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I am currently an outsider soon to join the club. I currently have 4 outboards that are 50+ years old and I other collections that are 50+ years old and I would consider all my collections antiques (except for my wife of course….oh better say I don’t own her either). Ok is she still standing behind me ? I believe that the term antique should be any motor that is 50 + years old so it is a moving target, this will allow the club to grow, it gives proper prominence to the motors and just makes sense. As another member put it time does not stand still we are all aging as are our collections. The term classic is proper in my humble opinion for motors that are 30+ years old. And I think a new term should be developed for motors over 75 or even 100 years old as a heritage class. After all every motor out there has some DNA linkage to the 1st outboard which I understand to be a Waterman motor. Should these motors not be the apex of the hobby? This system would allow the motors to age with dignity and ever increasing value as well as open the doors for new members in a perpetuity. Just my opinion.