Another former car of mine went for big bucks. - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

Tony H · #1 11-11-2020, 11:54 PM

Had a 71 Toyota Celica years ago. Ca car, perfect condition. Here's one (the only one I have ever seen for sale) went for $27,000 on BAT. If only I would have kept it for 40 years.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1971-toyota-celica-2/?utm_source=transactionalemail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bat_watched_listing_ended

vwnate1 · #2 11-12-2020, 12:14 PM

I remember these being wildly popular when new and for decades used...

Fun good drivers .

Tony H · #3 11-12-2020, 10:43 PM

I would never thought they were collectable. I have owned several "pedestrian" vehicles over the years that became collectable and valuable-like early 4 runners and Toyota 4wd trucks.

vwnate1 · #4 11-12-2020, 11:18 PM

Yeah, I hear that ~ I used to own a tired but complete and driving 1948 VW Beetle......

Only the engine had been changed .

I'm told it's worth a lot of $ now, back in the 1970's I paid about $3K for it including hipping and importing from England .

Times change, the hipsters decide what's cool and suddenly the price quadruples .

t walgamuth · #5 11-13-2020, 12:00 AM

My old 59 Ferrari GT 250 PF coupe that I bought with a buddy in 1990 for the price of a small fixer upper at that time, put that much into it again, and sold in 2008, for enough to cover a nice medium sized home at that time to a fellow in England.

I think he used it to make a rare clone of a Vignale bodied racing car (which looks a bit like a fine Italian bodied Henry J) from the Carrera pan Americana.

A couple sold a few years ago for over a mil, but were fully restored and mine was a #3 driver quality needing an engine rebuild. The market has softened now and they are back to a medium sized house today.

Tony H · #6 11-14-2020, 01:26 AM

I guess even if you had a crystal ball you would need to store and maintain the vehicles for years or decades. I have never purchased a vehicle as an investment.

t walgamuth · #7 11-14-2020, 07:27 AM

I try to purchase things that hold their value. It reduces the sting on sale.

Now and then a person can get lucky.

oldsinner111 · #8 11-14-2020, 10:23 AM

thats rare early jap cars were rust buckets. Loved those road in one quick

vwnate1 · #9 11-16-2020, 09:44 AM

Worrying about what it's worth after I'm done with it never crosses my mind ~ I buy to use and enjoy .

Look at all those low mileage Corvettes that are selling for little or no profit now, they could have enjoyed them but no....

Tony H · #10 11-16-2020, 10:59 PM

Someone at work had to have a new Corvette. They drove to Ky to pick it up with great fanfare. A year later they were tired of it and sold it.

Autoputzer · #11 11-17-2020, 11:38 AM

That Celica is valuable because it's a survivor and rare. Just about every other '71 Celica has been crushed into a cube that was dropped into the blast furnace. Except for the rub strips, the previous owner went to some effort to keep it original.

I look up the KBB values of my cars on the anniversaries of their purchase. My 2007 Chevy Cobalt SS has occasionally gone up in value a few hundred dollars from the previous year. It's not because of any collectability, though. There's a shortage of used cars now, especially cheap ones.

Tony H · #12 11-17-2020, 12:19 PM

Agreed. I have not seen one in I don't know how long.
Even when I had it there were few around. I liked Toyotas and it was "kind" of sporty. I would not have expected them to become collectable just like my '71 Toyota pickup I used to own. Some vehicles just fade away but some are desirable for some reason. And I think some collectors are speculating. I guess I will need to add it to my vehicle list.

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Originally Posted by Autoputzer

That Celica is valuable because it's a survivor and rare. Just about every other '71 Celica has been crushed into a cube that was dropped into the blast furnace. Except for the rub strips, the previous owner went to some effort to keep it original.

I look up the KBB values of my cars on the anniversaries of their purchase. My 2007 Chevy Cobalt SS has occasionally gone up in value a few hundred dollars from the previous year. It's not because of any collectability, though. There's a shortage of used cars now, especially cheap ones.

Autoputzer · #13 11-17-2020, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Tony H

Agreed. I have not seen one in I don't know how long.
Even when I had it there were few around. I liked Toyotas and it was "kind" of sporty. I would not have expected them to become collectable just like my '71 Toyota pickup I used to own. Some vehicles just fade away but some are desirable for some reason. And I think some collectors are speculating. I guess I will need to add it to my vehicle list.

Toyota trucks, especially Land Cruisers, are gold now. Toyota of Bubbaville's building used to be a supermarket. They have enough space in their showroom for the owner's collection of vintage Toyota trucks.

Tony H · #14 11-17-2020, 09:01 PM

I have owned (and own) several 4WD Toyota trucks, Early 4Runners and a '71 Hilux that have greatly increased in value by the BAT gauge. Of course I would have to have had some kind of insight to keep and store them so it's mostly entertainment. A Toyota Hilux went for over 20k a bit back. I drove mine until it died then parked it on our property back in the forest. But it was a rust free Ca truck-just not worth anything to me. I wanted to make a trailer out of it but it was so full of ants, bees and mice nests by time I got to it I just hauled it away.

my83300cd · #15 11-17-2020, 09:31 PM

The engine out of my 375k 300cd is now powering a Toyota 4x4...