When old cars should survive (Part 1) - Conservation/preservation/restoration
Summary
A look at the 2013 "Sleeping Beauties" exhibition in Kassel takes us right into the heart of the topic of "Conservation, Preservation, Restoration". The exhibition showed the entire spectrum of the topic, from well-preserved to very well-preserved classic cars to purely static artifacts that were once automobiles. Martin Schröder has undertaken to take stock of this broad field in order to encourage Zwischengas readers to engage in a broad and controversial discussion. This first article is dedicated to the topic of "conservation".
This article contains the following chapters
- Conserve
- Koenig-Fachsenfeld BMW 328 with Wendler bodywork
- Alban Berg and his Ford A
- Cologne's automotive history
- Ford "Berliner"
Estimated reading time: 16min
Preview (beginning of the article)
A look at the 2013 "Sleeping Beauties" exhibition in Kassel takes us right into the heart of the topic of "Conservation, Preservation, Restoration". This exhibition, initiated and realized by Heinz Jordan, Dietrich Krahn and Schlumpf curator Richard Keller, showed the entire spectrum of the topic from well-preserved to very well-preserved classic cars to purely static artefacts that were once automobiles. Martin Schröder has undertaken to take stock of this broad field in order to encourage Zwischengas readers to engage in a broad and controversial discussion. When the ex-Fangio W196 Grand Prix Mercedes was auctioned off at Goodwood in 2013 for €22.6 million, the press reported that the car was slowly entering the realm of art in terms of market value. At the Pebble Beach Concours, a symposium was held under the motto: "When Does a Car Become too Valuable to Drive?"
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