No. 19 - 10 Jahres Ausgabe, Lech & Zürs

L.L. Are there any criteria that need to be fulfilled to be
part of one of your tours – make of the car, dresscode, etc.?
C.W. The only criterion is that the car must be at least 40 years
old. For the simple reason that the cars from the 80s to the
90s are all coming now, and they would create a divided field.
The younger you start out the more Porsche 911 drivers you get.
Most of my tours have cars from the 50s/60s, sometimes even
from the 40s. I personally find pre-war models particularly interesting
but, unfortunately, I’ve not been able to welcome one
of those on my tours. But at Arlberg Classic the first 25 cars
were from the pre-war era with huge steering wheels and no
roof. Really fascinating. My events are not so much about the
cars as the people though, the people you
spend time with and get to know better.
Sport & Freizeit
© Foto: Weitkamp Classics
L.L. And when it comes to choosing the
places: what criteria should they fulfil?
C.W. Planning the routes has less to do
with the places than with the hotels.
They simply need to be right. They should
absolutely be small, family-run places in
great locations. Whether they have a garage
or not is not all that important to me. It’s
great if they have one but if not that’s not
an issue. Classic car people don’t really
need them. And, of course, the route has to
work. Finding a pretty family-run hotel is
no good when it’s located in the middle of
an industrial area.
WORDRAP
I vacation in Lech Zürs …
by conviction.
I like to ski …
preferably early in the morning, until 1 pm
and then I stop.
At the end of my skiing day,
I like to stop at …
Kriegeralpe.
Lech Zürs never without ...
passion.
I’ll send a selfie from Lech Zürs to …
all those I’d like to convey that passion to.
L.L. Is it possible to rent classic cars for
the tours?
C.W. There are places that do classic car rentals, but all our
clients have their own cars. Anything else would mean two
worlds clashing. On the one hand there’s a person who rents a
classic car for the weekend and may not even treat it well and
on the other hand there’s the guy who lives for his classic car.
There would be few points of contact and even fewer conversation
topics. Which is why we decided that people should
always come in their own cars.
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