RE: Youth and VWs
Marks comments reminds me of an incident at a WetWesties gathering a couple
of years ago.  Two young guys, about 18 or 20, showed up in their fully
restored Splittie.  I asked them if they could explain to me why young
people would get into VW Buses that were made before they were born.  Their
answer was a complex mixture you can do your own work, parts are availalbe
and cheap, the people involved in the local VW community (big here in the
NW) and "it's fun".