its not the clone thats the high water mark it the 4000 actual LS-6'S that bring crazy money and its very easy to see why.. it is a monster, Hemi class.. I think these young guys who buy these new (and great ) muscle cars will be shock as they depreciate like day old bread , while I enjoy my loud, torquey old muscle car thats like money in the bank .. with care it will be worth what I paid and put into it or more when and if I sell .. its not numbers matching stupid barrett/jackson stuff which is a gamble, just a great muscle car built the way I wanted
I LOVE chevelle ss's, especially 70', actually I love all 1970 muscle cars, they were all pretty much better than the year before and obviously better than the year after, lol... (with the exception of the z28, 69 is a tough year to beat), but to me the 70' coronet RT hemi car is the end all to all muscle cars, 1 year only, super rare, fast, comfortable, marketable, and just plain bad ***..
ANYWAY, here is what I see..
Mopar is now getting some aftermarket and repopping love, you can NOW build a fuel injected, aluminum head, stroker 440, with a roller cam for under 6K, years ago that would have been a $20K motor, lol... Now you can buy hemis in crates for $14K, and 98% of the 68-70 b bodies and 70-74 e bodies are repopped (and them are mopars claims to fame, them 2 bodies in the years and the hemi mill, thats it...
SO as others have said, something is happening to the guys that appreciate these cars...
1-getting older, sorry, its true, I am 35 and in most of my similar age friends, they could give a **** about the late 60's early 70s muscle, and my kids who are 15-17 have interest because I am into it, BUT are more interested in Diesel pickups and jeep wranglers...
2-NEW CARS ARE BAD ***, I dont care who you are the new challenger, vettes, camaros, mustangs, are ******* insane, we are going to have turn key, pump gas, traction controlled, paddle shifting, well handling, muscle cars breaking 1000HP and lasting for 200K miles in a few years, for $70K!!!!!!!!!!!! So if you were buying a muscle car to have muscle? Guess what, I had an 800hp caddy lol, a 4 door that stock vs stock was faster and controlled better than any car made before 2005, lol...
3-like I said, the parts are cheaper and easier to find new and repopped, that makes the old stuff worth less, and as the cars get cheaper to build, they are cheaper to buy...
4-ATTENTION, her is how I know the muscle car era is dying, go to a car show or cruise night, if you can find them, I remember not that long ago, I finished my first chevelle SS, it was a big block but a clone, I did 100% of it myself, so was proud of it, there was a cruise night EVERY wed, thru, fri, sat, and sun morning during the spring, summer, fall... And car shows almost every weekend with in driving distance... NOW, there is a cruise once a month, and the shows are scarce, normally just big ones.. I blame this on the values, guys think their cars are worth as much as their house so they dont want to take them out...
5-amount of cars for sale on the market, when the economy was booming, people bought them up, now they have the "I DID IT< ITS SITTING IN THE GARAGE COLLECTING DUST AND TAKING UP SPACE< PUT IT ON EBAY", its that simple, now the economy is just so so, and people can use the money, plus dont forget the investers that unload now and then!!! that kills the market, i know a gun in NY just put 30 cars on the market, he lists them all over the country and makes them look like they are private owner, but they can all be seen in NY, lol...
So the only thing we have going for us is the fact they arent making any more, lol.. And what does that matter when no one wants to buy them, lol..
I will admit, jumping in my 2ss camaro and blasting around a bit, is just as much fun as jumping in the 69z28. I have a few cars, and I drive them, and the ones I restore, i drive and show for a season then sell in most cases, I keep the cream of the cream, most of which I bought restored, because its hard to find a yenko or copo unrestored, lol... I am jus being honest, don't jump down my throat for this, but the chevys for some reason get MORE attention than the mopars, I am not sure why, but I bring my ls6 chevelle to a show, and its FLOCKED OVER, my uncles parks next to me in his 68 GTX (car is BAD ***, power nothing, radio delete, 440, dana, just a race car, and a really good color, with the pistol grip and road runner horn, lots to look at in other words), and he says it all the time, what do they see in that chevy. They are walking buy a 68 gtx race car!!! Then forget IT if I bring the dZ Z28 out, hugger orange, its a whore for attention, lol...
It doesnt stop me though, I still have my list to follow, and 1970 v code super bee hemi orange (hopefully done by mid summer this year), 70 plum crazy rt (will be done this winter), and the future 1970 Convertible R/T Hemi clone, since the guy who owns the real ONE (LOL) isnt in the market to sell it and that car will probably be 2 -3m if he did want to sell it, I am going to clone the car, EXACTLY...
ALL THAT SAID, I appreciate and love them all, you like what you like and thats all that matters, **** the value, if its something you want, buy it for what it costs and enjoy it, getting too hung up on resale value takes some of the joy out of it (I should know, my mind wont let me forget about money, so i am always paying attention to it)....