The stock market surprised vintage car fans – they collected the most impressive cars

Admittedly, Egidijus Einoris, the forum organizer and founder of the Klasika vintage car club, humbled himself that the pandemic had almost doubled the number of countries where Lithuania came from. old days Enthusiasts Furthermore, due to the difficult situation in the business world, everything had to be done on a much more modest budget than in previous years. Knowing all this, this year’s event in Biržai deserves even more respect, as it has managed to be inferior to the best European analogues in terms of quality.

Even more. There was a place for educational activities in the congress program. Those who want to listen to the restoration workshop of Arvydas Šapoka, the collector of Saulius Karosas, who has led the collector for three decades, found it difficult to adapt to the conference room of the Sodelišk mansion. Very good quality old days Restoration is an enormously expensive pleasure, and some elements of the ancient technique are so fragile that there is simply no room for error.

A. Šapoka’s ideas about what problems can be avoided, how to “resurrect” the engine, when not to sandblast when manipulating the body, what wood to choose when building the frame (many pre-war machines were made of wood and then covered with tin) or even paint technology is the most effective, it has become a discussion that has lasted so long that there has been a danger of ruining the entire program of the event.

And there were some more real pearls in it. First of all, the opportunity to see how 19th century tractors really work with steam engines. In the Sodeliškės manor house museum, among the exhibits of old equipment that are difficult to count, there are several extremely exotic cars, which even adult men fired when they began to scream and whistle.

Another tsunami of emotions arose when all the participants of the “Nesenstanti Klasika” forum crossed the spaces of the Biržai Aeroclub in a giant column. Almost three hours old days The hosts enjoyed inspecting the masterpieces of the technical masterpieces with compliments, telling the stories of the cars’ “resurrection”, answering questions, and posing countless times in family albums for faded photos.

The culmination of the event is the rarest, most impressive, oldest, highest quality restoration, etc. award for the most outstanding cars in the categories.

According to the decision of the evaluation commission that worked in the congress, the Peugeot 203 C from Kęstutis Banevičius, manufactured in 1959, was chosen as the best classic car. The best Soviet wheel – GAZ 13 – Chaika, an Estonian guest Tonu Maksimov, manufactured in 1967. The crown of the best restorer went to the Latvian Andrejs Rode, who drove Biržai for the 1937 Mercedes-Benz 230. The Chrysler CD 8 Manufactured in 1931 (owner Sigitas Zajarskas), he won the best classic car in the category.

The trophy for the oldest car went to Alfred Zamock, owner of Oldsmobile 30 A, who saw the light of day in 1923. The grand prize and the title of the most beautiful car were won this time by the famous restaurateur Alexander Obymacha, who presented the only 1953 Leningrad roadster.