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I've also been a SAAC member since 1982, and before that my dad was a member. I have been to national conventions, regional conventions, and the mini-convention in Vegas, and have met all different types of people with all different types of attitudes.
Because the original cars are so expensive nowadays, the demographic of the club has definitely changed over the years. But there are still a lot of good folks involved, and to be honest, I use SAAC more for education now than comaraderie.
And there has always been a very "anti-replica / anti-clone" undertone to the club, because obviously their mission is to preserve the history of the original cars. I have an issue of "The Shelby American" from the late 70's or early 80's where Kopec basically talks about how the replica industry is bad for hobby, specifically directing his ire at ERA and Contemporary. But since then I think they've chilled a little bit, as they've seen that over the years, the replica market really hasn't affected the values of originals (and in fact, may have actually helped them apprecitate).
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