Experience tells me that you will never know what will be collectable in the future.
Look at a car designed and marketed to the young, upcoming women "on the go". And to make matters worse, the car was built on an outdated chasses in 1964, with body flex and steering geometry the made handling lame at best. But the car sold by the thousands because it happened to be the "sporty" car that everyone wanted at a non-sports car price, while the exact same chassis with different shaped sheet metal & trim, the Maverick, languished. Then along comes Carol Shelby - who made the Mustang into the Mustang Cobra. Even he stated that handling sucked, but he could deal with it since he was only making left hand turns. The facts that the Mustang appealed to the younger crowd, it was cheap and a well known racing figure managed to make the car go fast enough to win races set history in motion. Now I wonder if some of the tuner cars developed by street racers in their early 20s to mid 30's over the last decade or so will become collectable. We do tend to collect items that are tied to our fondest memories and everything is set in place to make this happen. BTW, my first Mustang - a 1966 model with 6 cylinder engine and C4 automatic transmission - cost me $500.00 and there was absolutely nothing wrong with the car. I bought it from my Dad in 1977, who bought it for my Mother in 1973 for the same $500.00. Te car would be worth about $8,000 today. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com http://www.kegkits.com/JABF/ 256-656-1924 -----Original Message----- From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of relng...@aol.com Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 9:48 PM To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Another engine swap car This thing will NEVER be a classic or collector car so rest easy. http://blog.webridestv.com/2009/04/22/24-hours-of-lemons-metro-gnome-on-the- loose/ RLE ************** The Average US Credit Score is 692. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221421330x1201417418/aol?red ir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=62&a mp; bcd=AprilAvgfooter424NO62) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://okiebenz.com/pipermail/mercedes_okiebenz.com/attachments/20090424/64 809102/attachment.html> _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2077 - Release Date: 4/23/2009 7:21 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.4/2077 - Release Date: 4/23/2009 7:21 PM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
