austin 1800 taxi
  (Old drinks coaster from Radio Cabs of Sale, Mcr.)
Austin 20 Test Drive
  (Austin Motor Show invite, Vincent's of Reading, 1921.)
Austin of England memorabilia
  (Original Austin paint tins and A35 sweeties!)
Babs - Parry-Thomas' LSR car
  (Featured on a 1927 copy of The Nelson Lee comicbook)
Bedford Drivers Club
  (A BDC members' handbook from 1949/1950)
"Blue Bird" & Sunbeam Land Speed Record
  (Both cars feat. on 1927 copies of The Nelson Lee)
BMC, Kennings, Newton Oil ++ matches
  (Various free motoring-related matchbooks)
Canterbury Motor Car Company
  (A sales catalogue for Canterbury cars, 1904)
Chicago Electric
  (Correspondence from this electric car maker in 1914)
Citroen 2CV Type AZ
  (2CV advertising leaflet dating to 1956)
Ford Anglia
  (Two period drinks mats featuring the 105E)
Ford Factory-Built Engine Exchange
  (Factory re-conditioned engines from Ford in 1961)
Ford Prefect 100E competition prize
  (Prize draw ticket from 1957 to win a new Prefect)
Ford Model T
  (A 1920's Model T Ford on a postcard)
Ford Motor Company (Aero Engines)
  (Wartime papers, Trafford Park, Manchester)
Frank Morrish & Co. 1904
  (Maker of cycles and the Speedwell Light Car)
Healey Silverstone
  (Flyer for Charles Mortimer's book in 1951)
Heinkel Cabin Scooter manual
  (A battered original handbook for the 3 wheeler)
Hercules Bicycles
  (Sale promotion letter dating to 1926)
Hillman Minx Christmas present
  (Treat your lady to a new Minx at Christmas!!)
Holden Coupe Utility pickup
  (An original advert for this Australian Ute)
Hudson Essex Motors Limited
  (A receipt from Hudson Essex in 1933, and a 1929 letter)
Humber Hawk raffle ticket
  (A raffle ticket that won a 1951 Hawk at RAF Changi)
Jaguar Mark V artwork.
  (Contemporary '40s painting used in advertising lit.)
James Cycle Company Ltd.
  (Invoice for this cycles & motorcycles company 1932)
Jowett Javelin photograph
  (Late 1940s artwork for the British Javelin car)
Lanchester Motor Company Ltd
  (Original invoices issued by Lanchester in 1933)
Lancia (England) Ltd
  (An invoice for Lancia car parts, 1938)
Marina Taxis, Victoria Garage
  (A pair of 1970s Marinas used in Whitchurch)
Matchless motorcycles (H Collier)
  (Old invoice from H Collier & Son 1928)
Morris Cowley & Oxford "bullnose"
  (Prize draw in 1924 to win a brand new Morris)
Morris Minor tourer 1930s
  (Old snippet from a sales catalogue)
Morris Oxford motorists' road guide
  (A 1920s guide offered by Morris Agents Dallas & Co.)
NSU Sport Prinz
  (An advertising postcard from the factory)
Nuffield Motoring Diary 1965
  (Leather pocket diary given to customers)
Renault motor-car 1929
  (Receipt for vintage Renault at George Newman & Co. Ltd.)
Railton 6 cylinder cars
  (Original sales leaflet from 1938)
Rolls-Royce promotional lorry
  (A Silver Ghost (?) used by Notwen Oils)
Singer & Co. Limited
  (Old headed paperwork dating to 1931)
Singer Chamois training course
  (Info on a Singer training course run by the Rootes Group)
Singer SM1500 artwork
  (Great 1950s advertising art for this car)
Standard Eight in Hotspur!
  (A 1955 Eight features in this children's comic)
Standard Vanguard Alpine Trial
  (Booklet describing a gruelling Alpine test of this new car)
Standard Vanguard Spacemaster
  (Australian-badged version of the Phase 2 Vanguards)
Triumph 1300 notepads
  (Two small notepads for the 1300 fwd)
Triumph Herald 948
  (Artwork used to advertise the first of the Heralds)
Vauxhall 14 on a calendar
  (Humorous post-war calendar featuring a Vauxhall saloon)
Vauxhall Radios
  (Car radios & stereo cassette players in 1973)
Volkswagen Beetle colours.
