Optimism in Iraq fuels revived interest in vintage cars
Members of a small Iraqi community of vintage car aficionados are hoping to rekindle their passion now that the war against the Islamic State group is over. For many, the cars remind them of happier times in Iraq, before decades of war and chaos. The vintage cars date back to the period between the discovery of oil in […]Sinan Salaheddin writes for AP:
Members of a small Iraqi community of vintage car aficionados are hoping to rekindle their passion now that the war against the Islamic State group is over.
For many, the cars remind them of happier times in Iraq, before decades of war and chaos.
The vintage cars date back to the period between the discovery of oil in the 1920s and the booming 1970s, when Iraq was awash in petroleum wealth and boasted some of the finest roads in the region.
