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« on: December 21, 2023, 03:09:24 PM »
Well, we are a dying breed. Just waiting for our one-way trip onto the ice floe.
A couple of years ago, when the top-dollar sales in "midyear" Corvettes started changing from perfect concours-level cars to resto-mods, the transformation had begun. I still wouldn't pay concours prices for a modded/rodded Corvette, but more than a few people are. Same with many other marques. Singer-modified 1960s Porsches are waaayyy more $$$ than the nicest restored one.
Younger guys want the look/romance/fantasy of a vintage car, but not the reality. Damn few of them know how to check the oil, let alone change spark plugs, so the engine only has to look shiny...who cares if it's a 427 or an Ecoboost four? Or if the chassis and interior have been replaced with nothing even resembling stock components? It irks me, but it's reality.
Just hoping that some bazillionaire doesn't take a real Cobra 427 and donk it out...or whatever the term is these days for an urban clown car. That would be worth staging a revolt.