I suppose you could go mad with definitions, and even in defining what 'old school' is. Many of the really old veteran cars are indisputably mid engined, with passengers seated atop the motor. These motor wagons evolved into vehicle genre like Ford Model T with their engines generally positioned ahead of the driver, but entirely behind the front-axle centreline, so still contained within the wheelbase and technically thus (front) mid engined. Usually it's only after WW2 that we begin to see car design further evolve with engines pushed forward to the extent that they partly overhang the front axle
Case in point: Porsche Boxter is universally accepted as being mid engined. Would you also classify this beautiful pre-war Peugeot 402 Coupe as being mid engined? If not, why not?
(semantics are the food of the pedant )