You think old cars were better?

If you think old cars were built then better watch this:

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Not built better, but so much more interesting. I would be able to pick out a car from just a glimpse. Now a lot of them look so similar due to design safety.

You could spot a Rolls from miles away, now they just mix in with the crowd.

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A car is just a contraption to get you from A to B.

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older cars had character. among many I owned I had three Morris Minors and each "talked" as you could here the ticking of the petrol pump and orther engine sounds. Repair was just a spanner and screwdriver set away. In fact I rebuilt a 4 door version obtaining some body parts from the scrap yard as they were bolt on wings and doors.

My very first car was a 1954 Ford Anglia 100e model. this had 3 foreward and a reverse gear and the window wipers were vacuum powered, put your foot down and they stopped working.

yes those early cars were better built and so individual . You could easily tell an Austin A90 from a Vauxhall Vangard or a Hillman Imp from a Singer Vogue

Now due to the jelly mould cars of today restricted in design by legislation and wind resistance testing the all look the same.

The question was quote"You think old cars were better?" unquote but no mention in what respect

For character and interest yes
for safety and economy no

which would I prefer? the older cars every time but not for long journeys.

This of course I refer to UK cars

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Good sequence Bruce and really interesting to see the difference in cabin protection but give me a modern car any time for many reasons, the romanticism of old cars is just that......

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Eh? Did you watch the video? Did you need written notes too?

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Those were not UK cars so a bit pointless showing them on a UK site

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Pipped at the post - just what I was gonna say - love the older cars

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Of course they were better, but in different ways.

They had more style. Back when I was a child, I could recognise all cars at a distance because they were all so much different. Nowadays, they all look the same, down to the paintwork. There are that many shades of grey today, if you took a colour photo on a car park, it would look to be black and white...

They lasted longer. Despite the fact that modern cars are supposedly more relaible, rust less, and so on, proportionally more are getting scrapped.

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I agree - its a throwaway society - I see so many old cars on the road and they look fab and obviously still going strong