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Originally posted by TurboDiverArt
Hope that slow a$$ 396SS comment wasn't aimed at me?
Hemi Cuda's don't have bowties? That's true but doesn't have any effect on me selling a Buick either.
Originally posted by TurboDiverArt
Hope that slow a$$ 396SS comment wasn't aimed at me?
There have been some really excellent points made in this thread. I, for one, don't believe TRs will ever command the $$$ of the late 60s/early 70s musclecars:
1. Still a fair number of very low miles examples owned by folks who would otherwise be collecting butterflies. This inventory is not likely to be depleted anytime soon.
2. The 80's sucked large, so who wants to remember them?
3. Turbo V6s have limited appeal. They really are an odd, niche car. For example, don't expect HEMI collectors to jump into TRs anytime soon.
So, my advice is, drive 'em and enjoy 'em. Don't put them in a mayonnaise jar, and don't gut them for racing. Drive them and enjoy them - which is the essence of their appeal anyway.
Couldn't of said it any better. Cause that's what I bought mine for to enjoy. Miles = Smiles!!!!
In the 50's, my brothers used to buy model "A's" at a nearby auction for between $40 and 75, then sell them at a small profit. As I grew older I saw those old cars being bought by guys older than me. Guys that got laid for the first time in one of those back seatsGuys with memories that these cars brought back to them in their middle and old age (when they had the bucks to build a hotrod or restore a vintage car their folks used to drive.)
A few years ago those pre 1940's cars were selling for very high prices. Now, they are not bringing half what they brought. Why? Because those guys are rapidly dying off. I don't share their memories with the cars and couldn't care less about owning a pre 1940's car.
We are in the hayday of interest for the post 1950 through early 1970's cars right now. Interest will wane for all but the most sought after cars of that group. Guys who lived their teen years in the 1950's and early 60's have high interest in the 1950-1973 cars now. When their mid life passes into old age, these cars will peak in value just like the model A and model T did.
I expect the same cycle of depreciation, and then, a renewed interest in our TR's and TTA's as a younger generation hits middle age. When you see interest wane a bit on the pre 1980's cars is when interest will peak for our cars.Its a few years away....
My two cents on this issue.![]()
In the 50's, my brothers used to buy model "A's" at a nearby auction for between $40 and 75, then sell them at a small profit.
A few years ago those pre 1940's cars were selling for very high prices. Now, they are not bringing half what they brought. Why? Because those guys are rapidly dying off.
Who would have thought that the first gen camaro's would be so valuable, and what makes them so??? It's certainly not due to limited numbers. Chevy made them by the millions!!! and there are still 10's of thousands of them around, but they're still fetching high $$$ compared to their orignal cost (which was relatively low even for their time)
Like the LS6 Chevelle's. Saw won go over the auction block a few months back for over $140,000Give me a break! There just aint no Chevelle in the world worth that kind of money, but somebody just had way more money than sense! Course, the pretty girl hanging on his 60+ year old arm, egging him on probably had something to do with that
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Bottom line, if you are going to restore a car, restore it cause you love it, not to make money (cause you probably won’t make as much as you think)…
In the early 80's you could get almost any 70's muscle car dirt cheap, now you are seeing that same trend with 5.0's, iroc z's and TR's but for a different reason. people didn't sell off their muscle cars cause the didn't realize potential. It was the gas prices. I don't think the two situations are comparable. The cars aren't getting cheaper cause of fuel prices cause thats not a big issue with Fuel injection cars.
They (chevy sheep) all think they're Monte Carlos.![]()
These cars have a lot of appeal alright. To the African Americans as well!!! Black people love these cars.