The opulence of wooden dashboards, the luxury of hand tooled leather seats, the sheer pleasure of an almost silent yet powerful engine humming, the quaint sounds of horns from a bygone era...it is a remnant of a time when the frenetic pace of life was more leisured, when things were simply enjoyed and pleasures were reveled in
Its ironical actually, that cars today are bought for speed, efficiency and maneuverability, yet these very same elements were not really factors a few decades back. At that juncture in time, cars were bought for the wow factor, to enjoy the experience of moving at a leisurely speed from one point to another, its size meant to impress with its grandeur
Traffic was minimal so one trundled along at sedate speeds on semi empty roads often just a little faster than a boy on his bicycle. Ohhs and ahhs would follow in its wake. These classic cars were lovingly tended by their owners, polished for hours till the accessories gleamed, with liveried chauffeurs and sometimes even the family patriarch taking a turn at the wheel
Every year the calendar of classic car shows is choc a bloc with shows that are annual or even biennial events all over the globe. Car owners, car lovers, enthusiasts, dilettantes or even families out for a Sunday... all are welcome to these extravaganzas. The cars reign supreme hogging all the attention and for those few hours, all attention remains riveted on them
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