Each One , Teach One & Keep the Kulture Alive

While walking around the Mobtown Greaseball show and taking in all the sights, I ran across this scene, a father teaching his son about cars and the Kulture.

It got me thinking about how important it is that those with knowledge and passion of the Kulture  pass it on, or it will just fade away.
So many times people are so wrapped up in just owning their car or bike that they forget how impactful just seeing it can be to the next generation or other people in general . Many of us are into the Kulture because of seeing or hearing, or riding in, or being around one car or bike or group that triggered our desire to own an old piece of American iron, or become a Kulture Artist or whatever.

How often do we forget that the hot rod Kulture can be a family affair. Sure its fun to hand with your buddies, shoot the breeze and talk shit, but what about passing the torch. Most kid's knowledge of cars today stop at what they learned from watching The Fast and the Furious or from the latest video racing game. Why not bring the kids out to a show to see the Kulture, or how about just inviting your kid to come out to the car or bike while your fixing it or just tinkering with it. Your passion and knowledge may just help the future generation love and appreciate the old iron and keep it going.

Don't let your knowledge or willingness to pass it on end there either. Share it with others too. A great example of this was my running into the guy who owns this driver 60 el camino. I was in the parking lot checking the car out, snapping a couple of pics and thinking how nice is was to see this rough el camino being used as it was intended. I also thought how cool it was that I was out driving my 84 el camino and we were both just in this random thrift store parking lot at the same time. How often do you run into a 1st generation and last generation el camino without being at a cruise-in or show.

  As I was checking out the car, the owner came out of the store. We shot the breeze for a minute, and I asked him if it was a 59 or 60. He explained to me that is what a 1960 and that the way to tell was that the 1959 had a flat rear quarter panel , not a raised one and that the rear fins came down the rear hatch more, as well as the lights on a 59 were more cat's eye shaped in-line with the fin shape as opposed to the 1960 having the round rear lights and shorter fins.

 Here is a perfect example of somebody taking the time to teach, rather that just mumble hello and jump into the  car and drive off.

Now because of his quick 5 minute lesson I know more about the cars I love, my passion grew a bit deeper and I can quickly tell a 1959 from a1960.  Here I am a 40-something year old guy being taught more about the Kulture that I live and love every day. So imagine how much we could teach the next generation let alone others who want to know or have an appreciation for our old car or bike.

Maybe next time when a kid or somebody else comes up to you and says " hey nice car/bike, what year is it"  we can remember to take an extra minute and teach a little, rather than saying " yeah thanks" and driving off. You never know what fire you can set with just one spark of knowledge and sharing.