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For me as a classic-car-fan, the most cars, which were seen manly a "classic", didn't have a relation to my opinion about a classic car. For me it's a "classic", when I can add some personal intentions, memories or feelings with them. I was born in 1970, car-interested since my kindergarten-time, so the mid-70ies. "Classic" in my opinion are the former all-day-cars "Brot-und-Butter-Auto", we say in German = "bread-and-butter-car". So a Ford 20 M, a Opel Rekord C, an Audi 60, a Chrysler 180, the Renault's 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 and 16, Mercedes W 115 and W 108, NSU Prinz, Audi 100 Coupé S, VW 1600 etc. etc. etc. have more meaning for me than a Ferrari, Maserati and so on. These premium-cars I knowed from my "Auto Quartett"-card-games or the motor-magazines, but not from the real life.
I must admit, that also the most British cars, except Jaguar, Mini and Land/Range Rover haven't existed in my "car-brain", because just they haven't existed around me. Same goes for Japanese cars. US-cars I've noticed mainly in movies or car-magazines.
About some car, called "Classics" in the popular opinion, I'm really sucked (mostly just des-interested, when I see them again and again.
So German classic-car-meetings or -rallyes are often boring for me, because the majority of participating cars is represented by: Mercedes SL [W 113] "Pagode", Porsche 911, Porsche 356, Jaguar E-Type, Austin Healey 3000, Chevrolet Corvette, etc. These "classic" cars are nerving me. They are just too much. No kidding: nowadays there are more Porsche 356 registrated in Germany than ever before! For the other cars, this goes, too. So many were re-imported from America.
@Antoine: I'd say, the Marina IS rarer than an Aston Martin.
Think about the fact, that of the many-million-seller VW Golf actually in Germany are registrated only 6 or 7 (SIX or SEVEN!) 1974-models. Also are only known 3 (THREE!!!) running Renault 6 over here. The amount of the different Opel "Kastenwagen" or "Van" (estate without back side windows) versions of Kadett and Rekord is not bigger.
Just try to find among the thousands of cars, called "classic" or "oldtimer", any kind of vehicle in the absolutely naked basis-version. Doesn't matter, if car or van. This will getting hard, eh?
P.S. I forgot annother ugly car, which had caused my disliking of cars, newer than the 70ies: the Ford Sierra. Worst!
I must admit, that also the most British cars, except Jaguar, Mini and Land/Range Rover haven't existed in my "car-brain", because just they haven't existed around me. Same goes for Japanese cars. US-cars I've noticed mainly in movies or car-magazines.
About some car, called "Classics" in the popular opinion, I'm really sucked (mostly just des-interested, when I see them again and again.
So German classic-car-meetings or -rallyes are often boring for me, because the majority of participating cars is represented by: Mercedes SL [W 113] "Pagode", Porsche 911, Porsche 356, Jaguar E-Type, Austin Healey 3000, Chevrolet Corvette, etc. These "classic" cars are nerving me. They are just too much. No kidding: nowadays there are more Porsche 356 registrated in Germany than ever before! For the other cars, this goes, too. So many were re-imported from America.
@Antoine: I'd say, the Marina IS rarer than an Aston Martin.
Think about the fact, that of the many-million-seller VW Golf actually in Germany are registrated only 6 or 7 (SIX or SEVEN!) 1974-models. Also are only known 3 (THREE!!!) running Renault 6 over here. The amount of the different Opel "Kastenwagen" or "Van" (estate without back side windows) versions of Kadett and Rekord is not bigger.
Just try to find among the thousands of cars, called "classic" or "oldtimer", any kind of vehicle in the absolutely naked basis-version. Doesn't matter, if car or van. This will getting hard, eh?
P.S. I forgot annother ugly car, which had caused my disliking of cars, newer than the 70ies: the Ford Sierra. Worst!