I'm not so sure interest in LBC's, etc will transfer easily to future
generations. I think the reason our Healeys (or others Jags, MG's, etc) mean so
much to us of "a certain age" is that they are evocative of our youths when we
either owned or aspired to owning them. My first car was a TR3 followed by a
couple of Healeys, then an E-Jag, then a 356 followed by BMW's as I acquired
a need for "more sensible" transportation.
This is a true story: A fellow I know from an all-marque club in my area
had a lovely 356 SC coupe that he restored and drove regularly. When he told
his teenaged son that the car would one day be his the boy said how great that
was as he could sell it and get enough money to buy a new Lexus or the like.
The guy sold the Porsche and I don't think he gave the money to his son.
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 5/30/2008 5:35:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
spartan0199@hotmail.com writes:
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.
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