Why baby boomer car museums are failing and millennials can fix it
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
- Learn the cultural and generational reasons why baby boomer car museums are failing after seeing an article in Hemmings Motor News talking about closing transportation museums everywhere. Millennials can fix it, but will they get the chance before it doesn't matter anymore? Instagram @caseyputsch / caseyputsch
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I think younger people will care about old cars when the classic car market collapses and normal people can buy them and have fun with them.
I agree . The same here in Brazil. The prices are sky roket. Almost anybody can't afford a classic car even from the 90's.
Doubt it. Only those who already know something about how to maintain and repair them. Most young people won't know WTF to do with them. My friends act like I'm a super star just for changing my own oil and tires. Most young people don't have land or space to store cars. If they have a car, they want one to use every day. They don't have anywhere to store a spare car day in and day out.
I am a 18 kid, still in high school. But I really want a classic muscle car. However I am not going to pay that much money on a car.
I'm 32 currently but my friends and I have been into classic cars since we were 13. Last year at british car day we were some of the youngest guys there. We learned a lot from all the old guys who were nice enough to present their cars. They could tell we were different because the quality questions we were asking were engaging. Classic cars are a journey not a destination. Why anyone would want to learn the skills necessary to keep these machines running is a miracle and a testament to nostalgia and heritage. It costs a lot of money and as interest has dwindled parts suppliers close doors... with new technology and boutique manufacturing there is hope.
@Nacho Pop's I'm 38.
I'm responding according to what I see from my friends. Obviously you can disregard my millennial friends and myself, but we still exist.
Jay Leno has the right Idea, show his cars off on RUclips.
Tuttomenui have you seen him dtiveng down alameda in burbank...grinding gears..litearally
@@miguelcastaneda7236 on youtube yeah, in person no. Thankfully I live in Idaho, not California.
@@miguelcastaneda7236 I suspect that has to do more with the number of cars he owns, the tendency of them to not necessarily have the clutches be identical and in all likelihood, some of the clutches are just not that good.
The fact that he's got the money to constantly replace the non-original clutch mechanism is probably also a factor. Although, he is notoriously cheap. IIRC, he never spent his Tonight Show salary, using his stand up money for living expenses.
Jay isn't your average boomer.
at least Jays cars actually all run and drive and he actually enjoys them. Most of these "car collectors" end up hording them in a warehouse and NEVER touch them. there "investments" and wind up at the barret jackson which is another thing i HATE. its all a bunch of rich assholes in a juvenile dick measuring contest. i laugh at how everyone views them as the benchmark for collector car prices.
As a teenager, it’s literally the best feeling when someone trusts you enough to let you drive their cool car
Just promise to keep it on the pavement LOL!!
Dude my heart almost broke when reading this, my brother let his girlfriend (now wife ugggh) pile drive dads restored 64 fairlane 5.0l edelbrock intake into a wall and almost kill them both, it was drizzly out and the tire clipped a curb and she couldn't save it they both survived but god it was a nightmare the steering wheel was an inch from going through her nose and killing her be careful what you wish for, old cars are not forgiving lots of weight and torque, awful suspension and brakes when you fuck up they don't stop they slide and spin no A frame reinforcement the cabin is going to fold in on you like a can under your foot. they could have easily head on killed people in the oncoming lane. please don't drive it like you stole it be easy and enjoy the ride for years don't let emotion or ego compromise your decision making and ruin your life -or worse total the car you were borrowing.
@@NEO_RedPill_2024 spoken like a man with experience!
yep
@@garyt3hsna1l82 That's just old Ford's from the 60's. I dunno what was wrong with Henry Ford II but he was really crapping out some ill handling garbage, they were using leaf springs when everyone else had gone to coils and link bars. I crashed my '65 Falcon Sprint like that, the second the suspension gets even slightly unhappy it flails you into a wall, garbage cars. They seemed to solve that by the time they made my 84 Crown Victoria, but when you look underneath most of the frame and suspension resemble what Chevy was already doing 25 years before. Old 60's Ford's are total deathtraps, everyone thinks the first gen Mustang handles good because of the movies but they drive like a hot bag of 💩
Its sad but I think the last generation to really enjoy and appreciate cars as a hobby is already born. And that would be the kids who grew up playing Need for Speed, Gran Turismo and Forza. Cars today are increasingly harder to work on. Parts are inaccessible and shrouded in plastic because its no longer intended for the user to see, know or care whats going on. The auto maker just wants you to pay them to fix it. Think "black box theory". You dont need to know how it works, just that it works. And thats how most people are now about stuff. The manufacturers of many goods want this, because that means more $$ for them as you pay them to service it, instead of doing it yourself.
Same thing happened to electronics. Now if it breaks, just toss the old one and buy a new one. It actually used to be that you could understand how something worked, but now, it's just a mystery.
Just avoid the self driving car. They'll take you right to jail. Don't be sad
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 Self driving hybrid electric crossovers. GAY. And self driving land barge SUVs and pickups. Cars(can you still call them that?) are effectively appliances now. Sedans and coupes will become rarities like wagons and roadsters are today.
@@nitrous36 I wouldn't have such a problem with electrics if they weren't trying to kill normal cars off.
@@tilburg8683 Same here
That's why airshows are cool. They fly the airplanes.
Right on!
yesterday i went to a 90th anniversary for a grass strip airport. i went for the classic cars and food trucks. looked like the other 9999 people were there for the planes.
Isis?
Aviation nation is happening this Nov. At Nellis AFB just north of Vegas. They will be flying everything from ww1 biplanes to F 35s.
Its really fun to show off your airplane to the public, even if it's not really yours....
I as a young person would love to get to know those older cars but they made everything unattainable
Absolutely. I remember going to museums and events with my dad 45+ years ago. Every car was almost attainable if you saved you pennies and had the desire. Now, there is no way that the cars I like will ever be within my reach.
I feel the same way at all museums. What the hell good is a dinosaur display that doesn't eat at least one or two patrons a day. Or cave men who don't split your skull open, knock your female out and drag her back to his cave to be ravaged, produce little ones, make sandwiches and serve beer. Museums are exhibits of past things. SMDH
@@dale7188 : You are making an erroneous assumption. The people that value them most are not of a single generation. If they were, your theory would already be visible. Demand is what is keeping the prices up. And that demand is not from the generation that you love to blame for all that ails the world. That demand is mostly from those of the post boomer generations who did something with their lives rather than sit around crying woe-is-me and blaming previous generations for their failures and thinking socialism, which has failed 100% of the time, is the answer.
@@dale7188 : Okay.
I think those old timers are just tired or burnt out. The "spark" is not there anymore. Not to mention that a lot of them could care less about the internet or new ways of advertising. I can see it already in 40 years from now all the cool kids in their electric drive by telepathy cars, and us in our pedal driven ancient machines.
Young people aren't interested in old ass cars sitting around collecting dust. They are into modifying and DRIVING cars. You know, the thing cars were made for.
To be fair, 30+ years ago that's what these oldsters probably liked doing too, and why they got interesting in cars themselves.
as a 21 year old who grew up loving cars but was able to play gran turismo, asseto corsa, and forza; I think the middle ground or at least the start could be in sim racing. something as simple as having one semi-nice sim setup in a museum with historic track times that let me get as close to driving the car/s without risk nor price drop of actually putting the cars through the equivalent laps.
I wish I would encounter more people who like driving cars because that's what I'm into. We have a wealth of mountain roads here around Santa Barbara and Malibu. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but at our (awesome) cars & coffee the guys, young and old, like to show off mods and compare HP figures. I don't understand the pursuit of improving cornering, handling, and accelleration capability when it is only "theoretical" because the cars are never put to the test. If I ever get to the point that my stone-stock 170 hp car is holding back my driving skills practice, I'll think about mods.
@@tonyboughman8050 I am that type of guy intrested in improving my driving techniques and skills. Recently I learnt the basic rev match downshifts(I am 21 years old) I haven't reached the stage where I can toe heel.
I am more into shifting gears smoothly without causing much damage to the syncromesh and the transmission.
My next goal is to master these techniques mentioned above along with double clutching on a classic non syncronised vehicle.
I prefer old trucks like peterbilt 351 or a Kenworth with Cummins/Detroit diesel.
I wanna try out the 3 on tree column shift as well on a 50s car.
😊
They wanna laugh at the younger generations modding sport compacts and imports, but that is what is attainable for us, they’ve ran the market so high on classic muscle cars that it’s almost impossible to afford in your 20s/30s...
"Desirable" ones are . . . plenty of other options to choose from. I bought my running '62 buick special 2 years ago for $5k (215v8/2 speed auto). Guess the body style wasn't popular . . . I never see any other ones at any of the car shows I go to (primarily just Caffeine & Octane and some small local ones).
That's the great part of it. We take boring Honda Accords or Civics, riced them up, and we love it. Great cheap fun, like the muscle cars of the old baby boomer days, but more reliable.
