What is our age demographic?

LJ wrote:

I am 66 and my father bought his first new Hudson in 1950 when i was 9 years old. we have both owned a lot of Hudsons sence.

LJ

I'm 57 and have been in the club for 22 years. Started with one hudson and now have 5. Funny how that happens!!

I'm nearly 70, and my first cars was my 1928 Essex, bought in '56, and still driving it. As to how to attract younger members, the vintage Car club here decided to lower the age eligibility of cars to 30 years and older, to encourage younger members to join the club. What happened? All the old farts are now driving Hillman Avengers, Ford Falcons, Jags, Mercedes, etc., and leaving their vintage cars home if it is likely to be cold or raining, so they can wind the windows up and turn the heaters on. Yet we do have some genuine younger members (20-30 group) who are fully interested in the old cars. The big limiting factor though is of course affordability. My own son drives one of my Hudsons in the odd rally, but with a mortgage and young family, finance and time go against him actively pursuing an old-car hobby. We are too small here in N.Z. to have much of an impact on the general populace as far as H.E.T. goes, but there are family members coming along who will carry on when we drop our last clutch. Again though, things have to kept before the public to maintain interest and attract new members. This is an uphill battle as far as things like Newspaper and T.V. coverage is concerned, because the mighty dollar comes into the equation. We recently had a big International Vintage Car Rally here. The Government T.V. channel were approached to see if they would cover it, and their reply was "Give us $100,000 to cover our costs and we'll do it, because there is little public interest." On the public open day, when all 1000 cars were on display, it was the biggest event that had ever been held in the town, with queues backing up for 5 miles waiting to get in. But because we can't generate fast money, we didn't get a look in on the T.V. So get in your Hudson built car, and drive it and show it on every conceivable occasion.

Geoff.

46yrs young . I grew up in a Hudson family. My dad's last car was a 54 hornet club coupe. He sold it in 1972. Then No Hudsons until 2003 , what a long dry spell. Now back to Hudson's .... the most driven is a 54 hornet sedan ....... I luv it....