They’re disappearing

[Pro Stock John]

Originally Posted by SupremeDeluxe

Yes, those Camaros seem to be nearly extinct. I remember in high school (1993-1997), there were still a lot of first-gen basic cars in the weekly Auto Trader and Tradin' Times. Going rate for a drivable car was $4-5K. I was poor and had a max of $2500 to work with on my best days. I wasted any money I could make on engineering school at Northwestern. Of course, all those cars had rust or rust repairs in the quarters and fenders by then (unkind Chicago climate), but they were drivable. Still never achieved 69 Camaro ownership 27 years later!

Who remembers the eager anticipation of going to 7-11 early on Thursday morning to get the new issue of Auto Trader??

I bought / sold a bunch of cars through the Tradin' Times and I used to look at Autotrader all the time. The cheapest car I ever bought was a '68 Chevelle 300 deluxe, I think I paid $400 for it. Six cylinder power glide 2 door. My buddy still has it he's of course put a small block in there.

Those days are gone because the cars got fixed up or just plain rusted out. I picked up a '69 Nova SS former drag car for about $600, the gas tank was held in by the straps that went over some conduit lol. This was in 1991 and already the car was very rusty. Good times.