Future of the hobby

mopar56 said
Great conversation! I have thought of this a lot, I have two sons, 29, 25, both got the bug from me and both drive only Mopars, classics and new daily drivers, personally I have a 56 Dodge truck I have been working on for years but never seem to " get the time" so this year as I get older and watch the evolution of the electric car I decided to bear down and get this done and I have made good headway, where I live in British Columbia Canada our provincial Govt has said ALL new cars sold in the province MUST ONLY be powered by electric bt the year 2040 that's not too far away, I wonder what will happen to older cars and hotrod projects like mine? Maybe they will be banned? But then we will just have to learn how to install a Tesla engine from the pick and pull I guess? Lastly I have two grandsons I hope they get the bug I take them to many car shows and keep them involved, who knows?

I wouldn't worry to much about that. Remember Al Gore in1992 made a bold statement to " Ban the internal combustion engine in 25 years." Well that date has come and gone and they are still around. I'm 64 and have been a motor head since the day I tore my dads lawn mower apart to rebuild it when I was 8, (It never ran again). When I was a young man the cult following for Model T's and Model A's was very much alive and thriving. But as I age you notice that now days that following isn't what it use to be, why? They got old and died off. Now those of us that were raised in the muscle car era, are getting older and dying off. There will be some to carry on the era, but not near as many. Now when the millennials and Gen Z ers get our age, who knows what their legacy will be.