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Just curious but who in their right mind would suggest that a Malibu convert with a LS6 drivetrain, which is what this car more than likely started out as, would be worth 150k..today, tomorrow or ever??? I think if you feel this way you are living in "dream land" and forgetting that this market, much like other recent markets, isn't the "norm" but a historical annomoly..If you don't feel the prices will recind once this market goes away, I suggest you go back and look at prices in the late 1980's..LS6 cars were selling for 90-100k then for restored cars...So if the market never reverts back and prices do not go backwards then why is it only now, some 3-4 years into this latest market that LS6 prices are at the same level?

Isn't this one of the biggest problems with Chevrolet musclecars in the first place...no way to truly document the cars except paperwork.If you accept that technology consistently allows the manufacture of things to improve, and the discrepancy between an original and a repro to get closer...isn't it only a matter of time before the paperwork "manufacured" today gets to the point where it can't be detected?? Look at it this way...15 years ago most people in this hobby could tell repro parts from NOS..whether they were emblems, door handles, carpet, etc..Now as a result of technology the repro parts aren't nearly as detectable..and in most cases if you put a repro part in an original box, they are indectable...Paperwork is sure to follow. Since of the "big 3" GM really didn't include engine or option info within the serial number of the cars...some exceptions noted as the serials are known...the greatest area for abuse is from a GM car.

Therefore in my opinion in another 10-15 years most buyers of these cars, will not be willing to pay more for "original" as at that point the possibilty of buying a real car will have greatly demenished. Unfortunatly these cars were mass produced and were not destined to be collectible in the 1st place...