vintage cars 04 by Article Announcement
Published Date: 11/09/07
I have liked antique cars for as long as I can remember. I remember going to a museum when I was little and looking at all the vintage cars. It was a historical museum with all kinds of exhibits about life in America since the first colonists arrived. Out of all of that, all I could look at was the vintage car collection. None of the rest of it held my attention. I actually stayed there for over an hour as my family wandered around the museum.
When I was about 12, I saw some of vintage auto racing on the news. I was instantly hooked. Something about those classic cars racing around the race track held my attention like nothing else. I always loved thrills and speed. I watched NASCAR and the Indy 500. None of it, however, compared to the excitement of the vintage cars with the open wheels.
As soon as I could, I started to save money for vintage cars. My brothers and sisters worked normal jobs and took time off, but I worked 80 hours a week. I needed to be able to feed my passion for vintage cars. I needed to succeed and make money so that I could collect antique automobiles. I worked so hard that I was promoted many times in the first couple years. I was only 25 when I bought my first vintage car.
It was a big old Chevy, a classic 50's car, and I adored it. It had so much style, you see. There were big leather seats, a giant bench in the back, and of course the necessary tail fins. In an age of unibody construction and compact foreign cars, driving around in big old vintage cars made me feel like a man. Everyone looked at me, and I mean everyone. It was easier to get dates than ever before. Even with the cost of fuel, I knew vintage cars were worth it. I was getting 14 miles a gallon, but I was loving every minute of it.
If you don't have the passion for vintage cars, it is impossible to understand. It's something you either feel or you don't feel. Many people see automobiles as just a means of transportation, but to me they are something more than that. To me they are a passion in and of themselves. I am fascinated with every slick line, every steel frame, and every revving engine of the vintage cars I collect.
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