A second career in advertising. ( UPDATE III: about Kent Karslake's car)

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Can you imagine this 1908 duo tone lavender Sizaire Naudin as a scrapper on top of an advertising sign? Also it's not easy to come up with a name for a barnfind found that high. Owner Jim Kruse tells us that his 1908 ex Charles Jarrott racer somehow ended on top of an advertising sign outside a French junkyard. It was well-known automotive writer Kent Karslake who rescued the car in 1933. Karslake wrote a multi page story in a 1935 issue of Motor Magazine about finding the car, buying it and towing it home behind a Bugatti. Jim would very much like to see a copy or scan of this article. Who can help? Mail us Even when you don't have the magazine article you can easily help. After 76 years the car is back in advertising ! Give your vote to this car in Texaco's election of the Car of the Decades.

Update III by Geoff Chennells: “This car went to Sir Francis Samuelson after Karslake, and I first became aware of it when it was listed in the Söderstöm collection. It was Karslake, in his "Racing Voiturettes" book which started the unfortunate misinformation re the final drive of the Sizaires where he said that they had "three rings of teeth on the crownwheel". This has been picked up by too many subsequent writers on the cars. Karslake at least got it right in his "From Veteran to Vintage" publication.”
UPDATE II by Malcolm Jeal:"The car was described in some detail by Kent Karslake in the 1956 book: 'From Veteran to Vintage', that he wrote with Laurence Pomeroy. The last section covers 'Road Tests' of cars from 1895 - 1914, almost all written by Karslake. He describes his Sizaire-Naudin therein: "In the year 1931, while passing a scrapyard in Southampton, I espied a curious-looking motorcar aloft upon a sort of wooden platform ...". Therefore the scrapyard was in England, not France. He continues: "It was not one of the racers but a standard model". Karslake makes no mention of any past owners (apart from the scrap dealer) but the British agency for the cars was held by 'Charles Jarrott & Letts Ltd' of 45 Great Marlborough Street, London. When new the cars were normally finished in a single shade: light grey or pale blue (French racing colour of course); and were not coachlined."
UPDATE by Jonathan Baker: "I thought that it would be fun to vote for a vehicle until I read the terms and conditions. Unless you're an American, don't bother. It seems that Texaco doesn't worry about customers who live outside the U.S.A. Does this mean I should use Castrol or Shell Oils instead of Havoline." Editor: "I would suggest that all Texaco users outside the US send a protest to their national importer."

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