Listers,
I don't disagree with Zach. He makes some good
points. I teach at a high school and pick up trucks
and rice burners are the popular items. I just
finished helping a 24 year old resurrect a 76B. He
lives at home and parents don't charge him rent. He
just sank $2,000.00 into a stereo system for this car
along with new minilites, Mota lita steering wheel,
new shocks(tube) all around, converted it to chrome
bumper, added a new 500.00 top with interior and seats
still to go. He loves it and can't wait to put an O/D
in it so he can drive it to Penn State for parties and
football games.
His dad gave it to him for going to Penn State instead
of a private school. The young are out there with
enthusiasm, we just have to help direct them.
I think the 35-40 age bracket will get into them next
when their kids get older and they want a unique car.
we better hope so, otherwise our investment, however
small or large will die with us, and I'm only 51. (-:
Jim
78B for sale (possible buyer this Saturday, I'll tell
you his age after he buys (-: )
70B Heritage body shell
seeking MGCGT/C
--- Zach Dorsch <herr_dorsch@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Okay, I need to add my opinion to this thread
> because I am one of those young guys (21). I have
> had my MG for about a year now and think that it has
> been a great car even though a lot of the time it
> has been not runing for one reason or another (sat
> for about six years before I bought it). However
> this car is truly a blast and every friend that has
> ridden in has never had any negative comments, they
> all think its great (male or female).
> I think that the reason the old car hobby in general
> is declining is due to the high prices of good
> classic cars. Kids now a days cannot spend a couple
> hundered for a car and get something to run and work
> for them with a little work unless its a honda or
> the like. The cheap classic cars now, need a lot of
> body work and/or engine work. It is by far much
> more convenient to just go and buy a new honda or
> other cheap foreign car and sup it up. This is the
> way that it has always been comparitively speaking.
> In the 50's, 60's and early 70's you could still get
> a decent muscle car (my dad and grandfather are old
> hot-rodders). But the generation that I grew up in
> had some fairly awful cars; horsepower was low and
> handling was even worse. However, these are cheap
> to my generation and this is what most can afford
> and work on, making them our 'muscle' cars. What I
> mean by work on is body work and/or engine work
> (just hook it up to a computer).
> Where do we learn to do body work or engine work
> now? Its also simply not popular to do your own
> work, let alone get dirty in my generation's
> thinking. In return to this perspective many
> schools in my area have dropped automotive programs
> altogether.
> Zach
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