The attendees of the National Meets is a very small percentage. Again
looking at Tahoe in 2002 700 registrations. I think there is about
6000 members of the National Healey Clubs so thats less than 10% of
the National members. What is most important to keep the British Car
interest alive is to participate and voulunteer as much as you can in
the local level. And keep the interest alive in the youth of the clubs.
The other thing that I feel is very important is that all the British
Car clubs need to stop looking as thou they are the only ones that
exist and start doing activities with the other marques. Which are
all suffering from the same problems.
The activities of the local clubs is what will make our hobby
survive, I you look at the cars of the mid 20s to the late 40s. They
use to be the heart of the classic car life. When was the last time
you seen a 32 Buick or a 29 Ford on the road.
The reason here is that the people that loved and grew up with these
cars are in their 80s now and very few people have picked up the love
of these cars. If we are not careful the same will happen to the
British car fever that we are all enjoying right now. Just look at
the age of those that are driving these cars and you will see it
happening. I see very few people in their 20s and 30s that love these
cars the way we do.
Most of the younger group that is interested in cars are looking at a
Toyota, Honda etc. And the cars that they grew up admiring and
dreaming of owning are 70s and some 80s cars.
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
On Nov 10, 2010, at 7:04 AM, Jonas Payne wrote:
> I'm 39 and have 3 kids under 12.
>
> I have 5 british cars at home including 2 healeys.
>
> I'm still at the point in my career/life where I'm working 70+
> hours a week to
> make the mortgage and save up for college tuitions.
>
> As much as I would like to spend my vacation completing the CA
> Mille, or the
> Copperstate, or attending Hershey, Monterey Historics or any number
> of events
> that I personally might consider to be a good time, the family has
> other
> ideas, that typically involve camping or Mickey Mouse.
>
> I probably don't speak for everybody in my demographic (which is
> admittedly
> small in the British Car Hobby) but I think it's safe to say that
> you can plan
> events that don't need to be too family friendly, because it's
> unlikely that
> many of us will have the opportunity to travel and attend such an
> event unless
> it's in our back yard.
>
> Jonas Payne
> PBR
> Cell: (702) 358-5084
> jpayne@thorcon.net
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