Whats the future for Car show cars

[4mulas]

Plus if I ever get another car it's going to be what ever my woman wants. Though she has been eyeing Cudas

What's that, a Jaguar XKE roadster? LOL. at least that's the one my wife wants. She tolerates my road runner but does get a kick out of all the thumbs up when we cruise in it.

 

[TxDon]

The car collector and show dynamic has always changed with the times. Back in the early 50s all the collectors restored brass-era cars. The big Duesenbergs and Packard 12s weren't even 20 years old and were used as tow vehicles so they didn't qualify for the brass shows. Then the CCCA was formed and the big classics took off. Everyone did prewar cars either stock or hot rods for a while but now most of those guys are gone and prewar cars are smoking bargains. Our muscle cars went crazy in the late 80s with a couple of insane price bubble periods but now have slowed down as we all get older. It's true that younger people have less interest in cars today but the economic situation is a major reason for that. The biggest difference is that we all tinkered with cars as teenagers because we could, the cars were still simple enough that basic tools and knowledge got you through. The tuner car group proves that even in the computer age today enthusiasts will find a way to modify their cars if they want to.

 

[mrsnicks]

With the rise of Overhaulin, *** Monkey Garage everyone thinks their old broken down beater is worth $15k. It's just hard to find an older car that isn't rusted beyond saving for a decent price.

Also when I was in High School we had Auto Body Repair and Machine Shop as elective classes so I had basic knowledge and skills. I'm by no means a master fabricator, but I'm more than a parts bolter.

I've got 3rd Gen B-bodies because I couldn't afford 2nd Gen prices. Don't get me wrong, I love the looks of mine, but if 2nd Gen prices were lower I might have loved those too.

Patrick

 

[Darter6]

Hollywood sure has been getting into the older Muscle Cars quite a bit lately.In the last few years anyway.Watched a show last night on Netflix and a doctor was driving a 70 'Cuda with a shaker hood.Maybe the younger crowd will pick up on this.

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I have my heap 30 years,it has morphed into what it is,,,,,,whatever that is
Just hope my daughter gives me a grandson to leave all this junk to.Want to figure out how to make holgrams or maybe just videos to teach my son-in-law and hope grandson how this **** works

 

[Budnicks]

IMO the car show seen will evolve or morph into the current trends,
fads of the day, what ever day that may be, a few years ago,
it was a mini-truck & tuner crowd, it has changed, like it always has...

My youth the Rodding trend was the big bucks, mostly older dudes,
the muscle cars were the cheaper "used cars", that's what we gravitated to...
Then it evolved to the Pro-Street, spendy racecars with license plates
we all referred to as "no go show boats or trailer queens",
seemed like all the blower & no boost crowd, sat by their cars in lounge chairs...
That morphed into the mini-trucks, low-rider, bouncing & blaring stereos
multiple TV's putrid graphics etc. etc. etc.

Every generation goes thru this stuff, I'm sure the ol' geezers now
were building dilapidated thrown together ol' Hot-Rods back in the 50's
{most the youth call them Rat-Rods today, it's morphed now too}
I'm sure were saying the same thing about the youth coming up back then...

I don't se it going away anytime soon, just a different crowd,
some will always like the brass era,
some will like the exotics/super "expensive" cars,
some will always gravitate to the foreign stuff,
some will always like the hot rod era or rodder's billet everything era,
some will always like the muscle-car era {62-72 my 1st preference},
some the Fast & Furious type tuner stuff,
or new modern Muscle Cars, we are reliving a Renascence in HP wars,
some are far faster than old racecars ever were, from all generations...
Who knows where it will go or evolve too, if you did, you'd get filthy rich...

It's not just older or younger generations, it's just car people...
I comes & goes, always changing...

I personally don't like big car shows, I don't like crowd for that matter...
Some are far better than others, some are a big waste of time & $$$ too...

see ya'
that's my $1.25 on the subject

 

[Darter6]

My buddy was(is) a car nut from way back in his teens.Got married in the late 70's.Had a son,built a Anglia with a blown small block before son was born.Said "This is for my boy". Fast forward,, His son couldn't care less and didn't even want to get a drivers license and didn't till he was in his 20's.Now Ric has 4 beautiful cars and no one to leave them to.I think many of us might me in the same boat.

