Yup, the tractor hobby will die, just like the sports car hobby died... oh wait it didn't.
Back in the 80's when computers and fuel injection became common, everyone thought that those cars would be impossible for the average owner to work on or 'tune'. Now 20 years later those cars seem simple by comparison and are becoming popular again because of their simplicity. The difference is the demographic that is collecting them. Keep in mind that the 30-40 year old person who will be collecting that 2008 tractor may not have been born yet. That collector will have a different skill set for tinkering than the collector of a 1948 tractor.
It's just an evolution of interest. Take the Internation 2-Cylinder Club (for John Deere collectors), they are revampting their content to cover the "next generation" of tractors (from the 1960s). This is when the next generation of collections grew up.
Interest will rise and fall in collecting, just as disposable income does. Right now it is falling for that reason. No, it will never be the same, but nothing ever is...
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