From: DAS (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Mar 26 2002 - 16:33:22 PST
Good Job going to testify,involvement is the only way good laws can be
crafted.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve & Jeanne Keith" <cckw@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Military Vehicle Wills
> 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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