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The 1951 Cadillac Classic used by the then Saudi King. The vintage era in the automotive world was a time of transition. The car started off in 1919 as still something of a rarity, and ended up, in 1930, well on the way towards ubiquity.
The Oldtimer Festival (German pseudo-anglicism: vintage car festival) is a motor-sport event held by the DAMC 05 since 1983 on the Nürburgring, Germany. The official name of the event is Internationales Oldtimer Festival um den "Jan-Wellem-Pokal" auf dem Nürburgring , known colloquially as the " Jan Wellem ".
The original Aero model, the Type 500 or Type 10 was a small car launched in 1928. Powered by a 494 cc single-cylinder two-stroke engine with water cooling, producing 10 bhp (7 kW; 10 PS), it could reach a top speed of 70 km/h (43 mph).
A classic car is typically described as an automobile 25 years or older, although a car's age is not the only requirement it must meet before being considered a "classic." ." However, a standard criteria for recognizing cars as classics does not exist, since different countries use their own rules and have their own regulations for classifying potential c
A A Automobile Company (1910–1913) 'Blue & Gold, Red John, model Abbott-Detroit (1909–1918) Moved to Cleveland and renamed to 'Abbott' in 1917. Abeln-Zehr (1911–1912) Renamed to 'Zehr' after departure of S. Abeln in 1912. AC Propulsion (1997–2003) tzero model Apex Motor Car Company (1920–1922) Ace model Acme Motor Car Company (1903–1911) Adams Company (1905–1912) 'Adams-Farwell ...
1970s Excalibur SS. The Excalibur automobile is a car styled after the 1928 Mercedes-Benz SSK by Brooks Stevens for Studebaker.Stevens subsequently formed a company to manufacture and market the cars, which were a standard Studebaker car with special bodywork (and soon got an upgraded engine as well).
Oldtimer, a German, Dutch and Hungarian term for a vintage, antique or classic car. Oldtimer Grand Prix, retro automobile racing in Austria; Old timer, a specialized class of free flight model aircraft, for designs initially designed and flown before the end of 1942
Racing began shortly after the production of the automobile. The first official auto race in the world was a 732-mile, round trip race, in the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris race. The first race in the U.S. was the six car, 54.36 mile race, from Chicago’s Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois and back. Racing helped spur inventions that assisted in ...