They did the same with housing market, buying and selling them for profit look the price of housing now its insane.
@@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses My last 2 cars where Volvo one 850 Turbo 94 and a 850R 96.I Changed: ecu, bigger injector, cold intake, reverse intercooler piping, water/methanol injection kit.
If you're mad at this video, I'm glad. If you're excited by this video, I'm glad. Maybe now we can make things matter for the future again.
Boomers invented the tech you speak of, that you are making money off of.
You're a bit off the mark for this video. That generation did many things I like. Respectfully, this video is just one thing that I loathe.
@@CaseyPutsch Collections are getting sold off because of the coming crash. Yes some of what you said is true. However it is a money decision for many. Autos are past their peak.
Trenton Paul and the crash is coming because prices were artificially inflated by people who wanted to feel important. And those people are....
You're not wrong though. Those collections mean more to the owners then they do anyone, so having collections are only fun for the owners
When the classic car market crashes (yes it will boys, yes it will) I'm going to go shopping.
I'll be looking for a nice 1969 BMW SEDAN daily driver.
Model As have already started to fall off a lot. There's two complete ones (running) for less than $8,000 within a 20 mile radius of me on marketplace. I think most people that have wanted one either have one or died. I used to see them for almost twice that a couple of years ago.
I have a soft spot for 80's cars and Japanese 2 doors, an 86 300 ZX should do the trick.
I always loved tailfin era cars. They still seem to be quite expensive, but the early 50s cars are dropping in value, so maybe I should just wait a few years.
try 1973 or newer, most boomers don't value them due to the smog engines, makes them quite affordable as a result. picked up a 1973 El Camino over the summer and been driving it to local car meets for burgers & fries even if most attendees have 30+ years on me.
People! This is what "cruise night" was all about! There are car events where you see cars moving, doing the occasional burnout, maybe even a two-block race. They are parked on the curbs, their owners hanging out around a grill with rims towed by the baddest car you have ever seen. Kids everywhere. Girls everywhere you look. Police keeping the peace, not harassing folks unecessarily. Cars...my God! Cars you didn't know existed! Many of them have been around since before you were born. Many of them were cruising even then. Some owners may even let you ride in them. Those were the days. In a few places it never died. Maybe you are blessed to live in such a place
When my kids were young we used to go to a car show/cruise night in a town about an hour from our house. The cruise started out great but in a few years was taken over by young kids in junk rice grinders and pickup trucks with nothing but loud mufflers. The guys with the really good cars didn't stay long at the cruise. They got the hell out of there. The kids with their junk cars were squealing their tires and just being idiots. Who needs to get their classic car that the owner spent 10's of thousands of $$ restoring rear ended by some young idiot kid showing off with his piece of $hit.
@@bowlinglefty Thats what killed the car scene in Columbus Ohio.
I thought that was long gone but discovered that in Waco Texas as long as the weather was decent Friday and Saturday nights where cruise nights sometimes people racing from light to light it was awesome to see that cruise nights still happen
we have a weekly meet here in phoenix called "pavillions" but they started kicking people out earlier and earlier. our risk-adverse society couldn't handle the occasional burnout, donut, etc. bacasue "someone could get hurt!" it's a real shame.
@@dalton-at-work Well when you have idiots in Mustangs crash enough for people to make a punchline about it you got a problem
Casey, This is exactly what I see at the museum where I volunteer. And we have another issue. People with a lifetime of experience, are not sharing, and then they die. One by one, they die. We have a great steam collection, steam traction engines. We almost lost our ability to display them because it was 3 guys, who for "safety" were not teaching. Then one of them died. And all of a sudden "why don't we have young people interested?". You did. but one by one they were shut out of events which were held during working hours on weekdays and they quit. And then you started to literally die. Taking 80 years of experience to the grave out of pure vanity.
We get it, young people get it. But I think that many older volunteers have an irrational fear of being "replaced".
Oh, and trying to get anything newer than 1980 included in the collection... that's another discussion.
I said the exact same thing. I've been working with steam engines on and off since I was about 12 but I have no idea how to perform a boiler blow down or perform a rebuild at end of ticket.
this also applies to so much other technology too. so many old mechanical and electronic appliances just lying around and nobody knows how to operate or maintain any of it, so it just sits in antique shops
@@gusty7153 While in in college they offer gender studies degree, instead of real history.
Having family and friends in England I see great car, steam, etc. shows. I see many young people and children at those shows.
Lol I like how you say volenteer because the fyckin boomers won’t pY you
Something wrong about asking an average person with an average income to "donate" to rich people's "business hobby" (Old Car Museum) where they can depreciate the cost of assets every year on building, etc. Yeah, typically a rich guys car collection is a "fake museum" to "write off" as a business expense. I'm not against the game of "understanding tax laws" (90% of what makes a good businessperson!) , but c'mon people. LMAO
THANK YOU!!!
Absolutely!!!
"It's no problem to waste a bunch of money on something because you're probably rich anyway. Surely you can figure out a way to offset it against something you'd otherwise have to pay taxes on." That's a little more complicated than you make it sound, eh?
@@CaseyPutsch
I am in the baby boom generation near the end of it. The older part of the generation including my older siblings talked down to us, couldn't careless about inviting us into their car groups. Now they can see their precious cars becoming uninteresting to anybody outside group. To bad so sad.
On the flipside, Rockabilly-style car shows are booming; a real mix of people into pre-war hot rods up to mid to late 60's customs built in a variety of styles (some ratty, some classically styled and purpose-built, 60's style show customs) and, usually with lots of other stuff going on (good music, minibike races, burnouts, flame thrower and pin-up contests, huge swap meets, good food and vendors) and everyone will talk about things openly and are generally friendly. There's something for everyone.
These old museums are much like the older car club local shows where old guys sit around in lawnchairs and are generally crabby to everyone other than their close buddies. Those shows are all about them giving each other trophies, whereas the modern Rockabilly Hot Rod meet-ups are about hanging out meeting others and having fun.
51 and wouldn't go to a museum because I'm too busy going to the strip clu....or ...I mean church...
hahahhahaa, I love ….. "Church"
Performing arts 👍🏻
Yeah it's pathetic old fart jokes like this that are also driving away younger generations...
@@tubetubejohnny not really!
A man of fine taste as well I see.
I’ve grown up in LA my whole life, I’m 17. I grew up with the Peterson which actually is doing well compared to other car museums for I think a few reasons.
1: they constantly switch up the cars and add more cars important to younger people
2: a lot of the exhibits actually have some sort of like scenery or something to make it feel like you’re in the time
3: they have a whole story dedicated to children and having fun and it’s been there since I was a child, really helped me grow my interest.
will power I just went to the Petersen last Monday! I recommend the vault tour, some of the best cars I’ve ever seen were in there. You can’t take pictures in there so it adds to the magic
I feel a similar way with gun collecting. “Im gonna spend a shit ton on a 150 year old firearm that’s perfectly fine to shoot and enjoy but instead put it in a box where nobody will see it until I die and my family has an estate sale”
Went to a free car show this weekend. Over 150 cars from the 1920s to 2010s. They had a Dj playing tunes most boomers would recognize. They also gave away a free piece of pie. The owners were there to answer questions. Overall it was a very satisfying nostalgic event. Id say the average age of most attendees was 50s-60s.
They should build a giant ark
One reason is having a show car is expensive, more easily achievable in your later years. Most cars owned by 25 years old and under are sh1t boxes.
My favorite cars at shows arent the pebble beach cars (so perfect they make me uncomfortable)
Its grandma's station wagon, the old dodge monoco cop car (not blues brothers) a beat up CJ5, all the trucls that have put in hard honest work.
A taxi cab with worn down seats. The working cars that used to be the common but are now the forgotten. If I never saw a 57 Chevy or a 65 mustang again I wouldn't feel a thing. Just today I followed a model T to the gas station just to talk with the guy who tool his lovely wife out for a Sunday cruise.
I hate the guys who polish their cars beyond a shine and stroke and bore engines that will never run above an idle. I hate trailer queens and I hate thw guys who look down on beat up trucks. I'm 22 and slowly bringing a 77 ford farm truck back. And I'm ashamed to bring it to a show because these boomers look down on the rusted wheel wells and the straight 6. That dent in thw cab from when farmer Joe hauled scrap iron for the church fundraiser? They look down on my truck. So I dont go to shows.
@@kyleh3615 yes Kyle, America has become kind of pretentious. There was a few cars in the condition you noted at the show I went to. I'm not a big muscle car fan. I like the old luxury cars of the 50s and 60s. I'm at that age where I look back more than forward.
@Bunnyshooter 223 not sure I understand your comment.
S/O to Jay Leno for actually keeping his cars up to date, driving them and showing us the vechiles.
So Leno is therefore one of these Boomer asses you described in your video - a show off.
@@jimdandy8996 Except Leno actually drives his priceless antiques to the shows/cars and coffee.
