Re: What is an Antique?

[20mercman]

quote B-Dittmar:

It has to change! I think that it need’s to be the age of the motor and not the year.
Thru my YouTube channel I get told at least 100+ times a year that the (AOMCI is not for me because my motor is not a antique)
You have to remember that people in there 30s ran motors from the 80s growing up.

Ben, I am totally in agreement with you. This does not make sense any more to keep a firm date. As the engineering advancements in motors has progressed, it is only logical that the club represent each generation or milestone in the industry. In another 30 years, we will still have motors that are 97 years old and not considered "Antique" unless we make changes. Your contacts with the general public should be a wake up call to the club that we may be missing out on membership by what is in reality a slight of perception. This is also why we need to add to the number classes, as we are not experiencing the "Classic" group of motors is growing each year, but the "Antique" class can never get bigger. Certainly the vast majority of the members I talk with and the discussions on the forums deal with "Classic" motors. No slight to the antique fans, just that is reality.

Steve