Muscle Car Prices Coming Down.

[purple panther]

rarity and quality will be just fine

[NovaMob03]

From where I sit, owning real estate free & clear has a better upside than any muscle cars. Still fun to find/buy the right car, but rental prop offers a steady income and a good lick on the back end. I only car shop 5-15k range now and they're mostly garage/project cars. Always liked the hunt...
...debt free life = contentment ✌️

[cook_dw]

Personal opinion; economy is gonna take another turn downward its just a matter of time.. I am betting the average musclecar/ponycar will see this hit again and I think it will be worse this time though. Maybe get them back into the pre-2005 range of pricing which isn't a bad thing for the younger generations. Thankful I am debt free (aside from the current house) and still have the 2 cars I have always wanted. Still waiting on the 3rd and final but I've got time.

[x33rs]

I've seen the prices go up and down a few times over the decades. Doesn't really concern me.

Not much of a fan of anything new, and don't really care how fast they are. We have absolutely no interest in blowing money on a brand new car of anything.

Matter of fact we sold off all our new cars years ago and daily drive the classics now. We just enjoy them for what they are and love the simplicity. I don't have to be the fastest on the road to enjoy what I'm driving, and we don't want all the amenities either.

On the younger side of things, my son, on his second year of college, is heavily into the classics. He and one other student actually daily drive classics to college (the other being a very nice 69 Superbee 4-speed) Pretty cool to see college kids drive them. My son wants a 72 charger or 70 El Camino at some point in the future.

[X66 714]

For me, I've owned 16 first gen Camaros. I kept the 1st & last one. I bought one in 1976 & the other in 1981. I've watched the prices go up & down over the years. I didn't care about the value. I bought them because I liked them & kept them all these years for the same reason. I know my thoughts don't cover everybody. Just my opinions....Joe

[whitetop]

I went out of town to my nephews HS graduation party this past weekend.

My brother and BIL were asking about my Mustang but my nephews, their friends and my nieces husbands have zero interest in cars=all late teens or twenty something guys.

My wife tells me all the time we are dinosaurs and she notices all the gray hair at car shows.

Other than the rare modesl these cars are going to continue to drop in price.

The antique tractor hobby is about 15 years ahead of us age wise and that hobby has collapsed and imploded and has been decimated. The amount of restorable old tractors I see going to scrap is frighting.

[x33rs]

I wonder if it's just the environment kids today are growing up in. Everyone thinks they are saving the planet these days. If kids don't have parents that own classics they'll most likely have no interest in them. Or maybe it's just that the younger crowd that isn't established in working society can't afford the prices these cars command. Maybe the prices are partly to blame.

I'm with Joe though. I'm not selling anything so not worried about it. If anything I'll be buying more in the future. If I have a garage full of worthless cars when I die, I'll still die happy either way

[cook_dw]

Believe it or not IMHO one of the main things that keeps driving interest in cars in general for the younger generation is drag racing. NHRA to some degree but in large part like it or not but the explosion of Street Outlaws and No Prep is the current big thing. I don't care for several of the personalities but the cars are amazing and the racing is great.

[SS4Real]

Prices of original, stock or restored muscle cars continue to climb in the Pacific Northwest. SS El Camino's and 68-72 Chevy trucks are also extremely popular. Modified, custom or the latest fad in cars always seem to fade in value after their style or trend starts to fade and the newest craze kicks in. Restoration, paint and part prices are definitely not going down, paint is especially rising in price by leaps and bounds. I have to laugh when I see the annual "are prices declining?" thread as they sure are not for the cars I want. Have you tried to buy a restored '70 SS El Camino lately? Holy cow. And late 70's and mid '80's muscle cars are really hot.

[70 copo]

Trucks are hot no doubt, and IROC-Z prices have roughly doubled in the past 5 years.