The future

The hobby as we know it will go the way of wooden sailing ships. There will always be a diminishing crowd of enthusiasts shrinking to boutique size. Availability of cars, parts, vendors and hobbyists will not go away but shrink to a size unrecognizable to us as it exists today. The economy will change making it even more difficult than it is now and affordability will become a greater factor. The youth entering the hobby are not there to replace our generation in significant numbers. History shows that change is coming, either revolutionary or evolutionary doesn't matter, change is in the wind.