This was a recurring discussion at the convention, how to get younger folks involved in the club.
At the convention dinner it was clear that the membership average age is closer to 70 (or more) than 60.
While a lot of the members still run the 235/261 era engine - the last once of these rolled off the GM assembly line before I was in grade school.
Locally they are nearly impossible to find, the 250/292 are also as hard to find here.
Personally I have little interest in the original series and while I did build a 292 for my GMC - it made way for a 4200 which is a vastly improved engine in my books.
By the way my 292 had quite a bit of usage over the past 2 month... It was the 292 engine Tom used on the dyno.
Guess what I'm trying to get at here is - unless the club as a whole either can find younger folks who are interest in the old technology its going to be a tough go.
One of the older gentlemen at the open board meeting got it right - either we adapt and embrace the new technology even as a retro-fit - or the club is in trouble.
Ok I'll get off the soap box and let others comment.