@@ThatWolfWithShades ...and then acts like a Boomer.
I love his tank car.
@@jimdandy8996 At least he's got his youtube show going. What do most other boomers do with their priceless antiques other than hoard them?
Yeah man. You hit the nail on the head 100%. I’ve been preaching just this for the last 10 years. Yes, car museums are closing like crazy. The demand for big heavy, gas guzzling artifacts is dwindling. Lots of widows out there trying to get a fortune for the ol’ mans toys. Nope. Everything is changing.....quickly. I’m probably the last generation of mechanics that knows how to set points or adjust dwell. I’m sad about it but nothing lasts forever. The world changes, deal with it.
Great video!
It’s too expensive for most young people. Young people under 35 don’t have money.
Cowards excuse. I grew up dirt poor and always had a cool car I paid for and worked on myself. You don't have to spend a fortune to drive something cool. Bad life choices are what keep people from being able to have small luxuries like a cool car.
@@luchacefox259 You don't understand how messed up America is right now. Over 80% of people in the USA don't even have $1,000 in the bank. Most millennials are $20,000+ in debt because the lies boomers fed them about college. You are out of touch with the next generation.
Nobody isn't eating chipotle and drinking Starbucks
No because their at the bar
The money is there. They choose other things. Phones, computers, games, etcetc
Also 38 here and couldn't agree more. Walking around looking at cars just sitting vs doing an SCCA event or Time Attack and driving is just boring.
100% brother!
@Rusty Climber Rarity doesn't matter anymore, prototyping has come so far, that almost any part can be replicated efficiently and cost effectively by anyone. You can 3D print, CNC, Laser Cut and on and on. Imagination and perspective our the real limits.
@Rusty Climber Yes when you start dreaming the possibilities are pretty endless.
@@OctaneMonkey i dunno man ,a 1951 hudson hornet isnt something that can be replicated easily like sheet metal and all that stuff unless some one was dedicated to the core with replicating that old tech
@Rusty Climber It's not even that we care what they do with their car. We're just not interested in standing around staring at a stationary car all afternoon. There are just too many other more interesting ways to spend free time. Hell, I don't even watch car racing much anymore because I'd rather go autocross & be involved. Even the fact that they're going 3x as fast as me doesn't help.
Actually, I thought the car museums were boring as heck years ago and I'm 68. I concur with you Casey on this one. Times have changed. It's better to go to a track and see these cars race versus seeing them sit in some museum.
The museums are a rich guys tax write off.
This is why wineries have tasting rooms!
I prefer cars as they were built, not modified. I drive around in my '50 Dodge every weekend, but 103 hp w/ fluid drive is not a car for the track.
Even just going to the track for the journey there and to talk to the guys who've worked their asses off building and tuning their project car is better than being in some museum full of pompous clout-chasing a-holes.
They have always been boring . People had work parties at them
I'm 67 years old. When I was young things were totally different. Computers filled a whole room that couldn't do as much as your cell phone. Cars had no semi-conductors what so ever! Young people had a different view on what was cool. Everyone gets stuck in the time they grew up in. My dad liked 1930's cars, his dad grew up with crank started cars and horse and buggies. It's human nature for each generation to be differant because of the advancements in technology!
My generation will never truly get your father's generation. Starting cars back then was dangerous, you screw up and you'll get the Ford Fracture. Starters were a luxury, as were proper manual transmissions.
We will also never get your generation, where car radios were a luxury, where fuel injection didn't exist except for in high-cost high performance (including Aero) applications. Where brakes weren't vacuum boosted, where automatics were a luxury.
I person like cars for the 60- early 00s( some exception to newer and older cars) but most cars past that really don't connect with me( expect Pagani those still make pretty nice cars).
@@lsswappedcessna There is a lot to be said for being able to work on your car. Perhaps that is why those older cars have the appeal they do. You can pop the hood and not only recognize, but get to everything. If I drop a wrench, it will fall out the bottom or land on something I can reach. All I need is a manual, a small set of tools, a good ear, and some basic knowledge to fix anything. Now, you need a computer to tell you what is even wrong, and all kinds of equipment and time to get to anything.
Don't bet me wrong. The average cars are way better, last longer, and way safer than they were 25-50-100 years ago....but nobody will ever care about the average car of today like say a Nova, Vega, Corvair, or Dart. Chevy Cruze or Ford Fusion anybody?
@@jamie49868 You make jokes but the Ford Fusion has a pretty sizeable following behind it. It's not "cool" in the traditional sense, but people do modify, tune and work on them and turn them into sleepers. Computers don't make things harder, just requires a different skillset.
Car culture won't go away, it will just adapt and change like everything else.
@@Demache92 I'm not knocking the Fusion, but if that is your dream car, then you have small dreams. Boys don't have them on their walls, and super models don't get out of them. My point is that even the cheap cars of the past are cool and interesting today, and I don't see that being the case for today's lot. As for computers...they do make it more difficult. Not only do you need the same level of "wrench" competence, you now need another skill and a diagnostic machine....more stuff to master along with more equipment = more difficult. Peace!
This guy nailed it... what an incredible insight! The Boomer generation generally were obsessed with their toys and recognition for having them.
I’m technically gen z I was born in 99. I am a 19 year old boy who grew up going to car shows with my dad. And how you described the old guys just sitting by there old cars and don’t socialize. I remember one day my father saying we aren’t going to these shows anymore this is boring. And I haven’t gone to those since. I have local car museums and you know what they are closed but only because the rich guy wanted a right off and it stays closed so he can have his life sized hot wheels collection. I got interested in cars because I grew up with my dad taking me to car shows and I only got in to the modern era of being a car enthusiast because of VINwiki. I love your videos and especially love your viper.
Awesome comment and thanks for sharing! I totally get where you are coming from!
You sound like a good kid. You should apply to Genius Garage or McPherson College in Kansas & do something in the car world. We need more "young people" in the car business to save it from the robotic no brain thing it's becoming.
Vampirebear13 honestly working with Casey would be an honor in of itself but The kids that he works with are going to college and he’s giving them many opportunities that I would feel better them having then me. my father started a business with his own two hands and I am learning how to do everything in that business so that I can be his business partner. My dad works with Yamaha in restoring their old pianos. I am in a sense the one of the youngest piano techs in America. My passion is cars but my trade is pianos and honestly I love them both. So honestly as great as it would be to work with Casey I would rather him give them the opportunities Because I’ve already been handed my opportunity
I've been to car shows/cars and coffee and have approached "boomers" and ask them about their car and have never gotten anything but respect and great conversation. From what I can tell they do it as a social event, they talk baseball, politics, cars - never met one that went hoping for a trophy. For the most part I go to see the cars and what they've done with them - sometimes I want more info than I can come up with just from looking. Near where I live there is an old time drive-in restaurant that has a 'car show'/drive EVERY Saturday (around noon to 8PM) from April-ish to early Nov, 150-200 cars EVERY Saturday. Cars come and go all day long - it is packed with people of all ages EVERY Saturday. Every conceivable car you can imagine, mix changes every week, mods and rebuilds on old and new. Car guys for car guys - it is part of the ball rolling forward. Museums are one thing but the car SCENE is another. I also know some knot-headed, asshole boomers, millennials , and Xers that have more money than sense and the car to match but I don't classify every different generation as one homogenous worthless bunch because of the few that are clueless. You miss a lot doing that.
That's a shame, I don't go to old car shows, but I'll occasionally go to ones that feature vintage motorcycles. The guys there will talk your ear off if you give any indication that you're interested in the work that went into the design. It's especially interesting because most motorcyclists still have an interest in what goes on in the engine and the differences in engine designs. Many have more than one for different purposes. Perhaps one for in town and another for trips or perhaps a dual sport for the weekends.
I think part of the problem is that since the '70s or so, cars have been increasingly treated like a commodity item to move people about. There are still car lovers out there, but unlike motorcycles, people don't choose to get one because they enjoy driving. At least not in major cities. Motorcycles though, are owned by people who enjoy motorcycles and as such I'm sure that classic motorcycle shows will last a lot longer.
They will probably start to disappear if motorcycles are banned for safety reasons. But, they also have the advantage of just taking up a lot less space. You can see a lot more motorcycles for the same amount of walking.
Hey, Casey--I'm a Baby Boomer and I like car museums but I also have a history degree and think you are quite correct in your criticisms. The fundamental goals of a museum are generally seen as a) research; b) interpretation/education; c) preservation of artifacts, including display. I was surprised to see cars entered at American concours shows from museums I had never heard of and checking them out discovered that they were in fact some wealthy people's private collections that had IRS tax exemption by opening a few days a year, if even that. There will shortly be an auction for a terrific collection of Brass Era cars from such a "museum" in Nebraska, incidentally. Anyway, the question in visitors' minds should be: "Why should I care about this artifact?" and that is the challenge to answer with something better than, well, somebody liked to collect Hudsons. There are museums that do this well: the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum; the Henry Ford Museum/Greenfield Village; the Revs Institute; the Simeone Foundation; the National Corvette Museum--these are examples that come to mind. But most museums (and not just transportation-related ones) struggle with ways to get people to make a return visit and events like something Genius Garage does would seem to serve that purpose well.
