montanafordman
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Hello Everyone. It was interesting to read the age group thread on Model A's and after seeing Runnerbun break down the numbers of how people ARE I am interested to know how old people WERE when they aquired their first Model A or got into the hobby. I suspect it might look a little different since I'm a comparably young guy at 32 but I haven't been in this nearly as long as a lot of you either. In my case my Dad, Uncle and Aunt let the car pass to me skipping a generation so I'm curious how age and circumstance enters into when people got into the hobby. Maybe this will be a telling sign on where our hobby is headed in the future as well?
My grandfathers generation (people today in their 80s-90's) were the ones that had direct contact with these cars when they were the most plentiful and new. I'm surprised to see how many of you are still active and sharing your knowledge. Belive me - we appreciate it! Its very fun to hear your stories.
It now seems like people from my fathers generation (generally speaking the baby boomers) are getting to the point where they are inheriting the cars or finnally have additional time and disposable income to do something with the cars. I'm also guessing some of the boomers also got their start in the 50s-70s as kids when the cars were plentiful AND cheap and the hobby was really starting to take hold either from a restoration or hot rodding standpoint.
These were the numbers that Runnerbun came up with in the current age thread. Lets see how they compare...
age brackets are:
Under 25 yrs 8%
26 - 35 yrs 8%
36 - 45 yrs 10%
46 - 55 yrs 20%
56 - 60 yrs 9%
61 - 65 yrs 12%
66 - 70 yrs 14%
71 - 75 yrs 10%
Over 75 yrs 9%
This might be a slight drift from my original poll and intent but I'll be curious to see how my generation takes the reigns for the hobby since most of my peers are much more into technology, video games, getting careers started, establishing familes/babies and new mortgages than thinking about classic cars. People my generation and younger also had classes like high school auto shop cut due to budget issues and schools seem to be focusing much more on technology than trades as well. There are far fewer people growing up in rural areas and on farms than there were 20-50 years ago which also handicaps the mechanical aptitude or ambition in future generations. I kind of feel like if the skill or background isn't there - the interest won't be either. Lets hope the future generations prove me wrong and we continue to grow!
My grandfathers generation (people today in their 80s-90's) were the ones that had direct contact with these cars when they were the most plentiful and new. I'm surprised to see how many of you are still active and sharing your knowledge. Belive me - we appreciate it! Its very fun to hear your stories.
It now seems like people from my fathers generation (generally speaking the baby boomers) are getting to the point where they are inheriting the cars or finnally have additional time and disposable income to do something with the cars. I'm also guessing some of the boomers also got their start in the 50s-70s as kids when the cars were plentiful AND cheap and the hobby was really starting to take hold either from a restoration or hot rodding standpoint.
These were the numbers that Runnerbun came up with in the current age thread. Lets see how they compare...
age brackets are:
Under 25 yrs 8%
26 - 35 yrs 8%
36 - 45 yrs 10%
46 - 55 yrs 20%
56 - 60 yrs 9%
61 - 65 yrs 12%
66 - 70 yrs 14%
71 - 75 yrs 10%
Over 75 yrs 9%
This might be a slight drift from my original poll and intent but I'll be curious to see how my generation takes the reigns for the hobby since most of my peers are much more into technology, video games, getting careers started, establishing familes/babies and new mortgages than thinking about classic cars. People my generation and younger also had classes like high school auto shop cut due to budget issues and schools seem to be focusing much more on technology than trades as well. There are far fewer people growing up in rural areas and on farms than there were 20-50 years ago which also handicaps the mechanical aptitude or ambition in future generations. I kind of feel like if the skill or background isn't there - the interest won't be either. Lets hope the future generations prove me wrong and we continue to grow!
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