Rememberance is important, but it's the engineering that attracts me to the vehicles over any other related activities.
There's something about military engineering. There's no fluff and nonsense. It's made to function, not to look pretty. You can very easily see the difference beteen a good elegant design and a poor inelegant one.
There's no polishing, chrome, and metallic paint, the beauty and elegance of the design is in what it is.