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The elite Muscle is still highly sought after with a greater number of credible buyers than cars. It is the cobbled together clones, plain Jane and half-baked Muscle that has plummeted in value. The demand for ZL-1s, LS-6, Yenkos, W-30s, 68-69 HOs, Stage-1 and RAIV Judges and 69 TA’s etc…will always completely outpace supply. Those cars if QUALITY, REAL and DOCUMENTED will only continue to increase in value regardless of economic conditions.
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I agree, except I would leave the 68/69 Hurst/Olds out of that equation, they aren't in the same league as the other cars you mentioned.
One of the things that really effects the value of a particular car is the quality of the restoration. Some local hack shop restoring a rare car actually lowers its value, verses a properly done restoration, using all original parts (not the Taiwanese repro stuff that permeates the hobby today), and using knowledgeable restorers familiar with the actual make and model of the particular car. The quickie resto, by a local hack shop, is what many of the auction cars are today.
The other factor I've noticed is that a car with low mileage, when that car has been repainted multiple times, doesn't garner the premium is used to. I believe the logic here is that if the car has been repainted, body panels and interior removed for a quickie restoration, the low mileage factor no longer warrants the huge premium they used to back around 2006.
Cars such as what Colin Comer has, that have original paint, are going to continue to climb in value.
