It burns old farts but generally people are attracted to vehicles that are about the same age they are. I am not sure why that is or why I seem to be the only one to notice this. People with the traditional classics get put out when someone has something from the 80's or newer at a show, there is a big stigma that newer cars shouldn't even be allowed at shows. Good-Guys blew a lot of minds by opening it up to newer cars after slumping numbers... and the overall numbers boomed. Some say people bring the "newer junk" because they can't afford a classic. Others spout that stuff from the 80's is so cheap and easy to find in good shape that is isn't fair to have them judged with older classics. I was nice and didn't totally rip that dude's head off, I was putting a floor pan in my '85 at the time and the exterior body still needs.... everything. It is no small wonder that it is hard to get new members with younger iron interested in joining clubs and getting into the hobby.
IMO this is a huge problem with the scene
And then we wonder why kids are not really getting into it.
My car club started out as a Model A club. That was it. Now there isn't a single Model T in the club, the people that were into those died out, we might get 2-3 to show up at our 2-300 car annual car show. Time marches on, you didn't latch on to the same cars your father did so don't expect your kids to latch onto what you like. Most are 40's to 60's stuff now.
I like old stuff, I wouldn't trade my '85 for any of it though. I have the second newest vehicle in my club and it is 35 years old, the newest is a 2011 GT-500. Kids in newer Mustangs and whatever are everywhere... just doing their own thing.
The bottom is starting to fall out of antique tractors too. Now "the dang kids" have memories of riding on the fender of grandpa's 4020/806, not great-grandpa's A/M that stayed parked in the garage except for special occasions.
As a whole they don't, the doctors and lawyers that can afford a new 700hp muscle car don't use it. It idles from show to show while they prance around in jean shorts and new-balance shoes reciting how much power it has... that they will never use because if they did they would stain the seat. Once in awhile one gets a wild hair and takes out a crowd trying to show off though.