A couple of points here......lol for the last 25yrs or so the pro street crowd has been treated like this by the "show rod" crowd......glad to see I am not alone anymore and will fit in just as well with the 39 [cl.
Second thing is while I am no spring chicken, the older rod crowd that have been running the shows/cruises forever are and have been cutting their own throats. JDDJ who is also a new member on here, has been DJ'ing alot of our local shows for them for along time (at least 15 yrs) and something we noticed a while ago is those guys are stuck in a loop....these guys are not getting any younger and frankly their numbers are dwindling but they refuse to accept that the younger crowd needs to be nurtured and mentored or "hotrodding" will die. Some of the specifics are not playing the same dang 50's music at all the events but play a range to include everybody's enjoyment plus make everybody feel welcome because its all the same in the end...... hotrod, ratrods, muscle cars, pro street and yes even tuners. I feel bad for alot of the younger guys because they are not getting the knowledge that us older guys gleened from hanging out in the parking lot and bench racing when we were that age and there is certainly almost no interacton at the shows/cruises.