Both of my grandfathers were born in 1885. One died in 1932 but the other lived until 1967 and got to see everything from horse drawn buggies, invention of the radio, cars, airplanes, computers, nuclear warfare, color TV, and the race to space and the beginnings of the Apollo space program.
My paternal grandfather was born in 1888 in a small village in what is now the Czech Republic, and died in 1974 in Pennsylvania. I've often mused about the same things he saw transpire in his lifetime. One old family story is when the family bought the first TV, he was watching a studio wrestling match, and when one of the guys was thrown out of the ring (and off the screen) my grand pap leapt out of his chair, ran to the TV and tried to look past the edge of the screen to see where the fellow ended up.
It is indeed a thrill to drive one of the old timer cars. I have a 29 Model A. They don't go fast but they do purr and they sound wonderful. Car manufacturers back then were very proud of their product.