Speedvision-Barret-Jackson GN comments

[Little6pack]

I just hope Jackson Barrett talking about GN's would have an effect on pulling our cars up in price..

For the lower money GN's & T's are selling for currently it is a good deal for someone who wants good car, with good speed.

As someone mentioned that 25 year is the magic time bullit or when enough parts & actual cars dry up.

Currently ebay alone has had from 12 to 25 GN/T's listed every week.

 

[mrstage1]

I thought it extremely cool that Brock, DeCadenet, Joy and I can't remember the other announcers name(he was a car collector "expert" I remember that much.) even mentioned the TR's. I ,for one, care less what they are worth. The cheaper the better. I might like to buy another or two. I kinda like the way it is now. The cars have excellent street cred(hip lingo there huh) and it seems like when I'm out in mine I get thumbs up from the knowledgeable guys and even some kids who freak cause he heard a story about those mysterious turbo Buicks and how badass they were, yet the cars are still reasonably affordable. Kinda like if having your cake and eating it too. Buy a desireable car but don't pay the serious wallet killing price to do so. I for one think the prices will stay fairly reasonable in the future. Your low mileage originals will skyrocket but I think a nice driver will stay attainable. Reason: New cars. The top motored musclecars got expensive and continue to get more expensive because they represent the end of an era and reached a pinnacle of performance and styling. Thumping big blocks are no more. If you want one, buy a 35 year old car and PAY for it. As for the TR's, they set a factory performance benchmark and were fairly limited in production. But, the performance benchmark is now climbing again. So, since the benchmark they set is close enough in years and technology( IE small displacement, high horepower) they've become more evolutionary in the performance picture since when production of TR's ceased factory performance did not wane. It kept on going higher. So what the TR's legacy really is, is a car that changed the face of performance cars for the future. TR's proved that a car could have a small engine and whup up on V8's too. That it was possible in the still weak days of performance in the 70's and 80's that a car could come along and remind people what power was like in the heyday of the musclecar era only do it more civilized with less emissions and get the gas mileage to boot. Plus, IMHO, TR's, GN's especially, looked mean as hell sitting there on the lot amongst all the boring front wheels drives on the car lot. I think the looks have as much to do with the way the TR's legend was formed as anything.

 

[GSX-PKV]

The cars that really sell are those that appeal to the buyers emotions. Cars older than the 50's (except street rods of course) appeal to potential buyers who are now in thier 80's... so there really is no market for those cars, except ultra rare ones. Musclecars are HOT because the people who had them or wanted them in their youth can afford to buy them now PLUS performance appeals to everyone.

I feel TR's will be appealing in the future to "kids who grew up in the 80's and 90's" who actually saw them on the street and strip. When those "kids" hit their mid forty's and have disposable income after their kids grow up, they will go after cars they admired when they were young and the obvious choice is TR's because of their nasty looks and performance which has become "legandary".

After watching the coverage last night, I agreed with many of you who posted that the announcers have no knowledge or interest in musclecars! They should have Reggie Jackson or Tim Allen be the color men when musclecars are on the block.

Just the fact those 4 Speedvision dopes we are stuck with are even aware of "those Buick Grand Nationals with the big turbos" proves that the TR's legend had reached beyond the knowledgeable musclecrowd! If the "powerfull" zero to 60 in 20 seconds, 125 horsepower British sports car crowd knows about the TR's prowess, that means everone knows and they may be sought after in the future like the 427/435 vette is now. Legendary performance and looks are what buyers seem to want.

Even though magazines like Hot Rice (oops I meant Hot Rod) now are pushing those cars, Rice is a goofy trend, so they may be as popular in the future as the conversion vans of the 70's are now.

 

[2QUIK6]

The GN comments were made before which car was auctioned?

I recorded it Thurs night but havent watched it, was going to watch in fast forward and only watch the cars I was interested in seeing