Classic Car

[Subdeacon Joe 23,313]

 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935 6,397]

And not a computer chip or single plastic component anywhere.  A true Luddite's dream come true.  

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 439]

He truly summed it up at the end when he said: "It's not about getting to your destination but enjoying the ride"  

[Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 5,940]

There is something about modern tires that I think I'd miss.

[Sixgun Sheridan 3,834]

Just think of the history that's gone by since that was built, not to mention the fact that it survived it all. A rising empire, two world wars, a cold war and concrete wall, and now modern Germany.

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783 2,381]

How did they determine he was speeding at 29 KMH back in 1894? I doubt there was a posted limit. The only way I can think of is some bureaucrat who didn't like cars was laying for him with a stop watch over a measured distance.

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 687]

The trunk is in the front!

[Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795 653]

The Beetle's was in front,too.

[Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 437]

8 hours ago, Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 said:

There is something about modern tires that I think I'd miss.

Flats?

[sassnetguy50 256]

6 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

How did they determine he was speeding at 29 KMH back in 1894? I doubt there was a posted limit. The only way I can think of is some bureaucrat who didn't like cars was laying for him with a stop watch over a measured distance.

From memory of a transportation history class at university: there were posts put at a certain distance on the side of the road.  The enforcement constable would measure the time.  The system was only as accurate as the man watching the clock.  To be most accurate, he would time from the shadow of the post hitting the tire til the next shadow.  

 

Before that, it was common for a lantern ordinance.  The driver had to have a walker a set distance in advance of him carrying a lantern.  The lantern gave warning to those animal drawn conveyances so they could stop and get a handle on skittish critters before the horseless carriage came by.  The person being required to walk kept the devices below 6mph.  Ironic that now The horse drawn carriages are required to have two lanterns for the safety of the cars.