Geezer Cars

Our parents drove some of these cars. Others were born of post-war optimism and ebullience. We Geezers drove cars like these in our teens. Can you remember the first time you drove a car with automatic transmission? With side mirrors? With (wonder of wonders) airconditioning?

(Click on photo to enlarge)

Click photo to

see a glorious

old Packard

When Harold Carr's nephews and nieces inherited a dusty old lock-up garage from their eccentric uncle their expectations were low. But when they opened the doors of the car collector's Tyneside garage they discovered what may prove to be a life-changing inheritance. Among a trove of classic cars was a 1937 Bugatti - one of only seventeen in the world - that could fetch millions at auction.

Ettore Bugatti, an Italian, built his first car, the Type 2, in 1901. Exhibiting the four-cylinder model at the Milan Automobile Show, he attracted the attention of Baron de Dietrich, who ordered more than 100 cars, built from 1909 in France. The marque was born, but later died out. Volkswagen reintroduced the marque in 2000, offering limited-edition cars in keeping with the tradition of the company. The most recent is the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, which costs more than of $1.4 million

C A R C R A Z Y !!!!