Not many surprises there. Have known for a while what age group is mostly into various cars. As you said just look around at the shows and events. Valid reasons for it especially in just about all classes.

As for muscle cars, I had my run with them back in the late 60's and early 70's. For the majority of the population, very few were interested in muscle cars from about 1978 thru 1999. But when they started bringing big bucks at various auctions and sales, everybody had a re-newed interest and wanted one. Many of those people were just looking to turn them around for big bucks. Not many were looking at them as a long term investment or as a pleasure car.

My experience at car events has been lots of people interested in restored pony and muscle cars primarily because they were built from 1967 to 1974 and most people remember seeing them or ownng them. Customs and restored 1940's to 1970 cars are also very popular as many people remember them or owned them. And streetrods and hotrods of the 20's, 30's, and 40's are the least viewed by spectators because unless there is something really exciting about the vehicle, many people alive today don't remember when they were on the street as originals (if some ever were). The people who really like them... are the kids... ages 5 thru 14... they think streetrods are really cool. And that may be the hope of our hobby.

So with that, I think our hobby has potential as these kids grow up as long as they remember fondly what they saw at the shows. If not, I guess they will go the way of the older teenagers today.......Ricer Racers.

jmo and 2 cents.