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Originally Posted by Untamed
The baby boomers are retiring now, hence the resurgance in throw-backs. With most of them in the late 50's through late 60's now
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duuuude, that demographic is much larger than you realize. the BBs were from 1946 through 1964 (i'm a tail-ender 8)), which means just the very beginning Boomers have retired or are retiring... there are MANY more to come. 2009 is not too late, it would still see the infancy of the Boomers retiring...
what has drawn the throw-backs, as you call them (i just call them cool), is that MEN that grew up with these cars now have 6 figure jobs, the requisite wife (or just now divorced) and the 2.5 kids. they might not have a whole lot of discretionary income, but they do spend it. it's not that hard of an argument with the wife that your daily transportation lease is up and you want a muscle car. she's already got the minivan or the SUV or whatever soccer moms are driving now, so he can have his cake and eat it too.