Here at A Collected Man, our obsessions span many categories, and one which comes up in conversation time and time again is vintage cars. From Bugatti Type 35 to Porsche 911, the subject goes hand in hand with great watches, and so with that said, welcome to the third instalment of My Car; our on going interview series with vintage car collectors. This instalment features Tobias Scheffler; a fast sedan enthusiast who is in the process of opening his own vintage dealership in the south of France. We paid him a visit in Hamburg to talk about Alfa Romeo, lawnmowers and watches.

 

What did cars mean to you as a kid?

Well, let's start with the stereotypical stuff [Laughs]

 

[Laughs] Yeah, yeah…

I wouldn’t like to begin with the cliche answer that my first word was car, because I’m not too sure if it was the first or the second, maybe the first one was "ball". When I was a kid, I always had matchbox cars which got me interested and my father had always been into cars. We had a big old green Chrysler Voyager which broke down all the time, but I have very vivid memories sitting in that car.

 

"There's just so much to appreciate about cars like that, the engine sounds, the design,