My analysis of the problem shows that, after WWII, there was a young generation who was into hot rodding. These guys were in their 20s and 30s and were just experimenting with the new fangled hotrodding. There were some finite number of Deuces available.

Today, we have THREE generations of guys seeking the holy Deuce. The hotrodders from the early fifites are still hotrodders, their kids are hotrodders and their grandkids are hotrodders. 3X the hotrodders with less than the same number of original deuces. Also, the older guys have the $$ to buy.

I have met people recently who are retired and want to be a hot rodder. They are of the "whatever" cost mentality......they're not building Riddler level cars either, just a run-of-the-mill rod. IT costs $$$ to build the best but every rust bucket shouldnt cost a fortune.

mike in tucson