The MV Hobby, De-Mob

[Gordon Yeo]

Golly Chris, your assessment of todays youth sounds like an indictment of the parents! The old expression is, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Lang

I hope your version of a MV hobby is a growing reality. We've seen some what the same growth of the hobby when we were in our 30s and 40s . We would have 30-40 vehicles going out on trail rides and lots of people showing for parades then as that core group aged the numbers dropped. The trail rides got to be dirt roads rides but we kept going.

Recenctly here in the US I've been seeing a growth in the hobby with a group of younger people getting into the MV hobby. If you have not checked out SteelSoldiers web site do so.

I'll dig out their URL address and also find their demographic page. My only lament with SteelSoldiers forum is that they don't use real names using web handles instead. Which for me takes away from the community feeling I have for MLU. But that may be a reality of younger generation and the internet.

But again thanks Lang, your next to the last paragraph gives me hope.

Cheers Phil

PS Link to SteelSoldiers demographic https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...iers-users-age
General forum web address https://www.steelsoldiers.com

Also our big summer rally has seen growth in the last few years, with an infusion of people of younger people coming with thier kids.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Could we close this poll anytime soon??.....as I am slowly approaching the second biggest age group.....making the poll result totally useless

Alex

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Could we close this poll anytime soon??.....as I am slowly approaching the second biggest age group.....making the poll result totally useless

Alex

Lucky you. I am only a couple years from leaving the largest group.

[colin jones]

Now this is an interesting poll. Perhaps Hanno you could get it place it in a predominate place at the top of the forum so everyone can put their vote in considering how many are registered here. This is the first time I saw it.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello Colin, good point so I made this thread stick to the top of the page.

Hanno

[Kyler Hoffman]

I'm currently not even 20, very interested in WWII vehicles and related topics. I have found personally it is very hard to get any info on these topics, especially relating to local clubs/vehicles for sale. It was mentioned earlier in this thread that projects are more valuable than completed restorations. I'm not looking for a restoration, I'm just looking for a WWII jeep that's ready (or nearly ready) to go...

Also the local military vehicle club has a horribly outdated website and I don't know how to contact them to get into the group and talk. I do know that at the Abbotsford Agrifair there was VEMRA and some other local collectors, but I didn't go because I was in Normandy at the time Anyone able to help me here?