Wow! Thank you kindly for having the courage to share this. I'd enjoy hearing more of your thoughts.
@@CaseyPutsch What interests one generation does not necessarily interest the next one, of course, and museums (and educational institutions generally) have to be aware of this in their planning. I have enjoyed "Roadside America"--the book and website but sometimes the irony is a bit much as you can see the Clash of Generations. The fact that "Lum and Abner" , for example, was once one of the most popular radio programs in America, popular enough that there was a "Lum and Abner" Museum, does not mean anyone really cares about it today. On the other hand, I was recently in Jamestown, New York, where the town has made what appears to be a thriving industry out of television star Lucille Ball, who was born there in 1914! I think it is how you approach things that makes the difference. Unsurprisingly, I have more views on this!
Art Museums and Libraries are beginning to reinvent themselves from being stuffy places to active places designed to foster engagement. Just two blocks from me, the library system took out tall stacks of books and put in rooms for engagement and discussion and "maker spaces" that can be used to teach and to do the things you have learned from the books. Their are now two larger lecture rooms that host a rotating calendar of discussions whether it be focused on history or a current best seller. The art museum redid their collection to present it centered around themes in art and that has proven to be successful in engaging those with a modest interest in art. A new hands-on art gallery lets patrons try their hand at expression if they are inspired by what they see. People will always like to learn and experience new things. The institutions that best satisfy that need in a way that fosters engagement will thrive into the future.
I have spent years teaching my son how to change his oil, plugs, wires, brakes, bearings, Bearing packs, CV axles, and more. We have rebuilt over a dozen wrecked cars and now we are restoring a 1961 Forney F1A Aircoupe. He is 20 and is excited about learning to fly in the old Coupe. Now I am trying to get my 13 year old daughter interested in cars and planes. We have visited car museums and Aircraft museums nationwide and in Canada. I see that there are fewer people visiting museums today.
My car (1974 MGB V8 conversion) is a rolling museum. I use the car for errands, cars and coffee, and cruise nights. It gets amazing attention from many generations. There have been aspiring mechanics, engineers, plumbers, etc. that ask lots of questions that I happily answer....and the questions are mostly why I go to the events. I get it....and I am a certified retired old guy.
btw? It's not a pretty spotless show car...but gives miles of smiles.
I bet that thing will scoot. A V8 in an MGB? Engine's probably as big as the car!
@@lsswappedcessna 3.5 liter aluminum Rover V8 engine fits quite nicely...and does "scoot".... :)
It's tough being a Xennial. Stuck between the optimism of Millennials and the cynicism of Gen X.
a7i20ci7y I’m a cynical gen X’er so F optimism and F the boomers. Lol. Haha. I totally embrace the cynical nature of my generation. Waiting for the world to stop turning. Lol.
30 year old boomer
@@One-Crazy-Cat , hope you like living under a bridge. Lol
No that's just gen fucked
It equally sucks being between the baby boomers and gen. X. I have absolutely nothing in common with someone who was born in the '40's. I grew up with punk rock, and loved and still love grunge music. I wish racing wasn't so freaking expensive, I'd have gone for it a long time ago. As far as old cars go, I don't know that I'd let my 16 year old neighbor kid drive my Ferrari California, if I had one. Good channel and vids, but Casey, you seem to be infatuated with yourself.
I tried telling on multiple occasions to older car guys that yes younger people love cars. That normally goes but a few ways.
1. If I make any mention of any import cars they scoff and say “No I mean being interested in REAL cars”. An sometimes you get some good old fashioned soft racism referring to “jap-crap”
2. If I mention the impact video games have had in introducing younger generations to cars again they scoff and start prattling on about how stupid they think video games are.
3. They really don’t car and the longer you talk there eyes just glaze over as winga dinga music starts playing in their heads and they just want to go back to their lawn chair.
Unfortunately I see the same attitudes starting to develop amongst the “older” younger car generations... see any number of mark 4 vrs mark 5 Supra comment section.
Adam Lemus
4. The condescending nature of manual drivers towards automatic drivers or anything short of manual. This is the biggest elephant in the room. I found this to be the biggest factor in any younger person not bringing their car to car shows, meets, even cars or coffee. Our millennial generation I wouldn’t say is a more sissy or sensitive one but the power of social media and the ease in which opinions are thrown around makes everything that much more amplified. The accusation that they’re not a real car person or less of an enthusiast I think cuts deeper and more psychologically than your typical hate in the car community such as import vs muscle, engine swaps, fanboyism towards a particular brand. Basically ostracized.
As cars get more and more advanced and transmissions become only available in highly complex but more efficient 10-speed automatics (new mustangs and the new corvette coming out), the hate from the dwindling pool of “diehard” manual enthusiasts gets stronger.
Popular cars that get the strongest hate for their automatic transmission option: Toyota Supra, Mazda RX7/MX-5 Miata, Mustangs 5th gen on, or any economy car for that matter, etc
For the record, I own a 99’ MX-5 Miata (5-sp), a predominately manual optioned car and all my automatic brethren have been given hard times at one point or another. For me I don’t give a shit, as long as you have the same car and you can cruise down the highway with me that’s good enough engine be damned too. We all look the same from the outside (don’t start me with the LS swappers vs Rotary purists fights)
@@TheBishop12 to be fair that does go both ways, some people say manual is for poor people or some stupid stuff like that.
Personally I don't really care that much, I can drive manual and all cars here come manual by default.
But if I were to buy a car I really don't care that much, I mean my most affordable dream car a 1999 XKR coupe is only available in automatic, but the car has decent luxury, decent safety and most importantly a engine that sounds amazing, and it looks great.( Like a solid 100/10).
I mean I do kinda fan boi on some cars but I usually do it like so bad it's obvious I'm kinda joking about it like saying that the McLaren F1 is the best car ever which to be fair it factually is.
And I am glad no one gives me shit for my current car,
It is pretty fast for a 72hp car ( but doesn't like going fast) when I shift I feel that it doesn't like high rpm because the down shifting will be really hard if the car will do more than 2500-3000RPM( it can do 6500+), which sometimes I need and sometimes I just want to see how fast it is, which I was surprised by 175km/h, possibly 180+ downhill
I was thinking of maybe getting a volvo480turbo which I'm definitely gonna get shit for, or a bunch of 4WD Japanese compacts because that sounds like way to much fun.
It's the cost of the cars!!! I remember going to car museums and events with my dad 45-40 years ago. The cars were wicked, but they were almost affordable if you saved your pennies and put in some elbow grease. For a few hundred to a couple of thousand, you could buy a shell/wreck and put it together fairly cheaply over a summer or two. Now, the cars are hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars, and most are out of reach for working folks. The ones that are affordable are new and ECU tuner stuff, which doesn't hold my attention, but I understand maybe the younger kids attention. It's just not as much fun knowing that you will never, ever be able to own one of those cars.
Lol! Winga dinga music? Lol!
I just see a z4 when I look at the Supra...
It basically started when the same people drove prices through the roof. I'm a baby boomer and I agree with you.
Tesla is just as expensive but youngsters want it, no?
@@lukazupie7220 Because its seen as a better alternative
The baby boomers where obsesses over “muscle cars” while the newer generation obsesses over “environmentally friendly”. Gimmicks of the time like always
Very true, I used to be into cars, but as an aging millennial, I could care less about them.
It happens with girls to
Just a conveyance
Millennials want the same thing boomers want. Millennials want to see and experience cars that elicit good memories from their lives. Cars can be nostalgic to people for various reasons. Familiarity and nostalgia for cars from video games...NSXs, S2000s, Skylines & Supras are very important to younger people. The big Concours are beginning to accept cars like these on the sidelines of the main event and that is a good start to the evolution of shows, but actually mainstreaming Japanese classic cars to the "Sundays", the main events alongside Miuras, air cooled 911s, 246s, etc...will help further the cause. Cosmos, 200GTs & Fairladys are great, but they are the "father's" of what is really important to bring in a new generation.
Amen. I'd rather go to Radwood than Pebble Beach.
Having a Hemings was like having a Sears catalog full full of old cars.
Right. I am about the same age as Casey, and I still remember when HEMMINGS started my "appreciation" and knowledge of cars, when I was a kid in the 80's, living in an agricultural farm land area. IE, the nearest "sports car" in a 30 mile radius was an uncles "mid-life crisis" 18 year old, beat-up Corvette, complete with a directors chair with a 350 pound limit, with a 10 foot brimmed hat, smoking a stinky cigar next to the once a year car meet at the fair grounds. I now live in a very large city, and have had a variety of "real" sports cars since I became an adult.