  (Colour chart for 1961/1962 Beetles)
Volkswagen KDF-Wagen.
  (Brochure scan for the 1938 VW Beetle)
Wolseley Viper 6 cyl.
  (A big saloon from the 1930s)
Old Garage & Motor Factor billheads, letters and invoices....
Aberdeen Motors Limited
  (Motor Engineers, illustrated statement 1927)
A.C. Penman (Queensberry Motor Works)
  (Work done on Darracq and Perry cars in 1920)
A.J. Jones - Castle Cycle & Motor Works
  (Illustrated receipt for this motorcycle & bicycle agent)
Albert Schofield (Charabanc)
  (Char-a-banc, taxi and motor lorry proprietor 1928)
Aldby Garage (Taxi Propr.)
  (Taxi hire in the 1930s)
Astley Brook & Co. Ltd. asbestos garage
  (Illustrated letter re ABC Garages from 1935)
A. & W.C. Henderson engineers
  (Invoice for car hire in Rosehearty dating to 1933)
Barrie's Garage for Lodge Plugs
  (An illustrated garage receipt issued in 1937)
Bournemouth Imperial Motors Ltd
  (A receipt for a new Austin 10 saloon bought in May 1946)
Briggs Garage / Alan Cobham
  (A letter from Sir Alan Cobham to Briggs Garage)
Broad's Garage
  (An unused letterhead for 1930s lorry & van hire)
C.A. Brown Limited
  (Old trucks on a windowcleaner's invoice)
C. Bower of Chesterfield
  (Papers, drivers license etc charabanc & limo hire)
Car Mart Limited
  (Day trip to Brighton for Car Mart employees, 1931)
Central Motors (St. Andrews) Limited
  (Invoice for work done on an Austin 10 in 1938)
Central Oil Company Limited
  (2 illustrated letters sent to a Bovey Tracey garage, 1922)
Clwyd Motor Company
  (Invoice for the sale of a Rover motorcar, 1925)
Coles Garage (Somerset.)
  (Motor servicing including vulcanisation & welding)
Colmans Garage
  (An invoice from 1956 for work done on a Standard car)
County Garage, Taunton
  (More work done on the same Standard in 1956)
Crowther & Pickup Ltd (Haulage Contractors)
  (An invoice issued by this haulage firm during WW2)
D. Redfearn Ltd
  (Receipt for purchase of a new Triumph 2000 in 1973)
Dartmoor Motor Works & Garage
  (Charges issued back in July 1921)
Ewen Limited
  (Motor & Cycle accessories invoice, dated 1932)
F.G. Smith Motors Ltd
  (Automobile Engineers & Agents in Essex)
F.H. Peacock & Co.
  (Invoice for work done to a Ford car in 1933)
Fields Garages Ltd
  (Work done to a vintage Bean motorcar, 1923)
F.W. Lomas (Hawker motorcycles)
  (Letterheading for Swift's Row Garage, 1922)
G.A. Robilliard & Son Ltd
  (A kerbside petrol station in Rohais, Guernsey)
G.C. Macandrew & Company
  (Car sales, repair & service in Edinburgh)
George Park & Co. Ltd
  (Removals by steam lorry, Southsea, 1926)
Glenbrook Garage (Pembs.)
