What you say is so, so true. They were a treasure trove of information and experience that they willingly shared. That treasured knowledge is slowly fading away. May God Bless them for all the good they did. Hope the younger folks can carry on.
Coopman saw it coming for sure. I am underwhelmed by the amount of traffic on the early V8 site the last few months. Alas, we have lost so many of the older knowledgeable contributors.