:) Sounds like we are on the same page. Thanks for sharing, I got a great visual.
Younger folks say what’s a sears catalog??? I’m bit older than y’all as a cynical gen x’er waiting for earth to stop turning.
@@One-Crazy-Cat I believe I lost my virginity to a merry widow depicted in the Sears "wishbook"...
Sears catalogs were "Out House" books.
I am 58 years old and I get it. If we fail to bring things to the table in a way that matters to the younger generation then things will die. I see this in the churches in our communities, the older generation want it their way instead of coming along side the younger generation to teach and guide and make it real for them where they are or where the rubber meets the road in the car speak. Great video and it is refreshing to hear the honest truth without the whitewash.
Traditional societies passed guidance and a helping hand to their offspring. Boomers were first gen to totally send their kids into this empty materialist world with nothing. Most young men I know are convinced we are approaching a civil conflagration. This can't last. Nobody I know outside of a few couples are married with kids and homes.
Casey I’m in my 50’s and I think exactly like you. Especially the car shows. I have family that do this every weekend.
I turn 50 next month and the last car "show" I took my 61 Impala to I only went because it my car was a 50 featured car. However I attend as many cruise nights as possibly.
I couldn't agree more.
I brought my own car to a show and that was the last time .. it felt super lame. Old ppl sitting in front of their cars.. what a snore fest.
I don't enjoy talking about cars to random strangers, or seek gratification.
I enjoy working on cars 🚗 and driving them.
usually they are yawners. unless a guy shows with something interesting. like the time a REAL AC cobra showed at the local one. That stirred up the pot a bit.
@@ne2i Would an Independent such as an AMC, Studebaker, or Kaiser count as interesting?
Formula14, sounds like shows arent for you lol, why would you even go there??:O
In a lot of ways these show cars I see at the classic car events are like SEMA builds. They rarely are as quality as they appear at a glance, are never or almost never driven, and exist solely to stroke the ego of the person standing next to it. I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I saw a rusty rat rod with a velvet rope around it and signs on all sides warning people to get too close at the last event I attended. Pretending a car is an art piece to only be viewed by a select few people is exactly why the scene has moved on and left those people behind.
It's funny to watch an old bastard have to get help because his 70k muscle car or Bel air broke down before he could even leave.
The worst thing you can do to a car is leave it sit for months or years with little driving. Driving them is what keeps them running and together. And I think when millenials get our chance, youll see more of those old classics running around where everyone can see and hear.
This is why I don't like car shows the " look but don't get to close " attitude old guy in a lawn chair
A great car show is going to the Drag Strip take a young person.
Yeah really I'd much rather see a resurgence in NHRA interest over museum and car show attendance. I'd be great to get the interest level back high enough to actually have class racing again.
@@Dobviews see the car run! you can hear it, see it 'touch it' (the inside i mean when you get a ride) you can smell it etc.... i dont care anymore to see rich old guys toys that we cant even dream to afford because our world was destroyed
@@Dobviews i deleted as well. i just meant that the father in law do the rigth thing by using and showing the car, as a bonus he have fun. nice car by the way those zr1 are rare
@@Dobviews those e type are beautifull but god damn keeping the thing running! you are a brave man.
as for me my favorite classic would be a 72 mercury montego fastback
Having the opportunity to purchase a classic car at auction that was collecting dust is awesome.
Agreed. I can't wait
for me i like museums that bring their cars to cars and coffee or bring them out to shows. or do driving expiriences by takeing people for rides in them. we can read about this cars on the internet and look at videos and pictures but we want to see those cars to run dirve and exprience them in real life. Take example from the big manufactures like Mercedes. they take their cars out and drive them and show them off and that draws intrest. Or the white glove night they do where you can touch and feel and look at the cars up close.
The money won’t be around just like in the Harley market. The bottom fell out of the Harley market HARD!
Yep..electric bikes are right around the corner, no one wants to sound like 90 decibles of stupid.
@allen schmitz yeah, that must be why Harley-Davidson sells over 200k bikes per year worldwide. Those riders either have multiple bikes, or they just don’t give a fuck about no gay electric bikes.
@@mr.butterworth4216 LOL you just don't get. Even Harley has the LiveWire. Did you not listen to Casey? It's about the Experience. Electric Bikes are absurdly powerful and crazy amount of torque. You feel that in your GUT, it's a visceral experience. You are soo out of date you still think "no gay electric bikes". The most awesome part of BEV is they are EASIER to work on. You can make massive drive trains changes in a home garage much more accessible tools. There is much less propitiatory mechanical parts. You can also force different foreign parts to work together. There is no "Premium Unleaded E85 Gas" it's all just electrons. That combination of Massively Modifying your Own bike & Visceral Experience is why it's culturally relevant.
@@Neojhun
Aussie, model of '62 here and I gotta concur. Accessibility is one of the best things about disruptive techs... and I've seen a couple now. Regardless of when you happened to be born, such disruption is an opportunity to make a contribution and be involved.
ATM it is still possible to "make massive drive train changes in a home garage", actually coming up with something no-one has ever done before. Big tech hasn't yet locked down the market using the law/legislation or with intentionally mutually incompatible "look but don't touch" componentry.
I love my old bikes but I'm not likely to turn up anything on my lathe for them that is actually that special or unique (yeah... I've had the time to put together a few less accessible tools and get good at using them. Only took me my whole life... hell, I'm still slowly adding to those two.)
As for "That combination of Massively Modifying your Own bike & Visceral Experience" ...that was ALWAYS culturally relevant and I hope it always will be.
Ownership should be a means, not an end.
@@lordchickenhawk Guys like Rich Rebuilds & EV West are already modifying electric bikes. EV West beefed up an Alta Motors dirt bike. Rich Benoist repurposed the drive train from a crashed Zero DS and put it into a Rat Rod. If stuff like this is doable with limited resources. Then the community of BEV Motorcycles will be strong.
I worked at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum for the past few months, and have been going for years. As a 31 year old who grew up loving racing, they had me as a customer. But, what I've loved about what the IMS Museum is how they've done such a great job of making the museum a part of the community. They've hired folks my age and younger to help bring new ideas to the museum on how to spruce things up. Over the last few years, the Museum has gotten more and more interactive. Large interactive touch screens, audio syncs with your phones, simulators, photo opportunities, scavenger hunts, etc, etc. They all come together to help tell a story as to why the Museum, and the cars inside them, mean so much to the History of IMS, Indianapolis, and the entire world,really.
More and more kids are coming in. Field trips come in constantly. And what I notice are more and more kids in racing gear, stoked to see the classic cars, and asking questions.
Your video is dead-on.
Went to the 500 this past year and the day before during Legends day. Glad to see so many vintage cars running around the track . . . you guys should capitalize on what the NHRA used to do: take a car to a school. Nothing beats hearing and smelling a race car.
I'm of the baby boomer generation. I've seen a lot of changes. looks like you pretty much nailed it. you bring up some good points. if you don't change with the times. you get left behind.
Why would I go to a museum to look at cars sit when I could go to one of many car shows in the area? I get to see new stuff every time and actually see the cars run and move. I 100% agree with you.
Museum is there always? And has better cars? Maybe u went to wrong museums lol:) i went in Germany to Porsche, Mercedes and Bmw... those cars won’t show up on your local show.. and i was able to go while in Germany, there were no shows at that time.. i would love to see those too, don’t get me wrong.
I'm not surprised they're closing. Millenials don't have time and money to purchase homes, I can only imagine trying to find time to go to an auto museum. Not quite sure when the last time I visited one was. Insightful video.
I go when I can, but I haven't had a real vacation in almost a decade.
@Rusty Climber oh I think you misunderstood me.... I dont feel bad for college kids with debt. Generally people in my age group don't understand interest rates. If they did, most would have walked away without signing those college contracts putting them into debt. If you can't be expected to read a contract.... you're gonna have a bad time. Cheers
@@dubdaze68 me neither.
@@-Jason-L I used to want a big house.... I'd rather have enough money for something small and a bunch of cheap cars.... but nothing comes free. You have to earn the things you want
@@-Jason-L Not really, the mcmansions are increasingly the only offering in many housing markets as developers need to find ways of taking the existing home and flipping it for a profit. They'll do like they did to the house next to my parents. They buy it for $700k, tear the building down immediately and put up something that's twice the size and probably ask $2m for it.
That's why millenials often don't own homes. The supply of starter houses continues to diminish if you're not living way out in the middle of nowhere. And the housing that is available is mostly condos and apartments. The apartments themselves might carry rent that's nearly the cost of a mortgage, but without money for a down payment, it doesn't much matter how much the rent is, as home ownership isn't a possibility.
Really, people like you fail to understand just how much the world has changed over the last couple decades. It's increasingly hard to buy something affordable as the suburbs are increasingly expensive and you have to move further and further away to find something that's affordable.
Cars are meant to be driven and experienced. If you are going to watch them collect dust, you might as well look at pictures.
