Aspen500
Well-Known Member
I have a good feeling that car's next stop will be at a scrap yard, or it will sit there another 10 years and continue to rot and sink into the ground.
So, my '78 Aspen wagon is now 41 years old. In 1978, a 41 year old car would have been a 1937 model, which in 1978 would have seemed pre-historic. In 1958, a 41 year old car would have been a 1917 Brass Era car! I'm not sure why today 41 years old doesn't seem to be so ancient - at least to me. Could be simply that my perspective is changing as I grow older, or maybe that the changes to cars in the past forty years are not as dramatic as before. Either way, it is an odd perspective.You guys are right, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago. Just realized my Aspen turns 40 in less than 2 months, on June 14th to be exact.
Yes. I think you are right there, unfortunately. As such, it would seem that we, as a group who are interested and actively keeping our '70's cars on the road, are probably the last to be able to do so without a degree in computer programming. In the next 40 years, there is likely to be so many changes, that cars may be a completely different type of machine and there may not even be a place for cars as we know them today. Very strange to think about.The absolute biggest difference though is, I can't see anyone in 2059 restoring any 2019 car.
Hahaha, Ding Ding Ding give the man a cigar!They will be restoring old cell phones. Now the phone is their main communication vehicle.