Possibly the most beautiful car ever made: 1950s Mercedes Convertible
Paul Pietsch was a German race driver from Southwest Germany who once started in three Formula One races in the 1950s and subsequently became one of Germany's leading Motorsport journalists. He died in 2012 at the age of 100 years.
To his honor every year since 2012 a vintage car rally is organized called "Paul-Pietsch-Classic". Obviously this rally is not about winning a race, but about showcasing some of the most beautiful cars that were ever built. Although the heat was almost unbearable on Saturday we could not resist having a look at these treasures, so we headed out to Offenburg, where the finish-line would be, and we would not be disappointed. We are no experts in vintage cars, so in some of the cases we have no idea what we were looking at, but we definitely loved all of these beauties. There was an official winner (an 1960s Opel Diplomat), but this seemed to be of insignificant importance at best.
An unofficial competitor: an amphibious vehicle
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What a great excuse to get out in the heat. I always enjoy looking at the old cars even if I don't know what half of them are. They just don't make them like that any more. Not as much character nowadays.
ReplyDeleteYes, the might be safer, and more comfortable, and faster, and less stinky, but they just don't look as beautiful as they did back then!
DeleteThe last one is a Triumph TR 3, in the back of which I spent some time being driven to Greece in the early 60s with my parents!
ReplyDeleteWow, you are THAT vintage, too? :-) But this is quite some car for getting to Greece. You must have been known all over town when you arrived there!
DeleteI don't know Roland, that first pic of the MB was quite nice but the great photos of the other cars made me think the MB had a lot of competition for the title of most beautiful car....I liked the amphibious car best. :)
ReplyDeletethanks for the pics.
I never really figured out what an amphi car is used for. I mean how often does it happen that you have to cross a river/lake/ocean right here and now, and there is no bridge or ferry in sight? I mean being in Europe... I remember James Bond in that underwater Lotus, but these situations happen to me rather rarely...
DeleteI'm liking the gull wing model. Nice event, thanks for the pictures!
ReplyDeleteThat's a Mercedes 300 SL W198 (yes, Iooked that up). Quite recently they revived that idea with the SLS AMG. Also stunning, but I would prefer the original!
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