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Originally Posted by Hatterasguy
Cars that tend to go up in value are the cars that you wanted when you were 13, than when your older and have money you go buy one.
This is why muscle cars are so hot right now, that age bracket that grew up not really being able to afford what they really wanted now can.
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Generally speaking, I would tend to agree with you.
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This is also why pre war cars are now close to worthless, because that generation is mostly dead and only die hard collectors want a 1940 Buick or a Model A.
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So I might finally be able to afford a Model A now? Cool. I saw one in the paper today but they didn't list an asking price. It appeared to be original/unmodified.
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So ask yourself this, when you were in HS or younger which cars did you and your friends lust after? Or these days play in video games?
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300SDL (W126), '69 Hemi Roadrunner, pretty much anything else fast, V8, and Mopar dating from about 1963-1971, first gen Camaros, mid 90's M5, 49-50 Mercury and Ford, 55-57 Chevy, 32-34 Ford, Cummins Ram, late 60s-early 70s GM A bodies.
My dream garage at age 18 would have had a '70 Buick GSX Stage 1 455 (four speed of course) parked next to my '70 Hemi Cuda (lime green or maybe purple and of course a four speed), parked next to my '69 Hemi Roadrunner (dark green and four speed). Then for long trips, maybe about a '69 Polara, perhaps with a 440, and a Harley thrown in for good measure. And I was born in '78. Yes I am weird.
My tastes have changed a bit in the intervening 16 years. I still like all those old cars (maybe not the Harley so much), but I'd rather have a 911 than most of the cars I just listed. Might be a tough call with the Roadrunner though.
Just a thought: There's a guy where I work who has a 50's T-Bird (cool) and a 30's Packard (sub-zero) in good condition. He's older than me, but he isn't THAT much older than me.