Car Thread

[robert.]

I went to a motorcycle swap meet yesterday in Jefferson pa. Same thing. Low on vendors and bikes. Way high on prices. Go to Hershey next week.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

I wonder how the attendance will be at the upcoming October TCA Meet @ York,PA . In my opinion, demographics are affecting the model train hobby, too, steadily and heavily. A whole generation is on the way out.

Also, I've heard that less and less young people are interested in old cars, no matter how gorgeous and previously sought-after.

[John Webster]

You don't see a Nash-Healey very often. That one looks especially nice.

Cars, trains, planes, occasionally you see some folks in their forties but almost no one younger. It's not uncommon to hear of grandchildren left with a cherished antique who just want to get some bucks out of it and get it out of their way.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

You don't see a Nash-Healey very often. That one looks especially nice.

Cars, trains, planes, occasionally you see some folks in their forties but almost no one younger. It's not uncommon to hear of grandchildren left with a cherished antique who just want to get some bucks out of it and get it out of their way.

Yes, I've gotten that impression, too. Years ago, many people made pilgrimages to the Lancaster area in Pennsylvania to search the numerous antiques roadside storefronts and shops that carried such things as old coffee-grinders, old sewing machines, farming utensils, etc. Now, my impression is not many folks want old stuff in their homes. They want new and fresh. Right? (Generalities are often dubious, I know.)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They want new and fresh.

Most want whatever is the newest fad or craze, and care very little about anything that existed more than 15 minutes ago. There are, of course, exceptions to that observation and those numbers seem to be growing in their rejection of what has been a world growing in superficiality.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

They want new and fresh.

Most want whatever is the newest fad or craze, and care very little about anything that existed more than 15 minutes ago. There are, of course, exceptions to that observation and those numbers seem to be growing in their rejection of what has been a world growing in superficiality.

So, are you agreeing that there is a diminishing/diminished interest in the purchase of antiques? (It's just a "sense" I had acquired through driving in the overall area, over the past decade, or so.)

[Rufus T. Firefly]

They want new and fresh.

Most want whatever is the newest fad or craze, and care very little about anything that existed more than 15 minutes ago. There are, of course, exceptions to that observation and those numbers seem to be growing in their rejection of what has been a world growing in superficiality.

So, are you agreeing that there is a diminishing/diminished interest in the purchase of antiques? (It's just a "sense" I had acquired through driving in the overall area, over the past decade, or so.)

Yes, and no....

That interest shifts forward in time with generations while interest in older items drops to a plateau. If you can't relate to an item, then why buy it? Kids can't relate to a Federal period mirror or a Stickley sideboard

One of the big crazes (I call it such....) is peanut butter and jelly glasses. These existed when I was a kid and you saved them as drinking glasses and most were probably trashed. Auction house down the road has a day long cataloged auction 2-4 times per year of 400-600 lots of the things and the parking lots overflow......

[healey36]

Hopefully an appreciation for antique and reproduction furniture returns before it's all reduced to firewood. I see what people buy on wayfair.com and it depresses the hell out of me...

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hopefully an appreciation for antique and reproduction furniture returns before it's all reduced to firewood. I see what people buy on wayfair.com and it depresses the hell out of me...

Indeed. The Barcalounger has found its place in Americana.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Hopefully an appreciation for antique and reproduction furniture returns before it's all reduced to firewood. I see what people buy on wayfair.com and it depresses the hell out of me...

Indeed. The Barcalounger has found its place in Americana.

I don't know about that - they are still in business and making all sorts of models and not cheap either.

http://www.barcalounger.com/

[up148]

Every few years, for the past decade, I get a strong desire to own one of the cars I owned back in the 60's and early 70's. Without exception, (except maybe a 58 Chevy Impala) the prices are going up and up. I keep wondering when will the lower prices come into play, like we see in the model train hobby. Aren't owners of these cars graying just like with trains?

I do see a poorer selection of unadulterated cars as time goes by and man if you think sellers of trains on eBay lie and stretch the truth, most antique car dealers are just as selectively dumb, even about a car type they've owned and sold dozens of times. You better know how to identify a "correct" car for the year you want or you're screwed.

Austin Healey 100-6's or 3000's have jumped incredibly in the past decade. Nice cars, but not worth (to me) $50K-100K for a nice example. Same with any muscle car of the late 60's. So much for getting that nostalgic car back in the stable.

BH

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Every few years, for the past decade, I get a strong desire to own one of the cars I owned back in the 60's and early 70's. Without exception, (except maybe a 58 Chevy Impala) the prices are going up and up. I keep wondering when will the lower prices come into play, like we see in the model train hobby. Aren't owners of these cars graying just like with trains?

And you are how old?

The ones with the gray have the money. Wait for them to fade into the dust......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Hopefully an appreciation for antique and reproduction furniture returns before it's all reduced to firewood. I see what people buy on wayfair.com and it depresses the hell out of me...

Indeed. The Barcalounger has found its place in Americana.

I don't know about that - they are still in business and making all sorts of models and not cheap either.

http://www.barcalounger.com/

That's what I meant. They have been in business for a long time, thus becoming much appreciated and utilized in homes across America, thus, part of Americanna. See?

Picture this. A hard-workin' man returns home from work, plops exhausted into his recliner, rests a beer on his stomach , munches on some chips, and watches a good game of baseball or football or basketball on the TV angled precisely in front of him. A cheerful and voluptuous wife brings him everything he might need, additionally , as he continues to enjoy his view of the world from a chair that relaxes him, as his feet are elevated ideally. Life is good.

Can ya seen it, huh huh? Can ya? I can. I've seen it on TV !!

[up148]

Every few years, for the past decade, I get a strong desire to own one of the cars I owned back in the 60's and early 70's. Without exception, (except maybe a 58 Chevy Impala) the prices are going up and up. I keep wondering when will the lower prices come into play, like we see in the model train hobby. Aren't owners of these cars graying just like with trains?

And you are how old?

The ones with the gray have the money. Wait for them to fade into the dust......

At 68, I don't have too much time to wait. And, I don't want to be the last guy holding the bag when the antique car market takes it's inevitable plunge.

BH

[up148]

Indeed. The Barcalounger has found its place in Americana.

I don't know about that - they are still in business and making all sorts of models and not cheap either.

http://www.barcalounger.com/

That's what I meant. They have been in business for a long time, thus becoming much appreciated and utilized in homes across America, thus, part of Americanna. See?

Picture this. A hard-workin' man returns home from work, plops exhausted into his recliner, rests a beer on his stomach , munches on some chips, and watches a good game of baseball or football or basketball on the TV angled precisely in front of him. A cheerful and voluptuous wife brings him everything he might need, additionally , as he continues to enjoy his view of the world from a chair that relaxes him, as his feet are elevated ideally. Life is good.

Can ya seen it, huh huh? Can ya? I can. I've seen it on TV !!

Hello Murph!!! Are you okay??? You fell down and hit your head and have been babbling ever since, but it sounds like you were having a great dream. Here, let me help you up.