Randy's story of his youth is not too much different than mine, and I am sure
many other listers as well. Big Healeys, Jags, Triumphs and MGs made an
imprint on my young brain that will not go away.
In addition to the "look at the shiny car" shows which are good PR, and driving
the cars around do you ever just park your car in the driveway for a few hours
on a nice day? (I used to just so I could look out the window and enjoy the
view). There may be a young Healey enthusiast who will be "scarred for life"
in the neighborhood. I think the very young kids like the cars because they
are more to their scale, and open to look at when the top is down, than full
size sedans and SUVs. I have gotten lots of favorable looks and comments from
High school age as well, some high schools do car shows, our club has been
trying to get a few brit cars out to each of these in our area.
We also do some speed driving events (autocrosses) with our local club, some of
the younger (and older) Miata, BMW and other performance car guys are usually
drawn into these events (and also impressed by how fast a hot rodded brit
roadster can go around the cones). I think we will get some of them to come
over from the dark side and see the light.
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