It's one thing with a steam locomotive, where they are EXTREMELY expensive to run. But a car is a car. Hell, you can get any old car running...maybe not perfect...but you can get anything running and driving with comparatively little money.
Well parts for the exotics are awfully expensive, and parts for old cars are almost nonexistent. Then there is property tax and insurance to factor in. So yeah, lot's of us can afford to buy 1 great car, but we can't afford all the other stuff that goes with it, and unless you really know what you are doing, you can mess one up pretty easily if you try to wrench it your self. As to Dr. Porsche...tires aren't cheep, but polish is.
@@jamie49868 Whose fault is it that you bought a car you can't maintain and are afraid to drive? I didn't say everyone could afford to drive and maintain a Ferrari, I said that anyone can afford to drive and maintain "A" car. You just have to manage your expectations. If you don't drive it, it might as well be any other knick-knack. ...and if that's the case, just buy a model. It will save you space and money. The joy of owning a car is driving it.
@@jamie49868 I'm sorry...I realize my previous comment might be a bit harsh and I should clarify. You do you, but in my opinion, cars are meant to be driven It is not my intent to come off as a tool.
@@ryano.5149 No problem. Sure anyone can drive and maintain "A" car. We are not talking about "A" car though...we are talking about special cars, used for special occasions. I drive my Jeep everyday...my Alfa 4C on the weekends and never in the rain/bad weather. That sure isn't a Ferrari, but I treat it like one. Everybody I know that has a special car, whether an AMCGremlin or McLaren Senna drives them, they just drive them sparingly. Big difference. Peace!
@@jamie49868 Yeah, I guess my problem is more the folks who keep their cars hermetically sealed and trailered everywhere until the engine oil and transmission fluid turns to jelly...yelling at kids before they even look at the car wrong... Chill! It's a car, not a Faberge egg! Ha ha!
I wonder with the release of the 2020 Corvette will the value of these used super cars come crashing down
Not entirely. The newer corvette will not have a traditional stick shift option. I don't see guys with manual transmissioned high end corvettes or other mid market super cars trading them for an automatic transmission.
It depends, from what I understand, the Dodge Viper has been around for the relatively reasonable price of $30k for the last few years. That's less than the cost of 2 midpriced Harleys.
@@markburton9614 dual clutch is a manual ... you can use the paddles or have the computer just do it for you and faster and better then most people ever could its still got gears and clutch plates in it
@@Elios0000 Pedantic
Elios0000 are you saying computer can do it automatically without you doing it manually? 🤔 sounds like automatic lol.
Btw, google says it is automatic and so does VW, probably car maker that sells by far the most double clutch transmission cars..
damn, now im ready to go on a rant about something
Make it smart, fire it up, and hit the mark!
I’m 21 and I enjoy going to physical museums when I can, it’s a different kind way of paying respect to the machines, but a fine one in my opinion as long as they’re maintained and driven enough to be in working order. I also kind of disagree with the concept of criticizing the old guys that don’t drive how I might drive, a lot of them worked their ass off to finally retire and restore that thing. Just a young guys perspective. Enjoying all your content Casey, keep up the good work.
Baby boomer car shows were something I went to with my grandpa. He's dead. The memories are still there, but there is no need for me to go anymore. Besides, the cars I find cool, and the cars boomers find cool are two different things. Don't get me wrong, I saw a clean Yenko camaro (not sure if real) when I roadtripped to San Diego last week, and was like, 'das a nice car, but an FD got behind me where I live (Washington) and I missed a turn because I couldn't believe it.
if that aint the truth i dont know what is. Have the same experience with my own father. Grew up on muscle and drag racing them. But when i got old enough to snatch up my own car i couldn't be bothered with a muscle car. Picked up an sw20 mr2 and modded it for road courses. Nowadays i see an old camaro im like oh thats nice. But when an FD,Supra, or even a nice honda comes by it'll break your neck if it goes by too fast. And my current car is a modded mitsubishi 3000gt a car ive wanted since GT1. And dam its a blast to drive it every freaking day xD.
Civil Defense Group i am young but I don’t understand how someone can love Japanese cars, so boring:) different taste and that is OK, boomers have their shows and youngsters their.. I don’t see a problem:)
It starts when your young. I had an auto shop class, welding class, woodshop etc., I also had my license when I was 16 back in 1985. All of that is disappearing. Kids are ok with riding the bus, Uber whatever, schools are more interested in getting every kid to college so they can be in debt to their ears by the time they are 22 years old. So even if a kid does get his license, how many of them are raised by their mom ( divorce rates) and don’t even know how to change a tire.
They’ll never be interested in cars even if they have the money.
Thanks for addressing,
Just to rant, as a young engineer and a new car owner going to car shows in my midwest town, I am by far the youngest one there. I just know after one summer of shows I am about car show’d out. Definitely haven’t lost interest in cars just no interest in sitting in a lawn chair for 8 hours lol.
Anytime I see a kid going crazy over the car I make sure to give it a little rev or something or take them for a ride or sit inside. Maybe that does something who knows.
I agree with most of the video and the fact that static displays are not where it’s at. I get bored quickly with old car museums and car shows where the cars are just parked. On the flip side, I can understand why the car museums don’t want to work with this gentleman. He comes off as a cocky, know it all and this video seems more to promote whatever he is doing and that his program is the answer to all car culture problems. I wish him success but I wouldn’t work with him personally.
Sounds like time to get interested in motorcycles then. :-P
Agree totally, I get much more enjoyment out of taking my car out and driving it, even if it’s just some mundane task like going to the grocery store than sitting out in a parking Lot somewhere all day for no real reason.
im 35 and car shows BORE ME. its usually the same cars EVERY WEEK mustangs camaros chevelles, baby T Birds and 55-57 chevys. if ANYONE shows up in a 80s-90s import the "winga dinga" guys act like someone questioned their manhood. and yet they wonder why "young people" aren't into cars.
I used to like to Dupont registry and I know everybody does but now it's basically turned into a giant Rolex ad so it's not worth the eight bucks
I'm GenX, and we more or less got priced out of the market on Muscle Cars. That's why we went to the "Rat Rods" - which was more like our post-WWII grandparents. I bought a '41 Dodge (really short vid on my page) , in the patina - and with some new upholstery and a couple grand (mostly in new tools) - it fires up easy and putters along, just fine with the old flat-six, just humming away.
When I used to take it to the car show, and they give you the little sign of "DON'Ts" - Don't touch, sit, slobber, blah, and blah" (Which I get, for the premium rides - makes sense.) - I cross out all the "Don'ts" and write, "Please!"
The WWII guys love to come up and rap on the fenders with their Born-in Brass Knucks, "Ahh, See?! That's *good steel!!! I remember when I was in..." And then I just listen.
The kids come along and I let them climb in and bounce on the old spring seat, and beep the horn (sometimes to my own detriment, 6V system still! 🤘🤠🤘) - and they wobble the steering wheel - ya know, play in the rusty old truck?! And usually I have to chase off a helicopter parent or eight... in a row. "Relax... it's fine... the seats are vinyl... that truck has been through worse." It's funny, those helicopter parents can only tolerate letting their kids play loose for about 2 minutes - then, they hustle them off. Yet, kid throwing a fit in Wally World?... "Meh."
GenX, we've been too... dick-ish, with the Millennials (aka 9/11-Gen) - at least when it comes their creative, entrepreneurial culture. Specifically - "Hipster" culture - the waxed bearded, Steampunk, Microbrew Guys from 10 years ago - are millionaires right now. We (GenX) were hitting our 30s and early 40s, thought we knew everything - and we fucked with you guys... not cool.
Here's what we missed - part of the *reason* for the deep appreciation of all things Brass and Steamy - is because the 9/11-Gen, grew up in a disposable, plastic, cheaply manufactured world. The old, hand done machine work, the high quality woodworking, the precision - the FEEL...
Generations (people) need to realize that, especially now, what was cool and awesome when WE were kids, isn't *always* the best thing, forever and ever.
Have you seen what the kids are modifying now - shitty 70s cars like Mavs, and Vegas - late 70s luxury cars are to today's teenagers, what 30s and 40s cars are to GenX... not contemporary, but Antiques.
I hope the "mine" culture, really does start to change.
Kind of like Chris Cornell wrote:
"I like playin' in the sand, what's mine is ours
If it doesn't remind me of anything..."
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Generations are defined by authors and not recognized by any census , that being said millennials were born as early as 1982 .
You hit the nail on the head. Millenials won't come to your show unless we see some sweet stuff no one else is doing.
Most of us don't even have kids, or even getting married.
@@blakkablakkablakka5581 Yeah yeah... you know what I'm talking about - don't split hairs with me.
Thank god you kept the flat, gonna puke if I see many more with sbc or ls dropped into them.
