Another reason the hobby is dying out

[Brian]

I didn't know the hobby was dying- I thought it was just us old codgers that were dying!!
It is apparent that the popularity of flatties is diminishing, indeed muscle cars etc seem to be right in vogue at present.
I think the cars we grew up with tend to be what we ultimately own, trying to recapture our youth or whatever, so it all becomes generational. Also, the passage of time has a very real effect on how vehicles last. Add the availability of nos and replacement parts....
The way us old codgers struggle with modern technology, everything's computerised in forever smaller and more powerful packages, the young fellas have no trouble with it, but the mechanicals of our old vehicles leaves them bewildered- far too complex! And it's TOO SLOW!!
It's always evolving. We [the owners of these old Ford vehicles], are the things that are dying, and as we die off, the interest in owning such antique vehicles also goes by the way....