There's another disease I've noticed growing in the old car lately- The
tendancy for those who likes a peticular Model, Marque, or General type of
cars to own multiple cars of that sort. There seem to be many more
collections owned by regular folk. In "the old days", one was considered
odd enough to own, say, just one British or Italian car in the US. These
days, it's very likely that someone will have not one, but 3 British cars, or
4 Alfa Romeos, or 5 '62 Covairs, etc.
There are of course many reasons one can cite for this, such as the need for
parts cars, and the limited interest in "something old that you have to
actually *work on*. But, that's not the whole story. The typical owner of a
59 MGA may have lusted after a E-Type when they came out, and eventually
traded the A in on a Jag. Today, a person might lust after both, and get
both, and then go get something else. Collecters were the idle rich, not the
common worker.
The pleasure of old cars can be in expertise in one type of car, or in the
differences in variety. Now what was that about an Elan for sale?
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Roger Garnett (Roger_Garnett@cornell.edu)
"The South Lansing Centre For Wayward Sports Cars"
"All donations of stray, orphaned, odd, neglected, etc.
sports cars and bits in need of a good home accepted."
"The drop off bin is right there- behind the barn..."
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