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Old 08-29-2005, 04:22 AM
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Default Re: $5 Million Dollar HEMI CUDA Convertible!!

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We shall see what the 4-door hemi car brings at the randworkman auction.

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Regarding fine art . . . it's not a good comparison. Art is universal. Musclecars are cultural. Who likes musclecars? Americans and Canadians, people from Oz, some from Scandinavia, a few from the UK, and that's about it. Sure, the supply of Hemicuda ragtops outstrips supply, and that's why they're going for so much. But do you really think they can be equated to fine art? Sorry, but I'll take 10 gullwings before I pay that much for a Mopar with the build quality of a Yugo.

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You cant really compare art to musclecars. Art is an expression of creativity by one person, that is then valued by others, usually long after the artist is dead. Musclecars were assembly line, manufactured pieces of machinery that are worth more in an intrinsic fashion as some type of time machine that takes the owner back to his or her childhood days. That is one of the reason that these cars may eventually drop in value once the era of these owners die off. You can use the example of brass-era cars, Models Ts and the like. There is really no one around (alive) who remembers them, so there is no linkage to the past creating an emotional tie to the car.

-Sort of a Darwinian view of things

One of the cars sitting in my garage is my late Grandmother's 75 Firebird Esprit. Not really worth anything in terms of market value, but when I take it out on the road with my kids in the car with me, they are actually driving in their Great-Grandmother's car. That is just mind boggling. My Great Grandmother's "car" would have been a horse and buggy back in Belarus

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Maybe, Maybe not, look at the wide world of Harley Davidson. If something is good, its usually good for a lond time..Model A?, what was so special about it, Remember, back then it was just transportation, Our era was fun
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