[TimG]

I think there's still room for hobbyist out there, you just have to pick and choose your car carefully. If you want an 11,000 mile Z28, you'll have to pay dearly for it, but if you want a nice '70 Z28, you can have one for a fraction of that price. A very nice one sold locally for $40,000 recently. There are deals if you look for them and are open to a variety of cars. If you're willing to take a marginal car up to nice standards, you can find a buy, also. There are lots of guys on this forum that have cars worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that are not opposed to buying a $20,000 car and having fun with it and making it a better car.
Heck, I bought a '72 442 on ebay not too long ago for under $10,000 and had a blast with it all summer. My wife drove it, it was the first car my youngest son ever drove, my other son would "sneak" it out for joy drives when I was working. I parked it right along side of cars worth 10 times what it was worth.
Charley, saw you "prodding" two bidders last night.