[Fot] Small Bore Racers

[John Hasty]

The only "young folks" I know here in God's country are those who race with
their fathers.

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> On Jul 5, 2014, at 4:17 PM, EDWARD BARNARD <edwardbarnard at prodigy.net>
wrote:
>
> They've all come down to CVAR.
> -Ed-
>
>
> On Saturday, July 5, 2014 2:27 PM, J.
> Wagner <jmwagner at greenheart.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Richard... I think he was
> speaking of the next generation...  What interests
> them.
>
> Let's face it, there
> aren't a hell of a lot of young folk, say born in the
> 80's or 90's, attending
> Triumph car club meetings... And I don't know about
> other parts of the
> country... But driving a TR4A in the late 70's and 80's
> drew interest wherever
> I went...  Now I could be filling up at a gas station
> and two buses of teens
> going on an outing, stopping to raid the convenience
> store and hit the
> restrooms, wouldn't even give my car a second look, yet
> alone ask me about it.
> They're not interested.
>
> Now let's talk about vintage versus newish...  There
> aren't machine shops
> everywhere you look anymore and the prices for work have
> gone up
> astronomically... Simple supply and demand theory!   Just like the
> supply and
> demand issues hitting the used parts stream, as discussed.  Young
> folk want to
> bolt performance onto a motor and tinker with mix and timing with
> a computer,
> etc.  They're not into blowing through old motors, experimenting
> through trial