Looking Forward Through the Rear View Mirror

A classic car enthusiast's Bedside Book of nostalgia Classic car ownership is one of the most enduringly popular areas of motoring. Throughout a busy on-road summer or a tranquil winter lay-up with the 'golden-oldie' of your choice under wraps it can still be guaranteed to satisfy all senses and emotions. So if you own a classic car or are simply an interested enthusiast here is an opportunity to be transported back into the 'golden age' of motoring through an eclectic collection of nostalgia. Through these pages you can top up with the adventure of touring abroad or visiting the historic circuits where the legends of classic motorsport first began. Be inspired by the competition of rallying, track days, pride-of-ownership and concoursing. Enjoy the atmosphere of international revival meetings. Be reminded of good times past, youthful romantic associations when you drove your first car, 'pulled' your first date, of young love, marriage and happy families. Recall the excitement of open roads before you and a time when courtesy and well-mannered motoring was a relaxed and pleasurable recreation and not just a means of high-speed, 'thrash-it-and-trash-it' transport.Such a diversity of classic car experience has been compiled to transport you along the highways of seriously informative, down the winding byways of humour, comedy and tragedy, and into the lay-bys of tears and laughter. Here is recreational off-road reading for all who wish to drive forward into the past by recalling the fun, excitement and nostalgia that only classic car driving can recapture.