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Journal:
Which Detail on Your Car Excites You Most?
When you’re amongst the rare, imposing machines of the Mille Miglia, it’s easy to lose yourself in awe of these beauties, but when admiring a car as a whole, it’s important not to forget notice the minute details that express the proud craftsmanship of the bygone eras. We photographed a few of our favorite details from the Mille Miglia to share below.
Now we’d love to hear from you. Which detail on your car excites you the most? Feel free to share photos in the comment section below.
The top-of-fender mounted turn signals on my Dart. Fantastic little touch.
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I don’t own one, but have always loved the oil caps on Alfa Romeo spiders (and other models, I believe) from the 70’s. Rather than being plastic with some committee-approved, soul-less universal symbol for oil, like what you get on many modern cars, the alfa oil cap is chrome and simply reads “olio” – which I think is much more cheerful, and adds to the car(s) Italian personality.
My car at least has a classic name, Mustang. I really love the C pillar and rear quarter area for many reasons. The stamping is very complex with several creases that blend into the beautiful fastback roofline. The flush glass makes the visual image smooth and uninterrupted. My 2013 base car has no satellite wart on the trunk. The fuel door is a spring-loaded affair with no screw on cap. The door is the cap! That is a classic detail from way back.
Although I wouldn’t class my car as a classic (e39 touring), I still appreciate it. I like the little crease on the front wing which stops for the wheelarch before continuing the length of the car. I like the view from the rear – how it sits low and wide. I like the rear light clusters and the line above it which runs below the rear window. Oh and the little torch in the glovebox – the little holder for it is also charges it 🙂
I don’t particularly own an “interesting” car per se, I like the mute button on the stereo in my VW Mk5 GTI. When you press it, it makes the same sound as the one that you press to call flight attendant in an airplane.
I also remember liking the blinker clicks that my 84 Alfa Spider made (but only when blinkers were working, which was, time to time).
