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When I go to All British Field Meets, with the exception of the Land
Rover group, all I see are senior citizens with their British sports
cars. I don't see younger generations filling in the ranks. For years
now, prices have been falling on American 60s & 70s classics. I talked
to a big Healey guy last weekend who said prices for them have been soft.
The classic Land Rover group has lots of enthusiasts in their 20s & 30s
because they also get used for off road driving/camping/fishing/hunting
and just about anything else. Whereas most British sports cars that are
remotely competitive in field meets go to field meets, club runs, and
not much else. Most people (not including me) have newer fuel injected
climate controlled, airbag cars for everyday use while their British
sports car sits in the garage waiting for a special reason to be driven.
For most people, they are no longer everyday driver cars.
TeriAnn
1960 TR3A
1960 Land Rover
no other cars
On 8/26/19 5:59 PM, Greg Lemon wrote:
> If you look at prices for things like model As and even MG T series,
> prices have been stagnant the last 20-30 years or so, Big Healey's
> have leveled off the last 5 or ten years, it happens.
>
> When I look at most any pre-war car I find it interesting, but not
> anything I would ever really want to own, I imagine a lot of younger
> folks, even car people, feel the same way about "our" cars.� In fact
> I frequent some car forums with a much younger demographic than here,
> pretty much anything built when carburators were the norm is
> considered unsafe, finicky, and slow by a pretty large portion of that
> group.
>
> Nothing will make you feel old quite like somebody suggesting that
> re-mapping a fuel injection system Isa piece of cake, while carbs are
> a deep, dark mystery.
>
> Greg Lemon
> TR250
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">When I go to All British Field Meets,
with the exception of the Land Rover group, all I see are senior
citizens with their British sports cars. I don't see younger
generations filling in the ranks. For years now, prices have been
falling on American 60s & 70s classics. I talked to a big
Healey guy last weekend who said prices for them have been soft.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The classic Land Rover group has lots
of enthusiasts in their 20s & 30s because they also get used
for off road driving/camping/fishing/hunting and just about
anything else. Whereas most British sports cars that are remotely
competitive in field meets go to field meets, club runs, and not
much else. Most people (not including me) have newer fuel injected
climate controlled, airbag cars for everyday use while their
British sports car sits in the garage waiting for a special reason
to be driven. For most people, they are no longer everyday driver
cars.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">TeriAnn</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">1960 TR3A</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">1960 Land Rover</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">no other cars<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/26/19 5:59 PM, Greg Lemon wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">If you look at prices for things like
model As and even MG T series, prices have been stagnant the
last 20-30 years or so, Big Healey's have leveled off the last
5 or ten years, it happens.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">When I look at most any
pre-war car I find it interesting, but not anything I would
ever really want to own, I imagine a lot of younger folks,
even car people, feel the same way about "our" cars.� In
fact I frequent some car forums with a much younger
demographic than here, pretty much anything built when
carburators were the norm is considered unsafe, finicky, and
slow by a pretty large portion of that group.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Nothing will make you feel
old quite like somebody suggesting that re-mapping a fuel
injection system Isa piece of cake, while carbs are a deep,
dark mystery.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Greg Lemon</div>
<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">TR250</div>
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