[Healeys] Young Healey owners

Justin spartan0199 at hotmail.com
Fri May 30 15:10:26 MDT 2008


 Jim, 

Check out this thread on Healey ages.
http://www.britishcarforum.com/bcforum/ubbthreads.php/topics/293034/1

I'm 32 and a second generation Healey owner, the car was my dad's until he
passed away in 1996, at the time making me at 20 years old quite a young
Healey owner.   

For me it just seems hard to find the time and $$ for the Healey, maybe this
is common for other people in this age group.  I have a 3 year old daughter
and a 12 hour old daughter (wireless internet at the hospital is very nice),
plus the wife isn't too interested in cars....

But, one of my earliest memories at 4/5 years old is my dad driving me
around in our Healey and because of that it will never be for sale.  I'll
never forget listening the exhaust note when I was young or trying to clip
the tonneau cover back over the passenger seat, which I never could quite do
without my dad's help when I was a kid.  

I think it is inevitable that interest in these cars will decrease some as
people who grew up with these cars get older, but if we can keep our kids
interested it will live on. 

I'm sure as the family starts to get older I'll have more time and be able
to share the car with my kids like my dad did.  I also have 5 young nephews
(so far) and I'm sure at least one of my kids or one of them will show a
special interest as they get older. 

Justin 
Ypsilanti, MI


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces+spartan0199=hotmail.com at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces+spartan0199=hotmail.com at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Jim Culp
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 9:38 AM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Young Healey owners

Hello all,

Has a "Young Healey Owners" club or segment of one of the two national clubs
been brought up for discussion?  It seems to me that the median age of
current Healey owners is probably north of 50 years of age (not that theres
anything wrong with that), and there doesn't seem to be a crop of younger
enthusiasts coming up behind the current generation of owners to carry on
the torch.

It would seem to me that developing interest in a younger group of
enthusiasts would be beneficial to the clubs and the marque as whole.

I'm 36 and I haven't met any owners within 5 years of my age in my 4 years
of ownership.  

I'm just throwing the idea out there...

Jim


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