Antique & Classic Cars Blog

After a long (long, long) winter, one drive in a classic is all a person needs to remember these vehicles’ appeal. It’s just a different philosophy and feel.Modern vehicles are built for quiet and comfort, tasks they perform well. Yet the same automation and insulation that gives them those qualities also hides their true nature from us. Classics wear their mechanization on their sleeve. You hear the gears whine, feel them engage, sense when you press the pedal and turn the wheel that levers and rods and pivots are directing your inputs to the brakes and wheels to go and do what you command.Lake of refinement is not a classic’s drawback. It’s part of the appeal.   

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