Date:         Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:32:10 -0400
Reply-To:     Howard.Allen@FAIRCHILDSEMI.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Howard Allen <Howard.Allen@FAIRCHILDSEMI.COM>
Subject:      Re: in the year 2015......
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It takes a special kind of car to maintain its place in society's
collective memory.  As society ages though, so does the collective memory.
Look at the place the lowly VW bug has, it will likely always be around.
Now compare that to a same year Ford Falcoln.
I believe the beloved VW bus will be around for just as long and for the
same reasons, but the Vanagons don't have that history/appeal so probably
not.

Cars like the British sports cars will always be around because of their
relative rarity and classic status.  Same with the classic British,
Italian, German bikes.  But the Asian superbikes of the early 70's, with
few exceptions, are thrown into the junk piles with regularity despite
their technical merit and superiority.

Best Regards
Howard Allen
S. Portland, Maine

Owner - 1984 GL Vanagon, 1973 Triumph Spitfire, 1976 Honda CB750K6, 1975
Honda CB400F, 1987 Plymouth Reliant (daily driver), 1984 Dodge Rampage
("trucklet"), and 1971 Dodge B100 (B.U.V.) Big Ugly Van for sale $100.