hmm, you kinda spolit it a little for me there Evan, be nice to at least mention the guys at Taggs Island
, - it was the 289 and daytona that held the real glory - the 427, although we all love it, was really 'the turd'.
i share your concerns about the new generation. i thnk part of it is sourced in the increasing complexity of consumer technology. when we were kids we had lego (buildablocks in the US?) and meccano tomake things with, and we could take apart things to see how they worked. you cant do that with an xbox or a cell phone. its a black box. when we had our first cars, i'll bet loads of guys here pulled them apart, installed stuff and, well, at least changed the
oil themselves to save a few $$$.
but on an optimistic note, why is it that the GT40 and the cobra and the e-type and the mustang all command interest from people today, yet all came from a particular decade? I dont believe its just interest in nostalgia. Im a child of the 60s, but Id never heard of or seen a cobra till I was 30 - ok bit late to the table i know. but its something to do with the simplicity, the elegance, the shapes of those cars, and i think maybe something to do with the lack of moulded plastic bumpers and moulded plastic this and that and... i dunno what. I think its a bit like classic art .... you know S**t when you see it, and you know genius when you see it, defining it is harder.