> Subject: SD> RE SD Last Call!! '87 GLHS # 0567 AS IS $600.00 > > why not just store it until you can get around to repairing it. eventually > with all the strip it and junk it mentality a lot of guys sem to have, these > wonderful little rockets will be gone.
I totally agree! > prices will eventually climb to outta sight levels. you may be able to piece > together a clone car, but certain key parts are tough to find now, imagine > finding these parts 15 years from now. repops of parts will only happen if there is > a large enough need for them. we are seeing this now. > > this happened with muscle cars, it will eventually happen with these cars > too. especially the low production numbered cars. their prices will be the first > to climb. to all the naysayers out there this will happen it just takes time. > its all a waiting game. Sorry, but I don't agree on this one... even though I kinda wish it were true. Our cars will never be highly sought after except by us crazy people. Problems as to why they never got any recognition and never will? They were the sole FWD performer in a world still dominated by rwd and V-8's. Those people drove rwd and V-8's all their life and you cannot expect them to change their minds over night. The quality put into the cars of the 50's and 60's far exceeded these souped up, tin can, econo boxes as they would put it. Their's were simpler, but there was no plastic, thin gauge cheapy sheet metal, fake this and that trim at all.... and didn't run 12's and 13's right out of the box. I personally think the '86 and '87 GLH-S cars, '89 CSX-VNT, and the IROC R/T and Spirit R/T will attract mild collector car status, but never be on par with what we see in the muscle car world. Look at the performance cars of the 80's. '87 GN's are not out of sight yet, 5.0's can be had for a song and a dance, IROC -Z cars even worse (even the 350 version) and these attracted alot of attention over our cars. back in 1987 i could have purchased a barn fresh all > original 1968 Hemi road runner for $5,000. car was all original, all there, > numbers matching and was not modified in any way. it still needed a full > rotisserie restoration. i passed on it. restoring it was beyond my experience and > capability at the time back then. any of you priced a 68 Hemi runner lately??? oh > about $50K restored now. > $50k will get you a CLONE today. > all just need to be patient, and play the waiting game. a positive high > visibility in car crafting circles doesnt hurt either. taking your fixed up / > restored turbo cars to local car shows, or cruise nights can have positive effects > for us too. if people seem interested tell them about your ride. get > enthusiastic about what makes a turbo mopar so much fun. tell them the stats that these > cars can run at the drags if set up properly, give them some web addresses to > check out about our cars. granted car shows are a little boring compared to > dragging, but if it can gain us all awareness, then mebbe we all win. some on > this list like the obscurity of owning one of these cars. but seriously how many > of us now have 3 or even 6 or more cars because nobody else seems to take an > interest in them. obscurity = lack of parts availability in the future. > > mat > Now I totally agree with you here, Mat. Scraping the cars will not make the prices for them go up in value. Keeping them on the road and getting exposure will. And I mean nice examples, too. Not rotted out, trashed examples. Whenever I see a TD on the road or parked at a store, I try and track them down and let them know there actually is a following for these cars and give them some URL's to check out. Sadly, I find that about 99% of them never really care and are just using them to get their butt around town. Steve Mercier -----------------------REMOVE-FOOTER-WHEN-REPLYING---------------------------- Questions? Visit http://www.sdml.org/ To be removed, visit http://www.sdml.org/pages/leave.html
