Classic cars

[Bryan]

Already seeing cars from the early-mid 80s becoming the ‘wanted clasics’ by the younger generation as they are the cars they remember from there youth.
Only if I kept my 69 Corolla coupe or ‘82 Honda prelude. But the problem is we no longer have the breaker yards that existed in the 80s to visit to Find the parts needed like when I was rebuilding the Corolla..

[Tony Betts]

Hi Bill,

There's an easy one to answer, " will I buggerie " 

I'm 51 now, so I have 14 more years left.

How ever long I have after that, IS MINE.

tony.

[spannerman]

My grandad says when you ask how he is ? He says older you get less works and what does leaks?

Bit like our cars then!!!

[AllAlloyCup]

Hi Tony,

Not sure about the 14 years. This Govt is stretching out
Retirement time to 66-67 by the time you get there....

Just as well you are not one of the WASPI women who have been
Cheated out of 4 years of retirement dosh.

I worked to 67 it’s not so bad.... If you’re married
Your time is not ALL yours in retirement :-)

Regards
Bill G

[mk1-mark]

Getting parts & services for "Classic" cars in 50 years won't be the issue, getting fuel & the permits to drive them will be.

In 50 years time petrol driven cars will be a tiny, tiny minority of those in existence, petrol stations will be a thing of the past. Add to that the legislation that is forcing all classics off the road, it has already started in Cities, suburban & rural roads will be next. It is only a matter of time before we will be ordering "petrol" in 50 litre cans for home delivery.

All us classic owners are already drinking in the "last Chance Saloon" there doesn't seem to be any real appreciation of this yet though.

There will in the next few years be a huge boom in electric drive kits for classic cars so people can continue to use them. Yes I know it sounds like crazy talk, but YOU JUST WATCH!

I for one plan on getting rid of all my road going classics over the next few years, with a couple of honourable exceptions, because when the penny finally drops the vast majority of "classic" cars will be worth absolutely diddly squat.

[jansens]

The parts won't necessarily be the issue, nor the electronics (although that will become more of an issue as well as the software). The issue might be with the thin, stressed body panels on the modern cars. I am not sure the metalwork is quite so repairable as they used to be which is why you see whole panels being replaced now rather than cars being repaired. Any decent ding and the bodies crumple and lose integrity and need to be put on chassis straighteners.

These days a lot of those panels are plastic, like most of the noses and tails of the cars now. But what happens when things like floors and sills and pillars start rusting out. I don't think you can just cut out and weld in steel like you used to and maintain the integrity of the body. They are already starting to put up warnings about such things here: https://vehicleinspection.nzta.govt.nz/v...ion-nissan

There are a lot of channels on YouTube where people buy old, high end or super cars VERY cheaply and document everything it takes to try to keep them going. This guys issues with a Maclaren MP4-12c are amusing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3rZyv-tMU8

Luckily him and the previous owner have the extended warranty since that car is already on its 2nd engine and 3rd gearbox!

The other thing on those high end cars is the interiors aren't actually built to last. Things wear out very quickly since the idea for the dealers is to sell new cars. The car companies don't make anything from second hand cars except for sales of parts.

Simon

[e-richard]

And of course, your workshop of the future will not have a neat array of spanners, socket sets, screw drivers and chisels, but instead a pristine laptop and long USB cables.

Not quite the same fun is it?

[Tony Betts]

Hi bill,

As my accountant says, if you have enough money you can retire today.

Before anyone comments, I obviously don't have that much money

But Even If it means selling the cars, I'm still only counting down 14 years. 13 in may

So don't leave your orders to close to that date, 

Tony.

[dickie65]

There are already a lot of conversions to electric power available.
I have looked into using a Mazda RX8. Electric motor and controllers about £ 6000 then you buy your batteries of choice.
Electric power will give more top speed and better acceleration.
MSA have banned electric cars from club level sprints and hillclimbs since the Hammond crash which burned for three days.
We had a million quids worth of specialist lithium ion batteries kicking round work last year. they were a bit to big to stuff in a car though.
( any further information is CLASSIFIED )
The only person on here that might have a clue is Tony Betts

[Ray White]

I think Mark has hit on the big issue for the future. Petrol. We all expect to be able to fill up at our local filling station but they seem to be getting fewer every year. A bit like pubs, really. If it doesn't pay, they close. Probably the only chance we have is if the public reject electric. Despite all the hype, electric cars are still only being sold in penny numbers and the whole thing is being driven (excuse pun) from the top down. Every other development I can think of started at grass roots.

Having said that, anyone with a Baker Electric must be laughing now!