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A mystery with two adorable little children

Look at these two adorable little children posing on the running board of this week’s mystery car. The photograph was sent in by one of our PreWarCar.com enthusiasts from the sovereign state Switzerland, officially Swiss Confederation. It was given to him by a friend.

We see a large tourer in Ftan, a village high in the Swiss Alps, in the Engadin valley, canton of Graubünden (Grisons). Quite remarkably as motorcars were not allowed in this large Eastern canton until 1926. Meaning the photograph was taken after 1926, but looking at the (style) of the photograph we would date it somewhat later anyway.

Now over to the car. We can clearly see the side of the car, the windscreen and the shape of the radiator. For which make and type are they distinctive? Please comment below if you can tell us more about the pre-war car in the photograph.

Words by the editor. Photograph sent in by Markus Peter.

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maandag september 3rd, 2018
gillet
03 September 2018, 16:29
This Minerva stil has the no mascott on the radiator, wich dates it before 1922. 1919-1922 the model NN was build. 20 hp.
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Frazer Sloan
03 September 2018, 15:31
Minerva as most people have identified.
I would say it's an English bodied one as the windscreen (vee-shaped, vertical) looks like an English characteristic for coachwork instead of 'continental', unless Belgians were the same?
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Michael Schlenger
03 September 2018, 11:11
Definitively a Minerva . For comparison I've attached a photo of a Minerva "Special" taken from a similar angle and showing the characteristic "indentation" in the top side of the hood which corresponds with the shape of the radiator housing.
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john davies
03 September 2018, 09:07
Minerva?
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Jaap ter Linden
03 September 2018, 08:16
Herman van Oldeneel
03 September 2018, 07:24
Hubertus Hansmann
03 September 2018, 07:24
Looks like a Minerva, doesn´t it!?
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Anders Svenfelt
03 September 2018, 06:53
Belgian made Minerva with sleeve-valve engine, as it's without front brakes older than 1923
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Dale Conlon
03 September 2018, 05:12
I believe it is an early 1920's Minerva, possibly a 20hp
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C.Gilingham
03 September 2018, 01:11
It's a Minerva, possibly a 20HP. I'm not sure what the model is, but it'd be around 1921-22 because of the two wheel brakes and RAF wheels.
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