This is about what I see too. I have a lot of varied interests. I'm an aviation buff, so I own an old plane. Vintage car buff, so I have a couple old cars. I' in my 60s, have 2 sharp and money stable kids. Neither of them show any interest right now in collecting anything. That bug doesn't hit until late 40s maybe.
The other thing that seems to be a factor - and this is going to sound a bit nuts, but vintage tractors are just about ownership, and not about doing anythingwith them. At Oshkosh and other events, we fly our planes in, and out, and we use them for transportation, as well as show and shine. At car shows, we mostly drive in, drive out, and at the cars and coffee meets most of them are regular use(many are not as well)
However, For the tractor folk, no one actually puts a blade in the ground, and does anything with the tractor. So - it's more about the ownership, restoration, and viewing, not so much the utility. I have only been to a couple of tractor events, and I've never ever seen an old tractor being used as a tractor. I have seen tractor pulls, which is a completely different side with most tractors having no relationship to farm utility anymore. Lets face it - going fast in vintage cars, and planes is fun. Mowing a field, or furrowing, or haying, or seeding isn't really that much fun.
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