Looking back on two years of Zwischengas - it's getting better and better and can get even better
For me, the two years of Zwischengas have meant many new experiences with the Internet. The many positive reactions and the only rarely expressed "unfair" criticism (further, well-meant criticism always helps us) give us the confirmation again and again that we are doing things right. Nevertheless, we are not yet satisfied with what we have. We want to achieve more, much more, but to do so we also need the help of our community of readers.
Let's take the Lotus 18 ( picture above), which I was able to photograph unrestored as a "barn find". The information on the vehicle was relatively sparse. The only certainty was that the car had once been driven by Peter Monteverdi. Not much more was known. Everything I learned was included in the article with lots of unknowns and question marks.
Two "Zwischengas users" promptly got in touch with interesting details about the car in question and so the puzzle that had begun could be continued. Even Clive Chapman, son of Colin Chapman, was impressed by the new track of another vehicle from his parents' company. In this way, we would also like to help new owners of historic cars to piece together the history of their vehicle, or even to find their car.
Another example is the Lincoln Cosmopolitan, which we photographed in the winter of 2011/2012 and which, thanks to our reporting, found its way back to its first owner's family and is now being restored to its original condition so that another chapter in its history can be written (we'll keep at it).
This is only possible with the help of Zwischengas readers, who have been enthusiastically involved with just one brand or even just one model for ages and therefore know more than we can research in a short space of time. With the help of these readers, we can significantly improve reports and background information on cars.
The great thing about the Internet is that, in principle, all articles can be worked on forever. The reports never have to be completed, there is no definitive editorial deadline or print date. If we receive new information on the day of publication, we can incorporate it immediately. In the same way, we can scan additional brochures or historical documents at any time and add them to the vehicle in question. This gives us the opportunity to complete the history of classic cars and entire brands over time and to document it with ever greater accuracy.
P.S. As a further positive aspect, I would like to thank everyone who has taken the time and effort to have their cars photographed, or will continue to do so in the future. Beautiful productions always need a little time and so far we have always been given it.
