On what doesn't make a Vintage Thing
Looking back at the machinery that has been featured on this blog as a Vintage Thing, I am rather surprised about the variety. When I started out on my enthusiastic ramblings, I thought high performance cars and motor bikes made by blokes in sheds would make up the vast majority of entries. I did not anticipate the numbers of four-wheel-drive trucks that have sneaked in under the radar. There have even been commercial vehicles - one with only three wheels and all the naff-ness that implies - and even some military vehicles. What's been going on? On reconsidering them all I can see that they remain worthy of the title Vintage Thing. For some reason, I like them. The original intention was to feature Vintage Things that were distinctly esoteric and not featured widely elsewhere on the Internet. I didn't expect to see much in the way of mass-produced vehicles, or 4x4s or commercial vehicles because what interests me most of all are specials, those rare creations made by so...