Vintage Autos: A thread for them...

[Brock Samson]

 As you may (or may not) know, I have a new hobby collecting old car photos, it really alot of fun,.. I have about 3-400 hundred now, and will share them when i get a scanner which shouldn't be too long now,..
But in any case I thought it would be fun to start a thread on older cars...
Now i know we all love the muscle cars and most folks here stick with the mid-sixties MOPARs specificly, but still I think it would be cool to have a thread for other makes and vintages,.. so I'll post a few i have found interesting, and if you care to contribute to the thread I'd love to see more... pics or videos...
  first up are some old san francisco racing shots I found on the garage on this thread..

                                 http://thegarageblog.com/garage/of-all-the-places-to-be-found/











  here's some videos:
first up a early '60s ferrari at lemans...  takes a minute to load..
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4eJW6oUVHY



here's something for you east coast guys...
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80OWBrmyIto
lots of other vanderbilt cup videos from the turn of the century as well on you tube...
  like this one from 1904...
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZCPk44DitE&feature=related

[ds440]

This has always been one my favs....

(and the Can-Am era Mclarens....)

[MichaelRW]

The passenger in the number 4 car looks a little like Billy Bob Thornton.

[Charger-Bodie]

The passenger in the number 4 car looks a little like Billy Bob Thornton.

Big time!

[Brock Samson]

here's a car (or two) i'd like to cruise some time...

first up - is a 1952 Packard Pan American...









i bought a 1958 used car buyers guide and these cars were relitively plentiful back then, but then again an engine over haul cost 150 dollors too.. 

next up is a Hudson Hornet Convert...













here's some le mans starts...

to bad there's no sound on this video.. 

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsmSsuSfrnU

the sound of these vintage le mans racers on a modern video...
notice how low that one prototype is,.. the green onetowards the end, looks about knee high.

[Brock Samson]

those were the days when a mechanic had to ride in the race cars to act as a roll bar in case of an accident... 

[Troy]

Those old race cars are literally and engine, 4 wheels, and pan to sit in. Safety wasn't really an issue. Pretty cool stuff.

Troy

[Brock Samson]

found this i thought was pretty gosh darn cool...

[Ponch ®]

Ok...so I might be talking semantics here...but what is the difference between a "vintage" car and a "classic" car?

[Brock Samson]

dictionary results:

"Classic"

1. of the first or highest quality, class, or rank: a classic piece of work. 
2. serving as a standard, model, or guide: the classic method of teaching arithmetic. 
3. of or pertaining to Greek and Roman antiquity, esp. with reference to literature and art. 
4. modeled upon or imitating the style or thought of ancient Greece and Rome: The 17th and 18th centuries were obsessed with classic ideals. 
5. of or adhering to an established set of artistic or scientific standards or methods: a classic example of mid-Victorian architecture. 
6. basic; fundamental: the classic rules of warfare. 
7. of enduring interest, quality, or style: a classic design; classic clothes. 
8. of literary or historical renown: the classic haunts of famous writers. 
9. traditional or typical: a classic comedy routine. 
10. definitive: the classic reference work on ornithology. 
11. of or pertaining to automobiles distinguished by elegant styling, outstanding engineering, and fine workmanship that were built between about 1925 and 1948. 
–noun 12. an author or a literary work of the first rank, esp. one of demonstrably enduring quality. 
13. an author or literary work of ancient Greece or Rome. 
14. classics, the literature and languages of ancient Greece and Rome (often prec. by the). 
15. an artist or artistic production considered a standard. 
16. a work that is honored as definitive in its field: His handbook on mushrooms is a classic. 
17. something noteworthy of its kind and worth remembering: His reply was a classic. 
18. an article, as of clothing, unchanging in style: Her suit was a simple classic. 
19. a typical or traditional event, esp. one that is considered to be highly prestigious or the most important of its kind: The World Series is the fall classic of baseball. 
20. Archaic. a classicist. 

   and "Vintage"

1. the wine from a particular harvest or crop. 
2. the annual produce of the grape harvest, esp. with reference to the wine obtained. 
3. an exceptionally fine wine from the crop of a good year. 
4. the time of gathering grapes, or of winemaking. 
5. the act or process of producing wine; winemaking. 
6. the class of a dated object with reference to era of production or use: a hat of last year's vintage. 
–adjective 7. of or pertaining to wines or winemaking. 
8. being of a specified vintage: Vintage wines are usually more expensive than nonvintage wines. 
9. representing the high quality of a past time: vintage cars; vintage movies. 
10. old-fashioned or obsolete: vintage jokes. 
11. being the best of its kind: They praised the play as vintage O'Neill. 
–verb (used with object) 12. to gather or harvest (grapes) for wine-making: The muscats were vintaged too early. 
13. to make (wine) from grapes: a region that vintages a truly great champagne. 
–verb (used without object) 14. to harvest grapes for wine-making. 

[Brock Samson]

I have a question for you,
what mass produced car/s in the last 30 years excluding sports cars can really be concidered a "classic"?

[Todd Wilson]

Ok...so I might be talking semantics here...but what is the difference between a "vintage" car and a "classic" car?

One is vintage and the other is a classic!




Todd