  (Automobile & Electrical Engineers in S. Wales)
Godfrey's Ltd (Sunbeam agent)
  (Letter relating to a 1935 Sunbeam & Watsonian sidecar)
Gosling's Luxury Coaches
  (Coach operator in Lincolnshire)
G.R. Barrett & Son
  (Motoragents in Canterbury, 1928)
Gray's Motor Services (vehicle hire)
  (Invoice for vehicles hired during May 1934)
H & G Robinson Ltd
  (Letter regarding a Packard in 1938)
Heath Park Garage (Romford)
  (Old purchase receipts from this motor agents)
Hobday Brothers Limited
  (Motor & cycle accessory suppliers, 1927)
J. Goddard & Son, 1935
  (1930s invoice for Daimler limo hire)
James Hodgson (Bean & Ford cars)
  (Letter from this Carlisle motor engineer in 1928)
James Strick & Sons, 1936
  (1930s invoice illustrated with '20s lorries)
John Bragg & Son Haulage, 1925
  (1920s invoice for this haulage & char-a-banc operator)
John Goodall & Co., 1941
  (Work done to an RAF officer's Austin 10/4)
Jones' Garage, 1938
  (Invoice from automobile engineers in Somerset)
Jos. May Removals Company lorry, 1928
  (Original headed letter featuring ex-WW1 removals van)
Kings of Oxford (Austin)
  (Correspondence from the Austin garage to a customer)
KLM Motors Ltd
  (Wartime letter dating to August 1940)
Le Lacheur's Garage (Guernsey)
  (Illustrated statement from 1938)
M.H. Tilley & Son Motor & Cycle Engineers
  (An invoice from 1913 detailing work done to a Rover)
Martin Winser Limited
  (Pre-war statement issued by this garage, 1928)
Moir & Davie Motor Engineers
  (A '30s invoice for new 6v batteries and re-charging)
Moore's Presto Motor Works Ltd
  (Sale of a new Austin 12 Clifton touring car in 1928)
Paragon (Hull) Motor Co. Ltd
  (Letter regarding a new Morris Six)
Raja Cycle & Motor Garage
  (1928 receipt from this Indian automobile repairer)
Raymond Way Motors Ltd
  (Windscreen adverts for a 1960s Ford Anglia)
Russell Bros Motor Hearse hire
  (1931 invoice for use of motor hearse and driver)
Ryde Garage IOW
  (Desk blotter from September 1939)
Sandygate Garage, Sheffield
  (Car hire from Harold Barker of Sandygate, 1938)
Stewart & Ardern Ltd (Morris)
  (1920s papers & a 1950s photo of this Morris dealer)
Stourvale Garage
  (Re-commissioning an Austin car laid up in the war)
Swan Garage
  (Invoice for this Carlisle garage, 1924)
Vale Avenue Motor Works
  (Guernsey-based car garage, 1934)
W. Boots & Co.
  (1923, vintage lorry operators in Chatham)
W. & J. Smith & Son (Thropton).
  (1954 invoice for this Morpeth motor engineering co.)
Westaway Motors Ltd
  (1967 invoice for a Wolseley 1500)
William W. Miller & Son
  (Letter from this garage in 1937)
Miscellaneous automobilia....
AA Grille Badges & books
  (Plus how to date an AA badge based on the issue code)
Aintree Circuit Club
  (Original drinks coaster from the club bar)
American Airlines car hire
  (Boarding passes promote car rental, and the DC-6B)
Autovac fuel system
  (Notes on the Autovac vacuum-operated petrol system)
A.R.T.I.C lorry driver's hotel
  (Accomodation used by a 50s truck driver)
Autobus Company coach tours.
  (Luxury coach trips from Cologne, Germany, 1934)
Avon - The Care of Tyres.
  (A 1930s/1940s booklet produced for lorry drivers)
Bartholomew's Maps 1927
  (A leaflet listing maps on offer to the car owner)
Beacon Motor Coach Services
  (Calendar from 1927 featuring a vintage char-a-banc)
Bowden Cables
  (1940s/1950s leaflet inc diagrams of bicycle cables)
Bowser Petrol Pumps
  (An illustrated sales catalogue from 1922)
Boys' Magazine speed story
  (Motor-racing story in a 1931 comic)
Boy's Own Paper, 1953
  (Inc. article on the Goodwood 9 Hours race)
Brico Piston Rings
  (A desk blotter from the 1950s)
Britannia Drive-In Theatre
  (Drive-in movies in Canada, c1951)
Britax Safety Belts
  (Two 1960s seatbelt leaflets)
British Motor Trade Assoc.
  (Membership card dating to 1954/5)
British School of Motoring
  (Training prospectus from 1910)
Browns Luxury Coach Tours
  (Bedford VAM coach operator in Ambleside)
Car Batteries from Exide & Dagenite.
  (Leaflets showing rubber-cased batteries in the 1960s)
Castrol oil-change reminder.
  (1950's blotter from garage E.T. Stead & Co. Ltd.)
Champion Spark Plugs.
  (c1948 leaflet for commercial vehicle operators)
Christmas & New Year card.
  (1920s' greetings card for motoring enthusiasts)
Cold Weather Driving.
  (Leaflet issued by Carey & Lambert Ltd, Austin Distrib.)
Commercial Motor Users Association
  (A 1928/9 member's handbook and award certificate.)
Continental Sports Cars
  (Flyer publicising Bill Boddy's new book in 1951/52.)
