Future collectables

[All American Racer]

This is going to go over like a fart in church but here it goes. Until recently I couldn't stand rice burners. That stupid loud pipe and the bling bling tail lights sitting on top of 94inch wheels that keep turning when the car is stopped...blah. However, as much as I still hate them I have found respect for the kids who build them. Think about it. These young people are doing the same thing we did at their age. We took the family cruiser, jacked it up, fattened the tires, flipped the air cleaner, and put little mufflers on it. All the time guys in their 40's shook their heads at us. I guess this is my roundabout way of saying that the collectable car market of the future may not lie in Camaros etc. It may just be in a 6 cylinder Honda or a Supra with some unique trim package. I can't stand the thought of it either guys but it just may be the truth. Marc

[70 copo]

AAR,

I have to agree. The Honda VTEC is the small block chevy of this period in time. This is a fact- Of the cars that I drive, my modified Honda gets the most attention when out on the street, and reminds me of the stir that my 69 Camaro Pace car caused 15 years ago.

Guess I own the best of the past and the present.

Phil

[hvychev]

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1999 Z/28 1LE (last year of 1LE option, who can resist 1LE combined with LS1? 74 made)


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Check this out. Scroll down to the last car.

http://www.mtnhmweb.com/trmclassiccars.asp

This used to belong to a friend of mine and me. Kind of a cool story. I actually found this car on my dealerships used car lot! My general manager was bitching up a storm at the used car manager and said "Why the hell did you buy a Z28 with no power windows or locks from the auction!" Like a dog my ears perked up and I said huh? A Z with no power windows and locks? Imediately I thought 1LE. I ran down the stairs and was repeating over and over it can't be, it can't be. When I swung the door open and looked at the parts identification label in the door my heart stopped. I went back in the store and said "Hey Eric don't worry about it....I will buy it." He just looked at me blankly and shrugged his shoulders. I bought it with my friend Bill and put it up for sale. The car sat for sale for ever and finally Chris from TRM bought it and it has just been sitting since...I am shocked. When I advertised it I even said it was the COPO of the future and would be worth big bucks someday. No bites. I have to say that car is fast and cool as hell! A true bare fisted street warrior!

Attached is a pic of it when I was in on it.

[hvychev]

Here is a pic of the parts label when we had it. If I could have I would have kept it!

[mmcporter]

Frank, it's a small world. I had noticed the car on TRM's site and was wondering why it wasn't selling. The interest in the later 1LE hasn't come to a full boil yet, I guess.

Morris

[Tenney]

'96-'97 Viper GTS (Blue/wht.). A Hennessey car being a poss. Yenko (er, Mr. Norms) equivalent?

Agree w/the Supra take, too. Fast and Furious stuff'll likely be big down the road.

[GMC_Typhoon]

Hmmm,anybody think the GMC Syclones and Typhoons will be collectable? The bone stock low mileage ones are few and far between.
I inspected a local 4k mile 93 Ty that sold for 28k

[camarojoe]

I think just about everything will have SOME sort of collectibility to someone... while certain cars undoubtedly have more of a following than others, it seems regardless of what make, model, etc. something is, there is a die-hard following out there that will be interested in pristine examples, as examplified by the 28k Typhoon you mentioned. Those were quick little trucks, and most of them have long since been wrecked, cut up, or rotted away... so yeah, I can see where an unmolested low-milage original would be worth alot to someone interested in them. Those were only made for a couple years, and there aren't that many left. Ever notice how whenever GM gets something "right" they stop producing it a year or 2 later?

[RLS_Jr]

Owned a syclone truck a few years ago was a fast truck. How about the 1990-1993 454 SS trucks. IMO

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Ron
1978 Bill Mitchell Turbo Camaro
1969 Chevelle SS 396
1970 Chevelle SS 454 LS-5
1970 Chevelle Conv.
1990 454 SS Truck
1996 Impala SS
2000 Corvette Conv.
1994 Corvette Conv.
1995 Camaro Z28 just bought