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Old Cars? FWIW:
Remembering even further back in the late 1940's and 1950's, out front of people's houses for the garbage man were antique hand carved mahogany armoires, hand carved marble table top dressers with mirrors, large four (4) post teester beds with canopies and mosquito nets, ornate cast iron wood stoves, old ornate kerosene heaters, making way for the sleek horrible looking 1950's modern furniture which today is considered by many as pure junk.
Ornate Victorian houses and simple beautiful colonial period houses were torn down to be replaced with a ranch style brick veneer box with an unsightly out of balance large single glazed picture window out front and a tiny bathroom aluminum window right next to it.
Those driving pre-1940 cars were considered the poorest of the poor who could afford nothing else.
A person driving a Model A back then appeared about as respectable as a homeless person pushing a shopping cart full of blankets from garbage can to garbage can.
Then "wham"!
A new generation ...... old became precious .....prices for antiques skyrocketed ..... people started collecting ...... old was good ..... genealogy became interesting ...... black powder guns became popular ..... old fishing baits were like gold ..... Williamsburg, VA became interesting to visit ........ museums became interesting ........ the few antique cars that never made it to the wrecking yard started to reappear.
Appears those who respect their parents and ancestors always respect their children and grandchildren ...... those who do not ...... well, just look around for an education.
Let's keep it going.