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Originally Posted by tbirdchick
Something that nobody has mentioned is that the brighter of the kids realize that they need to get a further education after they graduate from HS. Decent jobs for the undereducated are few and far between nowadays. Competition to get into decent colleges is fierce as is getting a scholarship or student loan, so many of them put their time into upping their SAT scores rather than wrenching on a Foxstang.
Also, I've noticed more interest among the younger folks over at the HAMB board rather than at the Muscle Car oriented sites. I do believe that many of the more talented youngins are more interested in building a traditional style Hot Rod,, learning rodding's history, how to chop tops, build flatheads and such rather than "restomodding" a Mustang or Galaxie. I don't blame 'em either. The restomod movement has really REALLY gotten long in the tooth anyway, IMO.
Jan
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I would agree that the level of cars that you need to build to be envied is much higher. But if you want the expereince, its the same as it ever was.
How can resto-mod get old? What you have is just the progression of the hobby. Just like a top of the line hot rod today, may have ferrari engine in it rather than a flat head or sbf/sbc, push rod v-8, that doesn't mean that many guys are still building them at the level and style that makes him happy. Maybe you are confusing resto-mod with Pro street. I never got into the Pro street excess frame of mind. I did and still do enjoy seeing a Pro streeter, blowers, mile wide slicks and flashy chrome and big money paint jobs - but I look at them like super models, high maintainance, beautiful, but not what I would like to come home to or have to depend on. Resto-mod to me, is a nice blend between the stock 50's or 60's car with all the original flaws - made better with disck brakes, EFI if you have a mind to deal with it, yet wrapped in the original package. That takes time and talent to put together. But done right, you shouldn't even notice the changes on first glance. It should look different, but you shouldn't be able to tell exactly what changed.
You know you got it right when some older guy tells you that he had one or his uncle, brother, etc... "just like" that, execpt for the wheels,... back when ....!
