Future of the classic car hobby may be unstable per experts?
I am 31 years old, when I was young kid I liked cars but I wasn't really into cars. When I was in high school I got into import cars (before the fast and furious movies). I wasn't interest in a old heavy gas guzzling muscle car.
But after years of imports, sport bikes, and then owning a Harley... I came to a point in my late 20's early 30's where I felt too old for import sport cars. Became too worried about getting hurt riding a motorcycle, so figured either a higher end car (BMW/Mercedes/etc.) or going for a classic/muscle car.
Not sure why, but I started getting a new feeling of interest in older cars. Maybe its the coolness factor, maybe it is the easy way to add power and comfortable cruising like riding a Harley.
Or maybe it is because you have more exclusiveness compared to the current import sport cars/sport bikes.
Whatever it is, I have grown to love them and have been learning what I can like someone obsessed lol. Well also maybe watching shows like Chasing Classic Cars, Overhaulin, Fast and Loud, and so on have also played a big role in growing my interest.
So I was on the fence, about to buy a BMW and then one of my good friends (who has always been into classic/muscle cars) that is 29 years old bought himself a 1965 Mustang.
Him getting his Mustang, motivated me to get something and I started looking into Dodge Dart's but got into Plymouth Duster's.
So yeah going to what Wildcat posted, these cars need exposure and need to be seen by people. They need to see it, hear it, and that is what will help grow the interest.
Keeping such cars away, hidden, stored, and rarely driven will not help.
I am 31 years old, when I was young kid I liked cars but I wasn't really into cars. When I was in high school I got into import cars (before the fast and furious movies). I wasn't interest in a old heavy gas guzzling muscle car.
But after years of imports, sport bikes, and then owning a Harley... I came to a point in my late 20's early 30's where I felt too old for import sport cars. Became too worried about getting hurt riding a motorcycle, so figured either a higher end car (BMW/Mercedes/etc.) or going for a classic/muscle car.
Not sure why, but I started getting a new feeling of interest in older cars. Maybe its the coolness factor, maybe it is the easy way to add power and comfortable cruising like riding a Harley.
Or maybe it is because you have more exclusiveness compared to the current import sport cars/sport bikes.
Whatever it is, I have grown to love them and have been learning what I can like someone obsessed lol. Well also maybe watching shows like Chasing Classic Cars, Overhaulin, Fast and Loud, and so on have also played a big role in growing my interest.
So I was on the fence, about to buy a BMW and then one of my good friends (who has always been into classic/muscle cars) that is 29 years old bought himself a 1965 Mustang.
Him getting his Mustang, motivated me to get something and I started looking into Dodge Dart's but got into Plymouth Duster's.
So yeah going to what Wildcat posted, these cars need exposure and need to be seen by people. They need to see it, hear it, and that is what will help grow the interest.
Keeping such cars away, hidden, stored, and rarely driven will not help.
