The two shows I am most familiar with seem to be stagnating or shrinking as
well, my local show, the Flatwater All British on the first weekend in
October had 65 cars this year on a beautiful, not a cloud in the sky, low 70
degree day. There was a time when we were in the 80s for cars. I am not
sure about the raw numbers for the Kansas City All British, but it does not
seem to be as big as it was when I started going in the late 80s, early 90s.
I have a number of theories for this.
1. Some of the LBC folks are getting too darn old to get out to these
events (if true not much we can do about it)
2. Events have stagnated, same location format each year after a dozen
years of going people decide the same old same old is not worth the trip.
(Can experiment with locations, formats, different activities, but a bit of
a crapshoot as some people will like the new, some not)
3. There is more going on in the LBC and classic car world, year round and
on the same weekend as the local clubs big show of the year. I know for our
show some regulars were halfway across the country at some MG show or
something, KC All British usually falls on the same weekend as local vintage
racing in Hastings, NE. Those are just some examples, point being, I could
be doing something LBC related for most any weekend somewhere withing a days
drive pretty much any weekend of the summer in my somewhat rural center of
the country location). (Point I am trying to make is there is much more
going on than maybe 15, 20 years ago, I would guess overall numbers of
people participating is up, but with more events individual attendence is
down, so not necessarily the demise of the hobby, it has just evolved).
Greg Lemon
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