I think a big part of the "problem" is that there aren't too many classics left these days for the younger people to get their hands on. I'm just a young man, 25, and I always wanted an older car to play with; specifically, a mid-70's Torino. I was thrilled and considered myself lucky to find my '75 factory-460 Elite and snatched it up for next to nothing. Due to our big local dirt track racing scene, most of the older rear-drive V8 cars have been raced to death over the years. Even fox Mustangs are becoming difficult to find.

Concerning the local classic "community," there's a lot of very nice cars around my area, but there's no clubs or anything like that, and it is primarily older and/or wealthy guys. Then there's younger guys like me in their 20's that work with what we've got. Not a lot of ricer types anymore, though. That fad passed pretty quickly around here.

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1975 Elite - Factory-460 work-in-progress "resto-mod"