Not sure if restoring vehicles are on the decline? What makes it so? I don't know... maybe so.
Old cars came from the factory with a tool kit, because they knew eventually you would be working on it. It was just nuts and bolts then too, no computers.
New cars don't even come with spare tires now.
The thought process has changed. A 10yr old car is a heap today. Made to be replaced. In the 30-40s it was considered a major investment and you fixed it and ran it for many years. It's still a major investment, but we don't fix it.
Guess maybe it's just not worth it to figure out things. Or people can't handle trying to work on something and maybe failing the first time. It's not that hard. Don't know....
In the 1910s most cars had drivers who were also a "engineer" that oiled things while they were in a meetings.
I listen to sports announcers and I marvel at how they can keep talking for 3hrs and actually say anything worth while. Might be the same... filling space.
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