I will admit, @@ty2010 when I first bought it in 2009, I was going to do just that. (I was only 30, so cut me a little bit of slack.) But, it was so easy to get running again (fuel supply was more of a problem) - and I enjoyed the putting around. So I left it. Now, I kind of like the "survivor class" thought of it. That truck has some history.
That, and I'm not spending 50 grand, to make it perfect. I'd rather just have fun squishing my buddies into that tiny cab - we're all 6 foot plus Scandinavians, so it is pretty amusing to see us get out! It's like human origami! 😂
I'm a young guy myself, and had these same thoughts many a time. I grew up with a grass-roots'50's dragracer grandpa, an enduro-cross Dad, and they both brought me along for the ride. They made vintage racing into a passion, their craftsmanship gave me a fall back skill or two. I dig nothing better than going to a show with the Bocar and sharing the history with the folks my age with their kids.... And having them dig it too.
I enjoyed my 1968 Camero when I was young. Don't need an old car but understand they turned into investments. The boomers are retiring and it is a great time for younger people to snap up these deals. They'll still be museums but just not as many.
As an Fbody guy for 4 decades it's irritating to see folks spelling Camero all the time. Especially so none who previously owned one.
I don't see what you do, my nephew is nothing like that, at 16 he appreciate all cars, trucks, trains, and motorcycles
Nice job I'm 50 years old have a 71 Dodge Demon we have a local car show that only allows 90 and back cars they need to involve the young people and their beautiful tuners that they put tons of hours in I've said this for over 10 years great job !!!
Last time I went to a car show, instead of a sign that said "please look, but don't touch" like most of the attendees put up; I made up a little sign that said "free rides, just ask".
It was probably the most fun I had at a car show, letting people who otherwise wouldnt get to experience the car, have a physical hands-on interaction and me seeing their reactions and appreciation.
I can't understand the folks who go to car shows, pop up a chair, and sit beside their car for hours on end.
The problem is not generational,. It's cultural. Cars are no longer a source of passion. Car racing are loosing popularity too. Millennial can't fix it. They can barely clean their room...
So how do you explain hundreds of millennials at car shows and cars and coffees?
Well that’s not the cause for me, I’m 18
Pure camaro passion
Stamp and coin collecting has crashed too
Stamps yes Coins no not at all. Maybe V nickles and Morgans that were overvalued have crashed because they were over inflated by old rich guys who want to have a pissing contest about a MS66 vs MS67. Thats stupid and young people see that. Go try to buy pre civil war or 1700's era coins and they go up every year. I am in my early 30's and make good money in the coin world and expand my collection every year. Supply and demand. Plus silver and gold are going to be currency again in the future and thats when old coins will really see a big jump in prices.
Stamps and coins are irrelevant. They have been replaced by credit cards and email.
@@regabernathy6039 Yeah stamps are basically irrelevant. Coins are only irrelevant to dumbasses who don't understand history or supply and demand. Coins are awesome and will continue to be. I meet intelligent young people in the coin world all the time, alot of them are car guys also. Intelligence is the pre requisite to value coins or any kind of history or beauty. Maybe one day you will have some and realize what you have been missing. Or maybe your from BC and your coins have always sucked dick like most things in Canada. Either way I got 100k in coins that says your wrong.
Wearing hats still seems to be in
Model railroading is a buyer's market now, too. The baby boomers are passing away and so many of their collections are hitting the market. But fewer and fewer people are picking up the hobby.
😂 I got that same vibe when I was at Cruisin the Coast with my brother and dad! He and I are 19 and 21 respectively and love classic cars, but all I’ve seen there and at other car shows is the superficial love you described. I once saw an old boomer with his wife; they had two 1938 Packard Clippers in mint condition. He said, “Yeah, I got my wife this one for her birthday when she turned 60, but she said it wasn’t the right color so I got her that one next year!” And he, her, and the old guy he was talking to burst out laughing
Casey,
Very refreshing, the only downside is insulting old people for not understanding. Having said that, help them understand too. It is brilliant to make the past alive ad hands on. Wish they had that in my day! Wishing you success with keeping learning alive with big shiny things😊
The 1919 Franklin that did Hot Rod Drag week this year, that guy gets it, he is the guy the old farts need to ask how to “fix it”....but they won’t
Museums have numerous tax advantages, it's basically a way for rich people to dodge paying taxes on their expensive toys. This situation is even more prevalent with people who collect and fly WW2 aircraft. Your summation is accurate.
One of the best experience I've had during my lifetime as a car enthusiast was that one day when me and my friends did a photo session with a 1985 911 Carrera 3.2. Why? The owner arrived at our rendezvous point, parked the car, and let everyone poked around his 'new' possession. He even let us drive his car, and we spent like hours chatting about cars, just like how enthusiasts should be. I didn't go out to drive his 911, but my friend did. That kind of people is the type of car guy that we yearned to see so much, yet so few actually did.
I'm 17 and absolutely in love with cars but god I hate the way we're going towards electric and self driving. I actually like driving and the sound of an engine.
Read: A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America by author Bruce Cannon Gibney
We are not all sociopaths. As with any (religious, ethnic, etc.) group, there are good and bad.
@@harveymorgan1749 I don't think your racist opinion matters much either buddy
Great book!
@@jimlubinski4731 Take your individualism and shove it up your ass, Boomer.
Yeah, it's pretty much horseshit. Data without context.
Keep telling it like it is Casey. 46 year old car enthusiast, never been to a car museum.
I'm 63 years old. You are correct.
The internet has separated the generations. I know a guy who is an expert car restorer, late 50's, early 60's Chevys are his favorites. Refuses to own a computer thus doesn't own an email address.
Not all boomers embrace the useful technology we enjoy today. I feel that those folks should keep with the times. It is very helpful in everyday life.
Yes some of these museums are rich guy's collections. One was opened in my hometown several years ago.
In the end cars of the past reflect passions, memories of our youth.
These old car museums don't interest young people because can't relate to those times. Besides they are told these cars use evil "fossil" fuel.
Good discussion on inportant topic. Thanks
At 73 myself and still employed (LOVE IT) - I work with ALL young people. Casey, you nailed it, the past is just that. The present is sooo frenetic - the overwhelming amount of information pumped into our pockets by the MINUTE is mind blowing. It's not that people dislike cars, cars are just another ubiquitous tool. Nothing special, like a "smart phone". AND, to many, they literally represent a main source of Global Change = YUK. I guess you get into the groove you find yourself in, but after basing a good 60% of my working life on Engines - air, water and land - I am now indifferent to ancient transport. I work at a solar installation design company and I LOVE Teslas for the EV tent post they have established. Electric Juice is the BOOST.
Thanks for the confirmation. Good memories should be kept as such, without the incumbrance of reality...
Casey needs to do accents in all his videos.
can do!
@@CaseyPutsch laughing my ass off when you did Zuckerberg vs congress
Timothy Boswell please no lord
@@blindwatchman0722 :)
You hit the nail on the head! But another reason the young people have lost interest is the elimination of the automotive classes in the public schools. When I was in high school, grantedit was the 70s, there were automotive mechanics and body shop classes. Right between the building trades building and cosmetology building. ALL those classes disappeared in the late 80s and early 90s. Keep up the good work and inspiring the younger generation!👍💪
Steven Mitchell you are right and thanks!
It was a lot easier to bash metal into shape than it is to vaccum form plastic. You can't work on cars now
Out in south Dakota there is a car museum that has the general Lee from the dukes of hazard, but they removed the confederate flag from the hood so as not to offend anyone and make it more family friendly. It's not the general Lee anymore. Boring.
Very good point. Only reason I'm in love with cars is because When I was a child I had a kick ass neighbor who let me hang out with him and his friends while they worked on their corvettes
I’m not mad because you are telling the truth!!
In northern Indiana we have a cars and coffee where the young and the old have come together. The older people have taken an interest and that’s the key. They might prefer a ‘57 Chevy, but will ask us questions about what’s cool with a WRX.
I've been to the Porsche museum in Atlanta, and the Toyota museum in Tokyo. Manufacturer museums, sure, but they aren't JUST car museums. Porsche, you can go the Porsche experience and drive the modern cars, and see the history of where they came from. The Tokyo museum is also a showroom and history museum.
Hey, I am an 18 year old Engineering Student who lives in Washington State. What Casey is describing is the best way to get people my age passionate about cars, planes, and motorcycles. Ever since I was young I thought cars, planes, and motorcycles were somewhat interesting; however, over the course of revitalizing a pair of 1986 Yamaha Big Wheel 200s given to me by an older friend when I was 14, I found out how truly amazing anything with and engine really was. To give some context, my dad is not a car guy, my grandpa is not a car guy. I don't think anyone in my life at the time cared about cars or engines whatsoever, but because of a few people who were generous with their time, money, and tools, I am hooked on engines. It is always cool to see unique, rare, expensive, and most importantly fast things on wheels, but man does that pale in comparison to learning how to drive, maintain, and go fast in something like that. I would challenge people who have the knowledge and the finances to give some kids the same opportunity I was given by being open to kids who are passionate about cars but have no idea what they are doing. Thanks Casey for the vids and I would love to ride that Ducati if I am ever in your neck of the woods :)
I went to Harrah Museum in Reno, before it closed. It was amazing. Three HUGE warehouses full of the very BEST.
