Has the world gone mad? Car prices...

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Originally Posted by BLACKLS5

I guess in the grand scheme of things there are worse cars for the money but 50K for a L34 automatic? To be honest I like cars like this that look presentable and can be driven but close to 50K is an eye opener for me. Makes me think I should sell a couple off and reload when the market corrects itself. IDK...

I guess it's all how you put things in perspective. When I see base model cars like a clean 307 camaro grab over $30k I just view a real muscle car like this 396 Chevelle (L34 or not) as a better bargain.

I think it's more crazy people pay $30k and up for a base model run of the mill car just because it's a 50 year old classic. So it doesn't make sense to me that the same people that go nuts over a clean 2 barrel nova or camaro feel that a real SS 396 Chevelle, a factory black car no less, shouldn't be more money.

I agree it's an eye opener, and 20 years ago I would have never thought I'd have to pay $50k for an SS L34 Chevelle. But it seems everything, even the stuff we'd consider cheap $5 or $10k cars with smog engines is now priced 3 times that, so it only seems natural the real muscle cars, even the L34 Chevelle that I'd consider a base muscle car for that model should also go up in price.