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Like any hobby, being involved with old cars should be fun. If it isn't, don't do it. It's that simple. What's fun?

Let's do a moment's fantasizing about what would really be fun with vintage vehicles. About the ultimate in fun would be to have a 1932 Ford highboy roadster. That means it has no top or fenders and running boards. They say the Deuce roadster is the ultimate goal for a street rodder or hot rodder, and I'd have to agree. Buying one or building one would cost the equivalent of a modern luxury car. It's worth it if you could swing it. It's out of reach for many people.

Say hello to Peter, Keith, Al, Paul and Taff.

They're all former British Royal Marines, enlisted men and noncommissioned officers, who've done time for two decades or more in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, the Arctic, Afghanistan, the Middle East and, most recently, rural Virginia.

These salty ex-commandos are trainers for Centurion Risk Assessment Services Ltd., founded in the United Kingdom in 1995 to help teach journalists, diplomats, relief workers, peace organizations and other outfits how to survive in "hostile environments."