How old before "vintage" sticks?

[Diogenes]

... It's widely known as one of the worst cars Ford ever produced...

Are you serious?!! I think the Maverick was one of the better vehicles Ford put out in the 70s. I had a '75 Granada... that was ***** as was that factory colon-extrusion with a 'Mustang' name-badge. And how can the Pinto be forgotten? The Pinto had a decent motor but it was like the Chevy Vega in that it practically started rusting on the showroom floor.

Anyway. To me vintage is age dependent. Something can be vintage but not necessarily desirable or collectible.

 

[oldrookie]

So my '83 Peavey is vintage if old enough and deemed desirable enough by some external decision maker?

I'm old enough to want to cough up a hairball at the idea of something from the '80's as vintage.

And the Maverick, the Pinto, the Granada and the Mustang of the late '70's-early '80's were all an embarrassment to civilized society. Of course, so were most other cars of that era.

 

[MisterMagician]

Vintage = fashionably out of style

 

[Jazz Ad]

I'd like to agree with your definition but can JBs be quoted as out of style when almost half of the basses have this shape?

 

[MTMTEX]

Motor vehicles can be registered as vintage if they are 25 years old or older. I have always applied that time frame to also include instruments. Though I admit 1985 and older doesn't seem especially old to me as far as far as instruments go.

 

[rockstarbassist]

Motor vehicles can be registered as vintage if they are 25 years old or older. I have always applied that time frame to also include instruments. Though I admit 1985 and older doesn't seem especially old to me as far as far as instruments go.

You stfu with that garbage!!!


*points to sig*

 

[MTMTEX]

You stfu with that garbage!!!


*points to sig*

Yeah ok maybe if its one of those junky Spectors.

 

[rockstarbassist]

Yeah ok maybe if its one of those junky Spectors.

I almost wish it wasn't that old- I abhor the "vintage" label. *facepalm*

 

[stratovani]

So my '83 Peavey is vintage if old enough and deemed desirable enough by some external decision maker?

I'm old enough to want to cough up a hairball at the idea of something from the '80's as vintage.

And the Maverick, the Pinto, the Granada and the Mustang of the late '70's-early '80's were all an embarrassment to civilized society. Of course, so were most other cars of that era.

As long as you don't include the Dodge Dart. I had a '74 with a Slant 6. Indestructible. It took my ex-wife running through a stop sign and smashing into another car to kill it!

Sorry if I hijacked the thread a bit, but I simply had to get that in!

 

[mikeswals]

Vintage is really supposed to describe something that is both old and good.


For example:
1970 Dodge Charger: Vintage
1970 Ford Maverick: Not vintage

No. That would be collectible and not collectible, or to most, desirable and not desirable.
But vintage is just 'old' or 'how old'.

 

[johnk_10]

i always thought of the ford maverick as a replacement to the ford falcon, and i still like both of those cars (my first car was a 1960 falcon) - of course, my father and i rebuilt a 289 and dropped it in it so i could beat all the boss 302's and z28's in a 1/4 mile )

 

[Webtroll]

If you want to talk about crappy Fords you need to bring up the Fairmont and Pinto. To be fair there were a lot of crappy cars built back then. I had an old pale yellow Subaru that while it could not be killed (yes the car was undead) it was a total wreck on wheels. And that's without a single dent. It looked ugly, took the better part of a week to go 0 to 60 (downhill), and would shudder if a bicyclist rode past. Come to think of it the Fairmont I drove in High School was also a faded yellow color...

 

[guroove]

Vintage doesn't have as much to with how old as it does with when or what year it was produced.

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[kcole4001]

Old is not necessarily good.
Case in point: there is a Pinto 2 dr wagon still fully operational (and yes, roadworthy) in my town, and dude even drives it in the winter (must have a lot of very good undercoating!), but no one is beating down his door with offers to buy it.

I've seen plenty of old guitars that were just that: old. Not better because of their age, they were still lesser specimens than many, and I've seen plenty of new guitars that are better than many because of construction technology advances.

I don't think that age imparts some magical quality to any instruments, if they're exceptional they were exceptional from the day they were assembled.

 

[Diogenes]

If you want to talk about crappy Fords you need to bring up the Fairmont...

I forgot all about the Ford Fair-amount-of-work. Thanks for the impending nightmares.

 

[MisterMagician]

I'd like to agree with your definition but can JBs be quoted as out of style when almost half of the basses have this shape?

"Out of style" is really only a state of mind thing when it is in-fact actually in-style.

Being hip isn't supposed to make sense.

 

[Floyd Eye]

I like to think pre-80, because I have a hard time of thinking of stuff from the 80s as vintage, but I'd agree that pegging it to a year requirement is probably the best way to characterize it technically, so 25+ years.

True, though there are exceptions. An 81' Les Paul Heritage certainly qualifies as vintage in my book. Generally though I think the 70s is the earliest decade I would consider vintage.

 

[blackbass54]

I would say that vintage should be at least 25 yrs. but was very desireable then, and they "bring it back". In that case vintage would be an "oldie but goodie".

 

[johnk_10]

how about those funky chrysler 'K cars' to go along with the ford fairmonts?

 

[Jonyak]

I always applied it to thing 25 years or older, and generaly with quality.

I don't associate quality with alot of 80's guitars, or even 70s fenders. I remember in the 90's the 70's and 80's fenders were often considered junk, and sold really cheaply, now not so much. funny how things change.