Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Fanks, I grew up around nice cars but got into stuff i could afford on low wages, which has been great fun. I learnt about fiat 500s back in the 80s and was able to build a good Abarth replica. Then I discovered the rotary engine in the late 90s and had 10 years of giggles with them. Something that tickled my fancy about mazda rotaries came when i sold my fiat 500 to a kiwi guy living in London, he told me about roatries in NZ with twin v12 E type jag fuel pumps that could not keep up with the fuel requirment at full revs! Needdless to say when I got out to Nz I was captivated by the brap brap one could hear when walking around Wellington in the late 90s.
I like all sorts classic cars but something in me liked odd more than obvious. I went to Spa Francershamps with my uncle when I was 17, he was running a Chevron B8. I spent my time looking at Dkw Juniors and fiat 600 Abarths rather than lusting after the big expensive stuff. I hope to have my H van on the road very soon, a different sort of pleasure but Im sure it will bring some satisfaction.