Row after row of disused factory halls in the rolling hills of Belgian Hainaut. Nothing is made
here except motoring history. There is an all-pervading smell of rust and motor oil. In the
dusty interior hundreds of vintage cars stand bumper to bumper. Some of them are propped up at
jaunty angles on axle stands. Most lean drunkenly on the rubber of their long-flat tyres.
Legendary models ordinary family cars flamboyant old bangers long-forgotten jalopies each
with its own story to tell. As a whole they form the raison d'être of the Mahy family from
Ghent: three generations of dedicated collectors who over the years have gathered together the
largest collection of old-timers in the world. This book sheds light on this silent cavalcade
of unique vehicles. Some (very) old some not so old. Some backlit some spotlit. All with
fascinating stories of the past etched into their rear-view mirrors. Stories of glory and loss
of death-defying rides over dangerous roads of a never-ending search to find ultimate beauty
on four wheels. Stories that have been told for generations in the Mahy family a family of
cars.
