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It comes down to us 30-50 somethings to teach our kids/grandkids about the way cars used to be made. With passion. I own a couple of W108 Mercs and my kids have always been around older Porsche's and Benz's. I just bought a W114 280E for my 15yr old. When I asked why he wanted that over a modern type car, his answer was: "are you kidding. I understand what these cars are about. It was at the forefront of automotive technology of the time, not to mention it's gunna look kick a$$ lowered and go like crap when I stick that Eaton on there". He's now got his friends coming over and saying that car rocks, so of course the old Benz is now uber cool.
So yes, there will always be a collectible market for fine and well loved auto's as long as we instill in the next generation what these old machines are/where about. I love cruising around in the W108. All types of people look at it and comment. Stop at a gas station and it will always pull a few chatter-boxes, but more surprising the youngies are always saying "beautiful car man".
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In Heaven… the mechanics are German, the chefs are French, the police are British, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss.
In Hell…the mechanics are French, the police are German, the chefs are British, the lovers are Swiss and everything is organized by the Italians.
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