Future of the classic car hobby may be unstable per experts?

In the last few years Nevada changed their registration laws.It used to be all cars newer than 1967 neded to be smogged to get plates. Now they have 6 or so ways to register that require no smog test. I have 2 of my cars with "Classic Vehicle" registration. They have to be 25 years old and driven less than 5,000 miles a year. That's just fine to me because combined they won't get driven that much.as long it is legal to own and drive I will always have a classic car.


I just got a e-mail from Barrett-Jackson saying that the Ron Pratte collection will be up for auction.Several hundred cars. I truely think he is selling not because of investment,he maybe bored with what he has and wants some new tin to look at.
In 2004 he sold 53 cars at the B-J auction but bought over 100.Guys like Mr. Pratte and Rick Hendrick are extreme collectors but I think the Classic car industry will be around for awhile. Like anything there will be peaks and valleys even for little guy investors that have cars for the pure fun of it.

Some things in the industry will come and go (remember drifting??) Even drag racing died off in the mid seventies only to come back strong.