Posted on 03/11/2015 8:49:51 PM PDT by super7man
I just finished following the thread highlighting the Chevy small-block history. My wife and I recently went to the Good Guys show in Pleasanton CA. There were lots of BEAUTIFUL cars there. I think that every '69 Camero ever made was there. Every one more beautiful than the last.
But, we noticed that everyone there was our age. Less than "older than dirt" but able to remember Vietnam. I wondered what will happen in the next 20 years when we are all gone. Will cars of the 50's, 60's, 70's be a thing of the past? (I stopped counting at the 80's because all those cars were horrible.)
To my kids, a car is nothing but transportation. I makes no statement and will eventually have no value and will be crushed.
SO.... here is the question. What car is being sold today (or in the last 15 years) would be a car that one would die over 20 years from now? (Exotics are excluded.)
The only one I can think of that has holding character is the the Hummer I.
Oh, just FYI I'm a slobering sucker for British cars.
I don’t think so. I would LOVE to have a Dodge Hellcat - at least for a weekend...
Ford GT
I agree, but maybe falls into the exotic category.
I think a few short bed, smaller pick ups of the 1980s may be collected, but not much else. At least the mistakes of the 1970s, such as the Ford Pinto were unique shapes.
My 24 year old son has a 1985 Porsche 911 Carerra and does he LOVE that car. He’s hooked and wants to keep it to hand down to his son someday. Unfortunately, it needs a lot of work on the engine and transmission.
OK, 1985 Porche 911 maybe a winner.
To my kids, a car is nothing but transportation.
I've noticed the same. The guys fixing cars nowadays and competing in car shows are my age and older (50 and up). Young men today aren't interested in tinkering with an engine.
But, according to what I heard, today's cars aren't as easy to work on as cars in the past were, so that's probably the reason we don't see teenage boys anymore standing around with their heads under the hood of a car.
There are some remakes of American muscle cars today, though, such as the Dodge Challenger, which seems to be popular.
Viva Las Vegas (rockabilly festival) has a car show every year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYIwWVPzbYU
Austin has the Lone Star Roundup every year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7HAjHW-y8w
I don’t think the camera work or highlighted cars in these videos is always great but there are younger people with cars.
And then there are the rice burners that get tricked out like the Fast & Furious kind of crowd.
Most of the others restrict to pre-1970.
Have you checked the prices on 70’s Ford Pintos? Very collectable. Cosworth Vegas too.
I am currently restoring a 1970 VW bug. My choice was based on the availability of parts...
There are more fast/high horsepower cars around than ever.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/07/02/best-car-power-to-weight-ratios-feature/
The cars today are blindingly fast and handle better than the best pure racing cars of a few years ago.
An off the lot stock 2015 Corvette Z06 can do a sub 1:30 lap of Road Atlanta .
The Hot Rodding industry is the most sophisticated it has ever been and GM and others are selling very sophisticated entire drive trains integrated to give hot rods and older cars in need of updated power trains putting out over 400-500 hp with perfect reliability and drivability - and 3 year -36 month warranty.
It's a golden age or at least the renaissance of one
Pontiac Aztec. Next question. LOL
I would post one of those smiley faces puking but this is the best I can do. ;o)
Rat rods and tuners. I like the rat rod concept of throwing together an insanely overpowered and incedibly unsafe lightweight ride with parts scavenged from the local boneyard. It may be crazy stupid, but it’s cheap fun.
The "Hot Rod" crowd is shrinking, though. Mostly due to all the affordable cars being bland appliances.
1981 Chrysler K Car ?
The opitimy of crappy 80s cars.
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