Of course, the main battles for the 1929 car in the distant past. Almost eighty years have passed since such "Bentley" won the race at Le Mans. Today, only 84 km of roads near Moscow are ahead. But to pass the route "Oldtimer Rally" without penalty is not at all easy. And it’s not the age: the old Bentley is fighting on equal terms with the young: the Volga (of course, the twenty-first), the forty-year-old Muscovites …
I envy today's teens! About thirty years ago, we rejoiced at pictures of rare old cars. Now they can be seen alive in Moscow! Dozens of interesting exhibits reign in the huge Crocus Expo hall, where the VI Oldtimer Gallery of Ilya Sorokin reigns. For the ear of a car history buff, their names sound like a symphony: “Hispanic-Suiza” (there are two of them!), “Packard”, “Delae”, “Hotchkiss” … You can go around rarities from all sides, look into the interior, and breathe in the smells of old rubber leather and wood.
It is great that against the background of eminent handsome men brought from abroad, other works by Russian restorers do not fade at all. The perfectly restored ZIS-5 and the first-born of the mass passenger car industry of the USSR - GAZ-A are not deprived of attention here either. Serious guys are looking at the 407th Moskvich almost through a magnifying glass. Condition - new car. By the way, the luxurious red convertible Bentley-S2 has also been restored in Russia. So that!
