GypsyR
just some guy
Definitely a wandering thread here. I jumped in to reply to Zforce, the OP.
There's a reason the VMF has more noobs and fly-by posters. Every griped about how "search"on the old VMF didn't work. Well, bigod it does now and then some. Not only is there a custom Google search for the forum itself, the forum is reasonably high on Google's hit list. A surprising amount of the times you search Google for something technical about old Mustangs there will be a link to at least one thread on the first page of results. (And it's STILL about even money that Johnpro will have a post in that thread.) Try it and see. So obviously if somebody is searching for answers on Google and keeps seeing results from a particular forum, eventually they are going to stop in and check it out. Maybe join in.
I like noobs, even if they ask annoyingly repetitive questions. I hate nothing much worse than to see a noob told "do a search" rather be answered. Even if their question is stupid. Why? Because we NEED noobs, all of us. The only reason there is a buttload of info out there and we have such a wonderful choice of vendors for parts is that there are so many of us out there messing with these old cars. It may not be so long before this is no longer the case so we need to encourage everybody we can. Younger folks often desire a car later in life because of who was driving it back when they were young (James Bond, Bullit, their cool uncle, etc). Now more often than not young folks see old/fat/bald/gray people driving vintage Mustangs are the cars, cool as they may be are perceived as grandpa's ride. There will always be gearhead types who just like Mustangs but at some point the number of active vintage Mustang hobbyists/owners will start decreasing. I'd like postpone that as long as I can and as much a I can. Vendor support is already decreasing. Junkyards are vendors. When is the last time you visited a junkyard and found a useful part for an old Mustang?
There is a pretty old guy down the road that has a small collection of 1930's type cars. Neat cars but nothing terribly valuable. He's getting a bit too frail to fool with them and he knows it. What will become of these cars? I personally wouldn't want to keep and own a Model T or even a Model A if you gave it to me. My kids would be even less interested. A growing trend with the youngest generation is that they don't care to own a car at all. At some point me and my cars will be that old guy and you may be too.
There's a reason the VMF has more noobs and fly-by posters. Every griped about how "search"on the old VMF didn't work. Well, bigod it does now and then some. Not only is there a custom Google search for the forum itself, the forum is reasonably high on Google's hit list. A surprising amount of the times you search Google for something technical about old Mustangs there will be a link to at least one thread on the first page of results. (And it's STILL about even money that Johnpro will have a post in that thread.) Try it and see. So obviously if somebody is searching for answers on Google and keeps seeing results from a particular forum, eventually they are going to stop in and check it out. Maybe join in.
I like noobs, even if they ask annoyingly repetitive questions. I hate nothing much worse than to see a noob told "do a search" rather be answered. Even if their question is stupid. Why? Because we NEED noobs, all of us. The only reason there is a buttload of info out there and we have such a wonderful choice of vendors for parts is that there are so many of us out there messing with these old cars. It may not be so long before this is no longer the case so we need to encourage everybody we can. Younger folks often desire a car later in life because of who was driving it back when they were young (James Bond, Bullit, their cool uncle, etc). Now more often than not young folks see old/fat/bald/gray people driving vintage Mustangs are the cars, cool as they may be are perceived as grandpa's ride. There will always be gearhead types who just like Mustangs but at some point the number of active vintage Mustang hobbyists/owners will start decreasing. I'd like postpone that as long as I can and as much a I can. Vendor support is already decreasing. Junkyards are vendors. When is the last time you visited a junkyard and found a useful part for an old Mustang?
There is a pretty old guy down the road that has a small collection of 1930's type cars. Neat cars but nothing terribly valuable. He's getting a bit too frail to fool with them and he knows it. What will become of these cars? I personally wouldn't want to keep and own a Model T or even a Model A if you gave it to me. My kids would be even less interested. A growing trend with the youngest generation is that they don't care to own a car at all. At some point me and my cars will be that old guy and you may be too.
