From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 18:59:24 PST
I think that you and Tim have brought up very good points!
I just feel sorry for the guy that decides to build a 5 ton wrecker from
Just a crazy thought here. I wonder if someone in a real arid state who
repro parts.....:-)
had a lot of land might volunteer
to have an MV graveyard. Then anytime someone finds something that
is about to get scrapped, but that
no one really wants to buy, could get on the list and announce it. Then
maybe other folks would volunteer
to drag it out to the graveyard. Yes, there are a lot of problems with
this model. I am just trying to get some ideas
going here. Maybe we can hash this around and come up with something
that will work.
Bruce MVPA 23824
dgrev wrote:
> Tim
>
> I agree with most of what you say.
>
> There is also another factor and this is something that
> all the "old car clubs" (which is really the category that we
> fall in, even armor owners such as myself) acknowledge is
> a real concern. That is the aging of the owners NOT the
> vehicles. The average age of your restorer/collector is
> something around 56 years old irrespective of country.
>
> If you look at the way the old car clubs are going, they
> are all facing extinction not because of a lack of
> vehicles or spares, but because of a lack of owners.
> A good example is the Chev clubs in Oz. In the main it
> is their own fault, they have been such an elitist bunch
> over the years that they have chased away the few younger
> blokes that showed any interest. Now they are all falling
> off the planet due to age - have a quick look at any of
> the Veteran or Vintage car clubs and most members are in
> their 70s! Because of all this, their vehicles sell for
> no more than what they did 20 or 30 years ago. What was
> once a good investment is now a liability.
> Yes the supply of unrestored vehicles has all but dried
> up, but as that occured, the supply of new members also
> dried up - so that sort of solved that problem.
>
> Back to MVs and the real point of this email
> - don't lose sight of the need to apply your ideas to
> vehicles of all era's not just WW2 stuff.
>
> There is one rule that always holds true, that is:
>
> People tend to restore/collect the things from their
> youth.
>
> For those now starting to become collectors (the 30 to
> 40 year olds) that means M38 Jeeps, M35 Trucks etc,
> unfortunately due to modern laws this will not include
> armor.
>
> We have discussed this before on this list and there are
> members who have stated what they do to encourage the
> younger blokes. I think what you are saying goes hand in
> glove with their aims - get people interested and make
> it practical and affordable for them to participate.
>
> I suppose the ultimate example is a WW2 Jeep, if you
> can't find one to restore, you can always build the
> thing totally from repro parts. That may upset the
> purists, but just about everything upsets them, just
> like the Oz Chev clubs.............
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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