From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 16:10:05 PST
I think David has pointed out the problem below.
There may be a surplus (pardon the pun) of HMV's that the collector market
cannot absorb
This will cause the value to drop and the less desirable ones to be junked.
Simple supply
and demand.
I myself probably have/will have more (and the future ones) HMVs than the
apparent few
younger members in here could/would absorb!
Steve
PS On a brighter note: I testified before a NH Senate committee today about
a bill that will
allow antique vehicle collectors to keep 'parts vehicles' outta sight....
It has already passed
the NH House!
----- Original Message -----
From: <DDoyle9570@aol.com>
To: <cckw@attbi.com>; <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Military Vehicle Wills
> My concern with this is as follows.....
> I am relatively new to the HMV collecting hobby. My previous hobby was
> collecting Lionel electric trains.
> In the 1960's and early 70's the only Lionel's considered collectable were
> those made prior to WWII, and the typical collector was aged 10 years or
so
> more than the trains.
> In the mid to late 80's, the trains made in the 50's and 60's became
> collectable, and the collectors were still about 10 years older than the
> trains. The value of the prewar trains began diminishing as number of
> collectors of that era began to decrease.
> Today, prewar trains can be bought for less money than they were 20 years
> ago. The value of the trains of the 50's and 60's is beginning to drop,
and
> the trains made in the late 80s and early 90's begin to increase, and the
> numbers of earlier collectors decrease.
>
> What does all this have to do with military vehicles....well just replace
the
> word "trains" with HMV, and change the age difference from 10 to 20 years,
> and this all still works. And the value of trains or HMV's is not the
point
> of this, rather just a gauge by which to measure interest (supply and
demand).
>
> My contention is that as a rule folks collect their memories....guys that
> grew up watching the newsreels of US forces rolling victoriously across
> Europe and the Pacific want MB's and CCKW's.
>
> Those that watched Vietnam unfolding on the nightly news want M151's and
> M-35's.
>
> Those that watched operation Desert Storm lean toward HUMVEE's and CUCV's.
>
> That is all fine, but it is important that ALL these vehicles of all these
> era's be preserved and displayed. If today's youth is not educated and
GIVEN
> FIRST HAND EXPOSURE so that THEY have their own memories of CCKW's or
M-37's,
> then our treasured toys will over time have a smaller and smaller
following
> as we die off, eventually being appreciated by only a few, and neglected
by
> the masses.
>
> How many folks do you know personally that collect, restore, and operate
> Spanish-American War wagons?
>
> My .02,
> David Doyle
>
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