Cars needed for Collection

[rubbinisracing]

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Do the cars you want, have to be Rare? or just Nasty Nice

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Mike the cars I collect are based on a few principles:

1. Fiqure out how your gonna get out of it, before you get in it! While many times our plan doesn't include selling something we have wanted and waited for, things change and that time eventually comes. The thrill of searching for or building that special car is better than finally obtaining it (doesn't apply to cars with emotional involvement i.e. DarrenX33).

2.ALWAYS buy the BEST quality restored vehicle you can! Even if you do some or all of the work yourself, your time is worth something. Any body who has bought a car and paid for restoration knows its like building a house. You start with a budget but before its finished your 20% or more over.
You can't get the project from point A to point B for the difference.

3. NEVER EVER buy or build a Street Rod! These are built with a desire to be different, not to appeal to the masses. And they don't! Every auction I've been to has loads of these cars that guys have spent 90k on, and are now lucky to get 50k.

4.Always buy cars that have a history of collectibility, i.e 1970 chevelles. There were over 50,000 of the 396ss cars built and there value is steadily increasing. Tri five cars are another example.

5. Cars that have a long production run make the next generation aware of them and this creates a tie to early production. Mustangs, Camaro's, Firebird's and
Corvettes are all good examples. The short production run of the early GTO and a body style with no link to the past is the reason for the new GTO's poor showing.

6. Always buy limited production high horepower cars that sold well when they were new! If they were popular then, chances are good they be popular later.

Now go out and order your 06 Corvette ZO6 and 06 Shelby Mustang GT500.

Didn't mean to pontificate. Just wanted to answer your question completely and give some insight as to why I would want these particular cars.