Conway Scooter Club (Jackdaws).
  (Leaflet promoting a meet in 1961)
Crewe & South Cheshire Motor Club.
  (A notepad from the club's National Rally held in 1938)
Crewe School of Motoring.
  (A driver passes his driving test in Crewe, 1963)
Crosville and Liverpool & N. Wales Steamship trips.
  (Combined trips in N Wales, 1960)
"DAG" Colloidal Graphite.
  (Leaflet explaining running-in compounds for engines)
Dextrol Motor and Tractor Oils.
  (A leaflet dating to the 1940s or 1950s)
Dominion Motor Spirit News
  (Two 'Dominion News' magazines, 1930s)
"Drive In" for Esso service.
  (A pop-up Esso garage leaflet from the 50s)
Dunlop - "Hallucination".
  (A 1920s/1930s desk blotter by Dunlop Tyres)
Dunlop - Malcolm Campbell.
  (Campbell advocates Dunlop Tyres on this blotter)
Dyne's Self-Drive Car Hire.
  (Car rental rates for 1968)
Earls Court & other Motor Shows
  (Gummed labels for motor shows 1937-1963)
"Easifound" luggage label 1930s
  (A motor coach illustration on labels)
East Yorkshire Motor Services (1)
  (Social club membership card, 1938)
East Yorkshire Motor Services (2)
  (Staff magazine dated April 1948)
Electricity Advisory Service
  (A look at garage equipment in 1958)
Esso TVO tractor fuel
  (Esso Green TVO fold-out poster)
Essolube - Cylinder Wear Advice
  (A 1930s leaflet discussing Essolube oils)
Exide motor-car batteries
  (Illustrated invoice for a supplier, 1936)
Federal Use Motor Vehicle Tax
  (A US car tax stamp from 1946)
Fina Thermidor Antifreeze
  (Car antifreeze leaflet from 1959)
Formula 3 / 500cc racing
  (Flyer promoting a book by CAN May, 1951)
Gargoyle Mobiloil & the Model T Ford
  (1920's leaflet recommending Mobiloil for the Model T)
Get Regular Service
  (A 1950s garage leaflet advocating car maintenance)
Goodwood memorabilia
  (Items relating to this motor racing circuit, 1948 on.)
Greetings cards incl. cars.
  (Cards with a motoring theme to them, 1930s on.)
Hepolite piston rings
  (From 1967, a leaflet for the Hepolite Engine Clinic)
Highway Code 1963
  (A look back at motoring in the early 60s)
Humorous garage postcard
  (A comic postcard dating to 1944/1945)
India tyres desk blotter
  (A blotter advertising tyres from the early 1960s)
I-SPY Road Transport 1961
  (Guide to spotting interesting vans etc)
Jackie Stewart in The Hornet
  (Feature on JYS in this 1970 comic)
Jenolite rust treatment
  (A 1950s leaflet on rust removal)
John Bull
  (A 1920s/1930s John Bull Tyres invoice & blotter)
Lancashire & Cheshire Car Club
  (Review of the car club Bulletin from Feb 1947)
Langol Motor Oils 1927
  (A price list for automobile lubricants)
Laurence Scott & Electromotors
  (A leaflet advertising traffic light systems in the 1930s)
Leather & enamel keyrings
  (Collection of motoring key rings)
Lifeguard car polish
  (An advertising postcard for this car polish)
Lodge Model C3 plug
  (Detachable 1930s Lodge sparkplug)
Lodge News October 1956
  (A single sheet newspaper by Lodge Plugs)
London Coastal Coaches Ltd
  (Christmas card from 1948)
Macbraynes Coach Services
  (Timetable from 1959)
Marble Arch Motor Supplies Ltd
  (Catalogue of motoring accessories etc from the 1950s)
Mascot Motors Limited
  (A Jersey-based car hire firm in the early 60s)
Michelin Motor Tours
  (Motorists' route planning service in the 1920s)
Mickey Mouse Safety First Hankies
  (Boxed set of Disney road safety hankerchiefs, 1965)
Mobil oil desk blotter
  (A '50s garage blotter advertising Mobiloil)
Modern Wonder newspaper
  (1938 issue, featuring Goldie Gardner's MG record car)
Motor Cars and Motor Boats
  (A c1932 booklet on cars free with Boys' Magazine)
Motoring to Brighton
  (Postcard from 1921 featuring a vintage car and poem)
National Benzole
  (Receipt and delivery note dating to 1924)
