
Lithuanian Classic Car Club member Alfredas Zigmantas from Panevežys got interested in antique vehicles a decade ago. Currently, he owns a collection of 12 cars. He came to the exhibition in Biržai by a Cadillac – Fleetwood, being glad that’s fun to drive convertible. And while the car is manufactured in 1963, it has an automatic transmission, is fully electrically controlled…
„Klasika” Club member Klementas Sakalauskas not only showed a rare car Nash 660, produced in 1931, to participants of exhibition, but also a vintage gramophone and record-players collection. While the music box sounds attracted the visitors, the owner warmly invited everyone to see more such exhibits in his Museum in Piniava, Panevezys district…
Kaunas resident Gintautas Miškinis, drives Packard 333 Limousine, 1925. Love for vehicles has been accompanying him from childhood. About an antique car, he had been dreaming since he was 23 years old. He already managed to buy this historic luxury limousine only at the age of fifty years. The car had belonged to a priest in the United States for 40 years and had seen not many roads. The owner said that it rolls nicely and it is a pleasure to feel the atmosphere of those times. In the eyes of our time, these cars are quite capricious – you need to take care of leaded additives for gasoline, avoid gravelled roads and slob…
A stylish couple, dressed in World War II American aviation service uniforms in the military vehicle Willys MB, produced in 1943, attracted a lot of the attention in the Festival. There were Juris Gagainis, a professor of Latvian Art Academy of Design Faculty with his wife. The interview with guests revealed that the ancient technique club „Klasika“ is well-known in Latvia too. The professor got interested in Biržai Festival by his colleagues who participated in the club events last year. Juris Gagainis really liked the atmosphere of celebration and honest, a lot of questioning, interested festival goers. About his military vehicle professor said that the U.S. handed a lot of such cars – war participants on the Soviet Union. But now there is not much left, although it was produced in thousands…
Nobleman Klementas Sakalauskas, a known collector and public figure, became the ninth person to receive Panevezys Distict Municipality’s Citizen of Honor title. It is pleasant news that his works – which are always accompanied by honesty, honor, belief and love – are not forgotten and rewarded. We congratulate our friend and „Klasika’s“ member with this great achievement. Good luck, good health, and more great moments for You, Klementas! We welcome everyone to watch „Aukstitijos Televizija RTR“ conversation with Panevezys District Municipality’s Citizen of Honor Klementas Sakalauskas.
Antique Vehicle Club „Klasika“ members by 1929 Oldsmobile F-29 Landau Sedan-DeLux. Photo by Ramūnas Aišporas
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We hope this video will help you remember our club’s parade and exhibition held during the recent feastival in Biržai. Enjoy watching!
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