surplus army vehicles

[Marc Montgomery]

Originally Posted by Stuart Fedak

.... It looks like we have a healthy interest locally in Ottawa. I think last year we had a tremendous turn out of various MIL collectors. Lots of Cold War stuff, which is the easiest to get running. That is a good place to start. I think we have a good core group that encourages participation in the hobby.

Cheers!
Stuart

well OK with the group at the S&P museum and a handful of others like a few iltis jeep owners..but realistically what`s the average age of owners at that event? 45-50?

not many 18-20yr olds..... as like long (!) ago when we were that age and mucking about with old cars. Yes there are some young owners of these jeeps, but realistically they picked them up for 2-5000$ as bushwackers, not because there was an interest in the heritage or restoration..and I fear those particular jeeps ( of an already small nuber avaiilable) will be fairly beaten up in a mere couple of years.

the fact is there are more people exiting the hobby than entering, and its getting harder to enter ( finding restorable MVs), and more expensive..

even the Iltis wasn`t originally supposed to be released to the pubic, and we only have them kind of by accident.

I enjoy it sure, but as an example I have a 20yr son who doesnt even have a licence and is not even interested in learning to drive
(is he my son???)