Back to the past
08/25/2016
If you drive a pre-war car in today's traffic, you quickly realize that a lot has changed in the meantime, but you don't have to look like a loser. On the contrary, the driving pleasure is many times greater than with the most innovative modern car, which unfortunately can only be driven with the handbrake firmly applied.
Except in the thirties and fifties, you can really let it fly without really endangering your driver's license. Fast combinations of bends make you rejoice. And it's not at all uncommon to have to overtake, as even with these cars you'll be outpacing certain road users (not just tractors). The only real problems are stop-and-go situations or slow-moving convoys on mountain passes. The heat balance in old cars is dependent on the airstream, but if this does not flow quickly enough through the radiator, the temperature rises quickly. An additional fan can be used today to help, but the airstream cannot really be replaced.
If you really let the compressor roar on fast overland roads with clear bends, then the driving pleasure reaches its peak. What more could you want!
I've annoyed my friends so often with my saying: "The car was completely invented in the mid-thirties, everything that came later wouldn't really have been necessary." It just makes me wonder why not many more pre-war enthusiasts drive a Morgan +8, or even better the Three-Wheeler with today's technology in everyday life. The combination of relatively problem-free technology, packaged in a "pre-war dress", should certainly make for absolute driving pleasure.
