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Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« on: November 30, 2022, 06:00:20 PM »
Leno: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren't easy - Hagerty Media

https://www.hagerty.com/media/opinion/leno-appreciation-for-hard-work-is-fading-and-old-cars-arent-easy/
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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2022, 08:54:47 PM »
So true. I think the days of anyone under 40 seriously turning their own wrenches is gone. When I was growing up we took nothing to a shop. Mechanical, paint/body the one exception was upholstery until I met a guy who had a commercial sewing machine in his garage. He'd do stuff for us cheap or trade time for time working on his Packards.
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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #2 on: November 30, 2022, 09:34:42 PM »
A well reasoned article.  It's not going to get any better either.  Which means it's going to get worse.  The upcoming crops won't realize that fact and just move on, their faces buried in smart phones and catching their driverless pods to get to work.
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #3 on: November 30, 2022, 10:09:08 PM »
Who are we going to leave our garages full of tools to?  Seriously?
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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #4 on: November 30, 2022, 10:20:48 PM »
Who are we going to leave our garages full of tools to?  Seriously?
The Smithsonian or other museum so they can use them for display.

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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #5 on: November 30, 2022, 11:24:26 PM »
They will get buried for a thousand years and resurface like ancient Viking swords and people will marvel and wonder.
"Low she sits on five spoke wheels
Small block eight so live she feels
There she's parked beside the curb
Engine revving to disturb
She's the princess from his past
Red paint gold stripes damned she's fast"

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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2022, 03:33:07 AM »
This article is one of the best I ever have read. Short and it explains what is going on. But I really need to say something, its really time to teach and share knowledge with younger people like me who have the skills and knowledge and yes I build some wonderful cars in my life. But when it comes to concours, how things were made 50 years ago, phosphating, plating of parts etc. I need help to make it right. Its never easy to start from scratch and yes I also become older but I want to share all this knowledge with my kids later. So maybe its also about how much the older generations share with the younger ones to keep the classic car hobby alive for the next generations.
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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2022, 08:59:14 AM »
I can't afford 4 Shelbys to leave my grandchildren when I die, but I will leave each of them a Model A. I just hope they will appreciate them. They are 3, 4, 5, and 7years old so too soon to tell even though they like playing with all kinds of motorized vehicles. :)

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Re: Appreciation for hard work is fading, and old cars aren’t easy
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2022, 12:35:10 PM »
"the times they are a changing"

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