Forgotten 1911 Hudson finally restored
Pinning down the actual start of the antique car hobby is impossible, but pre-World War I cars obviously were the first to be recognized as historic. After all, they were already “old” when three of the major clubs — the Antique Automobile Club of America, the Veteran (now Vintage) Motor Car Club of America and the Horseless Carriage Club of America — were established in the 1930s.
Consider, too, several important factors about those early cars, beginning with the sad truth that not all of them had a realistic chance of success. Deadend