National Car Parks Ltd
  (A car park ticket advertising Super Fina petrol)
Notwen Oils
  (Collectables relating to this Birmingham-based oil company)
Oldham's omnibus batteries
  (Illustrated catalogue from 1939)
On The Road
  (National and local motoring laws in 1930)
ORMA compliments slip
  (From the Owen Racing Motor Association)
OXO Road Safety booklet
  (Illustrated children's book from the 50s)
Petrol rationing coupons
  (A selection, from 1949 through to 1971)
Petrol station receipts
  (Various invoices from garages in 1975)
Philips Car Bulbs
  (A car and cycle bulb leaflet from the 1950s)
Photocrom taxi card
  (Early 20th Century taxi-shaped card)
Pluck comic-book, 1923
  (Motor Racing / Brooklands edition)
Post Office Magazine (GPO vans)
  (GPO magazine from 1934 featuring Morris vans)
Pratt's Motor Spirit
  (A small copper dish feat. a 2 gallon Pratts fuel tin)
RAC breakdown leaflet, pre-1920
  (Expansion of their recovery service announcement)
RAC motorists' day tours in Wales
  (1930's leaflet of motor tours around Bettws-y-Coed)
Racing car bathroom tiles, 1950s
  (Late 1950s GP racing car tiles)
Raymond Mays / ERA book
  (Flyer promoting book "Split Seconds - My Racing Years")
Regent Lubritection
  (Lubrication service logbook offered by Regent)
Rest and Be Thankful
  (Paperwork relating to the Scottish hillclimb in 1952)
Ryans Self Drive car hire
  (Car hire in Ireland, 1964 and 1964 leaflets)
S.R. Ball timber yard lorries
  (1948 leaflet feat. three classic commercials)
Safety First School of Motoring
  (A booklet looking at learning to drive, 1950s/1960s)
Scalecraft Trade Catalogue
  (Motorised kits produced by Scalecraft in the 1960s)
Silshine Transfers
  (A sheet of sports & racing car transfers)
Simmonds Aerocessories
  (Leaflet for the Simmonds Elastic Stop Nut)
Smith's Holiday Tours by Car
  (Suggested motor tours in the 1920s)
SMT Day Tours from Edinburgh
  (Various coach trips on offer in 1948)
Solex Thermostarter carburettors
  (A pre-war leaflet describing these carbs)
"Summer Safety Check-Up"
  (A motoring leaflet advocating car safety checks, 1948)
Terry's cycle & motorcycle accessories
  (Pre-war catalogue of accessories and tools)
The Champion comic
  (Four old comicbooks from 1947)
The 30 Club
  (Unusual 1930s enamel badge)
The Hotspur
  (1948 comic features the 1947 Mille Miglia road race)
The Magnet Motor Car Badge Album
  (For collecting tinplate motor-car badges, 1929)
The Modern Boy
  (Illustrated comics from 1928 & 1936)
The Motor Chase
  (Illustrated piano solo sheet music from the WW1 era)
The Speed Transfer Book
  (1940's transfers of racing cars, locomotives and more)
The Super Book of Racing Cars
  (Produced by the Daily Express in 1956)
Tiger Album of Modern Sportscars
  (Sticker album featuring sportscars from 1961/1962)
Top Trumps card game
  (Popular 1970s kid's game)
Truck knitting pattern
  (A '50s/'60s pattern featuring an old truck)
Trumpf Chocolate - 2 trading cards
  (Featuring German armoured vehicles)
TT Riders Association
  (Annual TTRA luncheon menu for 1959)
United Automobile Services Ltd
  (Leaflet of coach tours from 1951)
United Motor Services
  (Booklet re coach tours from Sheffield, 1930's)
Useful Information For Motorists
  (A late 1920's booklet offering advice on motoring)
Veteran motorist drawing
  (A doodle on an envelope from 1902)
Vistascreen 3D viewing cards
  (2 sets of motoring cards)
Wayne petrol pumps
  (Petrol station service newsletter from 1954)
Western National timetable 1949
  (inc Royal Blue & Associated Motorways services)
Westinghouse Brakes
  (A booklet from the 1927 Motor Show at Olympia)
Wico tractor magnetos
  (Pre-war leaflet describing Wico magnetos)

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