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Old 06-05-2012, 01:48 PM
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TheYellaBrick
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Default An observation.....

While at the awards presentation, this past weekend, at the Mopars Unlimited of Idaho charity car show, I made the following observation.

A good 90%+ of the car show participants were way over 60 years of age. Many had physical issues and not as spry as they once were. But their enthusiasm for their hobby was very strong. There was just a very few younger bunch 20's-30's, and only a small handfull of teens and only a couple of them doing it without a parent or grandparent involved.

Once this 'elderly' bunch of Domestic Iron gearheads are gone, who and what will take their place to carry on the torch ? Personally, I think that this is a slowly dieing segment of our truely AMERICAN history. It made me a tad melancholy but very thankful that I am a part of this 'last generation' of true American Iron gearheads.
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