Gateway Classic Cars in Lake Mary FL is sweet! ✔ They sell top classic vehicles & top shape muscle cars. 🚘.
Ruh-roh, Bro, you talkin' "Socialism"...Boomers will go Berserkeroid on you...However, you are correct!!! 😏
Your frankness is refreshing...Keep it up Casey...thank you!
Casey, over 60 here, school teacher for 20 years, came to you a minute too late so this will prolly be buried. You are sooo damned right on all counts. I'm a tech fanboi, and have zero romantic connection to how "it was made back then". Carbs, meh, inefficient but simple...wtf ever. Liked, subscribed, and will now binge on everything you ever recorded. And yes, millenials do, in my experience, rock. Carry on young man, the haters' days are obviously numbered. I for one will not be shedding a tear at their funerals, selfish pricks largely.
Cheers sir.
The best car "museum" I know of is the Simeone Foundation in Philadelphia, once a month they actually showcase driving the cars regardless of the weather. I saw Vic Elford drive the purple and green 917 from LeMans in snow flurries!!! Static displays do not fit in with the modern microwave generation. Car culture is not dead, I think it's the best it's ever been but the method of passing it along needs to modernize and become more interactive. The only way for the hobby (we all love) to grow is to be more inclusive/open to people entering the hobby at the start. So many boomers crap on modifying newer cars but don't realize it is the same ideology that gave birth to hot rodding, making a cheap car more fun and faster whether it is a '32 Ford or a '99 Honda.
My dad has a '89 Targa that he refuses to take more than 50 miles away from his house, I don't understand it. I also blame my father for messing up the housing market and locking me into renting an apartment as a 35 year old but that's another conversation...lol
Yep, am a member, this is not your typical museum. Seeing vehicles running definitely brings out the young people!
To a degree I agree with you. The younger generation definitely need to be inspired. Encouraged to do more than stick their faces in their phones. To get more kids interested in mechanical fields they need to be exposed to it young. There should be a bigger push to get shop/trade classes back into high schools. There are tons of mechanically inclined kids who waste their talents because the avenues to culture and develop these talents are non-existent. Genius Garage is an awesome opportunity, no doubt. It, or opportunities similar, need to be more prevalent & accessible.
Chris Heaton thank you sir.
To be fair, the "small museum" is probably more about finding ways to expense personal car collections and the maintenance of those cars. The problem is those museum experiences are sort of bland as you cannot actually touch the cars or turn the engines over. I grew up in a neighborhood where Reggie Jackson used to keep his collection. (Saw most of it burn up - no worries there were replacements in another building down the street fairly quickly). That was not a museum but it was great because he had a crew that kept them all running and they would let us check them out, peak under the hood, hear them run, sit in them, etc.
I have motorcycle clubs with similar problems. (1) Even when done on a budget, motorcycles cost money and a downturn in the economy caused many to fall out of the hobby. (2) Younger people just aren't into motorcycles like our generation were. It's hard to convince a young person to get excited about sport touring when they never felt the excitement of riding dirt bikes, BMX bikes, or just using a bicycle to get around before they got a drivers license.
Humans are more lazy these days....last thing they wanna do is walk around a warehouse to say "ooohhh"
More like being too busy fixing all the fuck ups of the boomers.
@@67buick Boomers. Most of them didn't live their life at mom's until they were 35. You don't fix anything. It would require effort other than waiting for the time clock to hit 1700.
Mustardstain504 D yea younger people are too lazy to fix anything. It’s not like they’re trying to find alternative materials to counteract the millions of tons of plastic the boomers placed all over the globe. It’s not like we’re fighting against the unearthly amount of inflation the US has seen over the past 45ish years. The only generation to ever do anything for this country is the boomers.
Mustardstain504 D That is a very strange way of saying “my generation fucked up the economy and now the newer generation has to live in a world of stress and financial trouble”
@@67buick More ignorance and misinformation. Boomers and we gen Xers didn't grow up with plastic bottles. We had glass and aluminum cans.That was the case into the 90's. We also drank water from the tap at home. Bottled water was uncommon .It's your generation that has become the plastic bottle consumers.
The funny thing is your opinion about old people also applies to this upcoming presidential election. There are candidates(s) that have ideas which isn’t getting through the main media because the wealthy and the old don’t think they’re significant.
Just a bunch of out of touch old people and loonies who know nothing of politics. Neither side particularly attractive.
Hey Casey! I'll be 70 next year, so I'm definitely a "boomer". . .but I'm a very active photographer and love both classic cars and vintage airplanes. I only go to car shows if I know something very special is going to be there, but I love going to air shows. Not only can I get all the "close-up" shots I want but I love the challenge of getting great shots of them in the air. I recently shot a USAF Thunderbirds show and shooting them performing was definitely not boring. You make great points! The only thing I would ask is please don't stereotype us. Not all of us boomers are ready to just sit in lawn chairs all day and also. . .Not all of us were "hippies". Really, that's an easy media stereotype that needs to go away. I enjoy your videos!
Kids cant afford nor do they care about cars anymore. I took 60 middle school kids to the Lemay museum in tacoma and they were bored and wreaking havoc after 30 min.
An archivist or historian would probably agree on about 1/2 of what you stated.
A person must remember, it would be a real dull life if everyone enjoyed the same things.
Museums need to bring in more vehicles that the younger generations grew up with, that's all my friend.
Is it the age of the cars, well, there are some Model T's on you tube, that have over 1 million hits>> and
it is about knowing how to start one, and drive it. Is that crazy that most are younger persons watching it ?
We have fought to get a newer gen';s car accepted into Invitationals and Concours d"Elegance showings
We have been quite successful in two major showings.
It won awards, and drew the younger set in like a magnet.
Even beating out some Lambo's, Ferrari's Jags and Porsche's in our classes.
We do contribute that to the younger set >>> and as someone wrote herein, do not have loads of cash, but could purchase one
that they just admired which beat the big dogs !!!!!
It is a car that the masses buy, treasure and race.
We are even talking with Goodwood using this same logical approach.
Yep, the old dogs do need to realize that they have to entice the younger sets.
BTW, I guess I might be an old dog at 66, but my cup is still 1/2 full guys and gals.
Yep, Hemmings is missing the mark, and I have told that to some writers and editors which control how it all operates.
Respectfully submitted,
I'm a retired Baby Boomer and avid car guy. I get it.....alot of truth in your opinion...well said.
Okay, thank you for this. I'm 23 and having a hard time figuring out how to make a living out of my passion for old cars. Now I see I am going in the right direction by trying to do something public with my knowledge and sharing the experience of building and driving older cars. There are stories and lessons to be told about the historic events that brought them into existence, and I don't want people to forget any of it. I am so glad that you are here spreading that message to people that NEED to hear it and recognize the significance.
I've wondered if most museums are TAX WRITE-OFFS for rich car collectors. When the owner dies, the museum is closed and either the heirs want the cars (all, none, or some) or the collection goes straight to auction.
Seriously, I wish I would have had a mentoring like this. I was a kid who would voraciously read car mags over and over, loved history, but never had the means, education, or guidance to get me anywhere. I also see the intransigence of the Greatest/Boomer generation to include anyone in their cars. Being 44, I still get weird looks when I pore over small details in cars, or try to bring my VW Rabbit to car cruises locally. They don't think it is worthy, even though it has been modified and I autocross it, but are fine with countless brand new Mustangs and Corvettes with dealer tags. It is frustrating, to say the least. I LOVE old cars, from a beauty or academic standpoint, but when you try to engage people for their personal stories, you get shut down, and treated like Daffy Duck screaming "NO NO NO, MINE MINE MINE!"
I'm 39, when I was younger I use to go with my grandfather all the time to car shows when he would drive one of his to show it off. I really enjoyed that, but now I can't imagine spending 6-8 hours sitting in a parking lot with my car. I have a million other things to do on a weekend. That's why the local cars and coffee type shows are the best, you can go there and spend 20 minutes or 2 hours, then you have the rest of the day for other activities.
One of the most impressionable times was when I was 4 (1984), got to sit in a new C4 Corvette. Now I finally was able to get a C6, share it with my daughter and her friends, family, friends and coworkers. Terrify them with 750hp of crazy goodness of course. Hopefully one of them will have the spark I did. It was like sitting in a spaceship. Keep up the great work! It makes a difference, even if you don't immediately see a difference.
Only old guys drive corvettes
This is the order of things
@@thedevilsadvocate5210 39 isn't that old. The difference is you can't usually afford them until older. If I could I'd have one when I was 5 years old. :P
If that wasn't hitting the nail on the head I don't know what is! Glad I found your RUclips page!