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The oldies must go to keep the youngsters interested...!?
No less than 47 pre-war and early post-war Fords will be auctioned on October 1 and 2 in the Dutch flowerbulb municipality of Hillegom. They form part of the largest private collection of Fords in the world, the Den Hartog Ford Museum. In 1997 the Den Hartogh Ford Museum openend its doors to the public and in 2002 the Guinness Book of Records granted it official status as world's biggest private collection of Fords. The museum houses some rare examples including a 1903 Model A, 1904 Model B and C, 1905 Model F and the first 6-cylinder Ford, a 1906 Model K. However, the times are changing and the Ford Museum feels it needs to attract a younger public... ouch that hurts!
To do that, they are looking to say goodbye to no less than 10 Model T's plus 37 other oldies and to add a number of post-1940 Ford models to the collection. Pfff, as if that will help! They would do better in stead of selling to use the Model T's to drive around town and pick-up youngsters from bus stops and nearby train stations. Bet you they like these more than a modern classic Mustang or Capri...
The good news, the really good stuff remains in the collection. Yet there are some quite interesting buys. Buses and fire engines feature prominently, not sursprisingly as they take up a lot of space. And how about a 1937 model 950 V8 touringcar that seats 16? Perfect if you like to travel with friends, Beaulieu? Hershey? Or maybe you have a big garden and are looking for something to speed up watering your plants? The 1946 V8 fire truck with its impressive engine driven Kronenburg waterpump at the front might be just the ticket! The oldest car to be auctioned is a 1911 Model T Speedster. Viewing day is on Sunday, September 28 and the online auction takes place on October, 1 and 2. See for full inventory BVA auctions.
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Montag September 8th, 2014
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09 September 2014, 18:31
David Scott has a good point, though if the interest is dying out that does not explain the ever skyward prices. My interest in 1930's cars dates from when i acquired a 1935 Austin from a cousin in 1966 (for £10). I was 19 and it was 31. I have had a 30's car ever since- but a modern 19 year old may fancy a 1983- -well, whatever! I stopped going to club meets because all the members are my age or even older: they are seemingly more interested in cream teas and parading at crusty old stately homes than doing anything exciting. That's the point--young people want some fun and excitement and he use of the cars and the events they attend needs to reflect that--levee the picnic hamper at home..
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09 September 2014, 07:48
This museum is quite correct and shows the true future of the old car movement, much as it might go against the grain, you can't force kids and younger people to like our cars, and a museum is a commercial operation that needs to reflect the interests of it's potential visitors.
That's not to say we can't do more to improve the visibility and accessibility of our cars to younger people, but the plain fact is, in five-ten years time there are only going to be a fraction of the people driving these cars, younger people will want different cars to us ( if they have any interest in cars at all!!), teens and twenties already regard 80's cars as antiques, we need to wake up to this. I did a thumbnail survey before buying my last car, a 50's Cadillac, of the friends of my wife's 17 year-old godson. Not one had any attraction at all to my pre-war cars but to a man said if they wanted an old car, it would be a Fifties Yank.
I have been banging on about this for years now, but everyone wants to close their ears and pretend it's not going to happen, just peeing into the wind I'm afraid, it's happening anyway, better to roll with the punches ( sorry about the mixed metaphors) and live with it.
I am a firm believer in giving cars to younger people to use and tinker, members of the VSCC, enlightened school staff etc I think it's the only way to keep people interested, like most things, it;s the first step that's the most difficult, getting kids with a spanner in their greasy hands, and their jeans on the driving seat is the best way to encourage an interest. I don't need the money these cars might hypothetically fetch ( and if there are no younger people following on, the majority of old cars will fetch nothing anyway, supply and demand etc) so let someone else have the pleasure of it.
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That's not to say we can't do more to improve the visibility and accessibility of our cars to younger people, but the plain fact is, in five-ten years time there are only going to be a fraction of the people driving these cars, younger people will want different cars to us ( if they have any interest in cars at all!!), teens and twenties already regard 80's cars as antiques, we need to wake up to this. I did a thumbnail survey before buying my last car, a 50's Cadillac, of the friends of my wife's 17 year-old godson. Not one had any attraction at all to my pre-war cars but to a man said if they wanted an old car, it would be a Fifties Yank.
I have been banging on about this for years now, but everyone wants to close their ears and pretend it's not going to happen, just peeing into the wind I'm afraid, it's happening anyway, better to roll with the punches ( sorry about the mixed metaphors) and live with it.
I am a firm believer in giving cars to younger people to use and tinker, members of the VSCC, enlightened school staff etc I think it's the only way to keep people interested, like most things, it;s the first step that's the most difficult, getting kids with a spanner in their greasy hands, and their jeans on the driving seat is the best way to encourage an interest. I don't need the money these cars might hypothetically fetch ( and if there are no younger people following on, the majority of old cars will fetch nothing anyway, supply and demand etc) so let someone else have the pleasure of it.