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Anyone in the Wide World of Weber group on Facebook? There’s a huge trend today of people downsizing their collections of kettles. Mostly the old ones, 60’s and 70’s. Just thought it was odd.

Way more money than I’d give up for a kettle, but kind of wild how old these things are, and still in mostly decent shape.
 
Cody Bratton said:
Anyone in the Wide World of Weber group on Facebook? There’s a huge trend today of people downsizing their collections of kettles. Mostly the old ones, 60’s and 70’s. Just thought it was odd.

Way more money than I’d give up for a kettle, but kind of wild how old these things are, and still in mostly decent shape.
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That's pretty interesting. I think it is like any collector fad. Some people went in REALLY DEEP doing whatever it took to find just one more rare color or very early kettle. When you get to where you have dozens of them, what can you possibly do with them all? (Spoken by a man who has more kettles than he can cook on himself!)

I occasionally visit the Weber Kettle Club, and I have noticed that their level of activity seems to have cooled down somewhat.
 
Know what else is dying off? Motorcycles. Old collector bikes and all Harleys are dropping in value. Seems only people interested in them for most part was us boomers. Well guess what? We're all in our mid 60s to late 70s now and in many cases pre-occupied taking care of aging parents, grandchildren, or simply fighting our own ills or worse.....................being planted
For the most part the ones behind us just aren't interested anymore
 
Probably 60's and 70's as well. Hand crank windows and door locks and lack of Android Auto/Apple Car Play just isn't something most people are willing to deal with any more.
 
The vast majority of the well-preserved classic cars are in the hands of older baby boomers. As more and more will become part of estates, I think it is sadly true that there won't be enough next generation people interested in them enough to preserve them all - or to hold up their values. It will also become more and more difficult to find shops that have anyone who knows how to work on carburetors and other pre-electronic ignition issues.

I get a kick out of my '99 Dodge truck with no electric anything and a working cassette player :ROFLMAO:. It has been a hoot to dig out and listen to old college days cassettes and to actually use my arm to crank open the window!
 
Well, I suppose at this point, most of those old classics are simply collector cars now and won't be driven again or very little, so all the modern amenities are much less important. Also, the supply of these old cars is basically froze or in decline. Sure, a barn find here and there will get restored, but at the same time a few are destroyed every year as well. I imagine a large percentage of them burned up in the LA fires.
 
Bruce said:
Well, I suppose at this point, most of those old classics are simply collector cars now and won't be driven again or very little, so all the modern amenities are much less important. Also, the supply of these old cars is basically froze or in decline. Sure, a barn find here and there will get restored, but at the same time a few are destroyed every year as well. I imagine a large percentage of them burned up in the LA fires.
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I hadn't even thought of that, Bruce, but I would bet that is very true - along with exotic new cars. The repercussions of the LA fires for insurance companies are going to be devastating. Don't be surprised to hear about insurance company bailout requests...
 
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