Is Hotrodding dead?

We just need to pass on the passion to the new generation and teach them what is built vs.. bought. When my son was 2 weeks old I went and bought a 72 GMC shortbox fleetside ($900) and put it in the back of the garage. I know it is not Mopar but it basically bolt together with just about every piece available. Next summer he will be 6 and we will start to slowly tear it apart and bag it. We will take our time and I will show him what everything is and what it does. He is already excited about it being red and grey when it is done with "flame tattoos" as he calls it. This education will sink in and we will see where we end up from there. Maybe he will be the only kid in his high school that appreciates "hot rodding" but I will have accomplished my job. If I think back there were a half dozen or so of us in my highschool late '80's that really appreciated hot rodding.

I think one of the main reasons that there is less today is there is less raw materials available. Everything that is 20 years old to hot rod is pretty crappy. There are the Mustangs, Camaros and Firebirds from that era but when I was in high school there were many options. Just about everything with 2 doors and a V8 was game and it was all cheap.