Are you taking your children with you in a pre-war car?

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What is your answer to this question? For both yes and no there are multiple good reasons.

To get people enthusiastic about pre-war cars we are convinced we need to involve children in this small world from a (very) young age. For "outsiders" who are not infected with "the genes", old cars seem quite often something unreachable. If you do have the inherited the old car genes (with this we mean grown up with pre-wars around you) or if you are one of the fortunate ones to have "developed" them and do have access to a pre-war you very likely your answer to the question is yes.

Did you parents take you in a basket, or a more modern Maxi Cosi or special child seat tight to the original seat on an outing with the car? Maybe your mum held you in her arms while driving. Or when you grow up, were you allowed to play with your brothers/ sisters/ cousins/ nephews/ … on the back seats or in the boot of the car? Did you learn to drive in the backyard before you were legally allowed to, and was your first car a pre-war? Does this by any means sound familiar to you? Then you are very likely someone who inherited the genes and would take your child or children with you to pre-war car events and let them enjoy the cars.

But we also totally understand when you think are you crazy?! If there is just one stupid half lose strap to hold my child in place when driving! And let me tell you that is only when you are lucky and you need to improvised yourself as most pre-wars did and do not have seatbelts. No way! Pre-war cars do not comply with the high safety rules and regulations of today. No airbags, no Isofix and when you are lucky your car actually has a proper working brake paddle that actually works. If you get involved in an accident you are very likely no more than a cookie in a tin. In the worst case scenario, there is nothing more you can do to hope and pray for the best. When this is one of your arguments, then your answer to the question we asked, in the beginning, is very likely no. Which is fair enough.

Just two scenarios. With the second one we drafted, we do not want to scare you. As there are nowadays multiple ways to transport you and your child or children in a safe way to all enjoy the pre-war cars. But you always need to be careful and anticipate very well in the traffic.

From personal experience, we can tell you that it is good fun to take your children, for both the child and the proud parents. Because what is better than have a shared passion and one day see your own child / young adult driving the car they used to sit in when they were little.

Please comment below and tell us why or why you are not taking your children with you in a pre-war car. We would also like to know the make of this (probably) 1923 car in the photograph. Can anyone help us to identify this pre-war?

Words by the editor. Photograph sent in by Paul Akerhielm.

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