 

[Bladecutter]

I'm guessing that a lot of these young'uns are like I was . between house payments, car payments ,kids and a wife I was lucky to have $5 to my name the day after payday . it was only after the kids grew up and the sponge left to find herself, that I had any real money . so when they have a few grey hairs and the kids are grown who knows what they will spend their extra cash on , could be like me and finally be able to afford the car(s) of their dreams

"it's,,it's,, IT's the SPONGE!!"
Man, glad i missed that one.....sorry for Your loss Bro!

 

[Bladecutter]

What's that, a Jaguar XKE roadster? LOL. at least that's the one my wife's wants. She tolerates my road runner but does get a kick out of all the thumbs up when we cruise in it.

E- Type. She has Good Taste.

 

[Speedbird]

Regarding what Bruzilla said on the first page.
I drive an A body everyday 74 miles round trip.
And I routinely get people that ask "you wanna sell that".
Jumped out last night at a service station to check under the hood and was asked.
Now of course, everyone knows when if we started talking price......
But the desire is there. It's a "modern" car that you can work on, and drive.

So in addition to what I said in post 15, let me ad this.
I build my cars to drive.
I've never been a part the lawn chair crowd for a couple of reasons, I guess.
Car shows take time and I don't seem to ever have any of that to just sit around and be doo waped to death.
Why can't they play Mott The Hoople?
Or at least Collective Soul.
Car shows are in the summertime and I hate hot weather.
But there is an interest in cars among people
Maybe these cruse in styled events will become more popular.
http://www.carsandcoffeefinder.com/atlanta-caffeine-and-octane/

 

[Bruzilla]

IMO the car show seen will evolve or morph into the current trends,
fads of the day, what ever day that may be, a few years ago,
it was a mini-truck & tuner crowd, it has changed, like it always has...

Yep. The next generation is just now starting to come into disposable income after a brief eight-year interruption, and I expect we're going to be seeing F-body Mustangs and late 80s and 90s Camaros dominating the car shows before long.

 

[Speedbird]

Yep. The next generation is just now starting to come into disposable income after a brief eight-year interruption, and I expect we're going to be seeing F-body Mustangs and late 80s and 90s Camaros dominating the car shows before long.

Only if I was to go.
Which is another reason I would not go. (It's a joke)

 

[Kern Dog]

If the late model car owners stopped bringing their cars to our car show in Sacramento, we'd lose our ***. There has been a steady shift in the numbers. Fewer classics and more late model cars.
In 2003 when I joined, I recall seeing more 1930s-1950s cars. The only newer cars were a few Vipers and 3 or 4 Neons. As the vintage car owners got older, they quit coming around. I don't know if they became too ill, passed away or just quit going to shows. We have seen a drop in the Imperials too. They are normally a passionate group but the last of the great Imperials were in the early 70s.
We used to see a LOT of PT Cruisers when they first came out but they have faded out. Once the NEW rear wheel drive Mopars came back, we see almost no Neons or FWD cars.

 

[Kern Dog]

Hollywood sure has been getting into the older Muscle Cars quite a bit lately.In the last few years anyway.Watched a show last night on Netflix and a doctor was driving a 70 'Cuda with a shaker hood.Maybe the younger crowd will pick up on this.

I would LOVE it if my nephews had any interest in these Mopars. I have no kids so I have nobody to pass my stuff along.
All these parts, all this knowledge and love and no worthy recipients.

 

[GetX'd]

I would LOVE it if my nephews had any interest in these Mopars. I have no kids so I have nobody to pass my stuff along.
All these parts, all this knowledge and love and no worthy recipients.

I'm in the same boat Kern - no one in the family to pass along my car too. Makes me consider selling it at times. But after 47 years with it I have a hard time doing so.

 

[TxDon]

I'm in the same boat Kern - no one in the family to pass along my car too. Makes me consider selling it at times. But after 47 years with it I have a hard time doing so.

My two sons grew up since birth watching me work on cars constantly, in the early years it was a total obsession and second career. I took them to plenty of car shows and had them help me with work but I never forced it on them. They are both like their mother, viewing cars as appliances and viewing my obsession with benign amusement. I have prepared them in the event of my demise by telling them the value of my cars and other collections so they will at least not give them away!

 

[HEMI-ITIS]

I'll just say I hope when I,m gone,,,,they don't sell it for I told them I have in it