We presently have several real nice 4 eyes in the "Cars for sale". Looking at the prices is sort of depressing - mine included.
I have never been into car collecting & hot rodding for the money - it's all about the cars to me. This isn't a rant or complaining post - just a discussion because I am baffled by this.
I have had some good cars;
1971 Torino GT 429/C6
1967 Mustang Fastback
1967 Cougar XR7
1971 Camaro RS with a factory LT-1
1954 Chevy 210 2 door post with a rare full chrome package and skirts
1965 Chyrsler 300L 413/Torqueflite
these are just a few.
If you look our cars up on NADA Classic Cars for one example
Mine should be worth around $9700 - $10,000.
The 55K GT should be about 2 - $3000 higher
the 85 GT vert really should be worth 16 - $18,000
I spoke to a dealer this week who specializes in collectable Mustangs;
Seemed a decent honest guy. He absolutely agreed with what I am posting here. He also told me this "I can put a nice 4 eye like yours out here on this lot right next to a 87-93 and the aerostang will pull more money and sell faster". I completely fail to understand this.
I get it with 92 & 93 Summer Special Editions, 93 Cobras and other rare aero cars. Not that a 87-93 GT or 5.0 LX isn't a good car but for crying out loud these things about grow on trees if you look hard enough. He stated our cars have a definite strong following but they just don't sell as well. If you go to a collector auction it is not uncommon for an all original unmolested car to bring more $ than a very nice restoration that is a better car.
I have done alot of looking in the last 2 years. I of course don't have any hard numbers but do you guys realize how few original 4 eye performance cars there are left out there?
Including mine there are 6 85 GTs on Ebay, mine is the only unmolested car out of the bunch.
These are rather unique performance cars we have here. I have owned and been acquainted with alot of the older muscle cars. A 85 GT, Capri RS, 86 GT or Capri will, ride better, has near or better the performance, much better brakes, better handling, and is more comfortable than 95% of the 60s & 70s performance cars - they also get some pretty reasonable fuel mileage. They are much easier to live with on a day to day basis too. Of course you have to figure into this that alot of the mystique of the muscle cars back in the day is fantasy, the Boss 429 Mustang in street form wasn't that darn fast for what it was. 426 Hemis are an absolute PITA to live with and a 440 six pack car will run by it like nobodies business. I am old enough to remember these cars sitting on every car lot. You couldn't look around without seeing at least one close to you. I remember sitting in a parking lot with no less than 8 67-71 Camaros RSs Z28s, 7-8 Roadrunners, 4-5 Chargers RTs etc, 8 or so Mach 1s, GTs, GTAs, Challengers, Cudas, Cyclones, Rebel Machines & Hurst Ramblers, Superbirds driving down the street - you name it. I still remember a NICE 69 Hurst Olds W 30 sitting on a used car lot with $1800.00 on the windshield (yes the decimal is in the right place).
Our cars were the real resurgence of factory muscle and were the top of the heap in their day too - are we the only ones that know this?
Just kinda wondered what the rest of you thought about this.
I just kind of think it's all wrong - not for us owners - for the cars.
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