Antique & Classic Cars Blog

It isn’t the sky or the air or even the ground that heralds classic-car weather’s return. It’s the road: icy, snowy, gritty, grimey pavement–not classics time; warm, smooth, shiny street–classics time is at hand.

Neenah Foundry was kind enough to install one of their cast-iron classics-weather indicators on my corner. While I am not the original owner, and therefore don’t have the manual, all classics enthusiasts learn to read these things early on. This display, grungy frosty encrustment, means “winter: keep treasured vehicle inside.”

This is the signal we’ve been waiting for. Water splashing over bars and dancing in the sunlight means “spring: commence summer-fun planning immediately.”

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