1970 Yenko Deuce - Page 19

Belair62 · #**181** 02-09-2006, 06:22 AM

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It's this reasoning that makes me think your going to be seeing a lot of 60-70 year old guys driving '69 Chevelle's as we get older. And don't be surprised if you hear the Rolling Stones or even AC/DC playing when they drive by.

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You know John P and I were laughing about this not long ago. I listen to the same music as when I was 14, still love muscle cars, looking at hot babes, eating good food and swearing. And I always will...I don't think my Dad did that...but I'll take my final nap still doing this stuff..Oh and Steve...my cars are legendary...when they leave my house they are always worth less than what I have in them !!! As long as your scrawny butt is around to fix them the world will be fine...kind of our own special yin and yang !!!

69hurstSC · #**182** 02-09-2006, 07:11 AM

i'm on the diving board, and i'm coming in!!! as someone who is very young (28) in this hobby i see this in this in the immediate future.. you guys who were 18 in 1968 are somewheres around are 56ish, 57. 1968 was right before the apex of the musclecar boom. i would estimate your buying power will last well into your mid-sixties. the cars will become to fast for you and it will be time to sell. however, you will be selling to people of my generation which will not have enough consumers for the products being sold. i'm going to scoop up your Yenkos, Hemis, 442's, Judges, and BB Mustangs for pennys on the dollar. however, gas will be $20.00 a gallon and i will be to poor to drive them. of coarse i'm saying all of this tongue-in-cheek! you old geezers will still be flying around in your SuperCars and I wont get a chance to buy them until i'm in my late 50's. putting me very close to my geezer years. since i dont like tuner cars i will be driving around in my (soon to be purchased) 2001 Roush Mustang and wondering why i cant afford to drive my classic iron. seriously though, i feel buying power will be strong for the next 10 years and then muscle cars will fall victim to the Model A's and Tri-5 Chevys that sit in garages because there not whats in right now.

69hurstSC · #**183** 02-09-2006, 07:12 AM

wow, maybe i should proof read before i submit! (either that or put down the beverage!)

Belair62 · #**184** 02-09-2006, 07:16 AM

Well...the only real geezer on the board that I am aware of is Steve Sandlin..

**hvychev** · #**185** 02-09-2006, 07:17 AM

Don't forget about that old buzzard Cumby.

JoeG · #**186** 02-09-2006, 09:38 AM

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I plan on drooling and changing my diaper in one of mine so no one will want it anyway

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**YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY** · #**187** 02-09-2006, 04:31 PM

Have you guys laid eyes on schoneye

He hasn't changed since 1968, (although I think he's leaning more towards Republican now

) He will still be listening to CCR, cursin his shifter, and tryin to figure out which left foot to hit the clutch with - well into his '90's!

**PPPJJJFFF** · #**188** 02-09-2006, 04:47 PM

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i'm on the diving board, and i'm coming in!!! as someone who is very young (28) in this hobby i see this in this in the immediate future.. you guys who were 18 in 1968 are somewheres around are 56ish, 57. 1968 was right before the apex of the musclecar boom. i would estimate your buying power will last well into your mid-sixties. the cars will become to fast for you and it will be time to sell. however, you will be selling to people of my generation which will not have enough consumers for the products being sold. i'm going to scoop up your Yenkos, Hemis, 442's, Judges, and BB Mustangs for pennys on the dollar. however, gas will be $20.00 a gallon and i will be to poor to drive them. of coarse i'm saying all of this tongue-in-cheek! you old geezers will still be flying around in your SuperCars and I wont get a chance to buy them until i'm in my late 50's. putting me very close to my geezer years. since i dont like tuner cars i will be driving around in my (soon to be purchased) 2001 Roush Mustang and wondering why i cant afford to drive my classic iron. seriously though, i feel buying power will be strong for the next 10 years and then muscle cars will fall victim to the Model A's and Tri-5 Chevys that sit in garages because there not whats in right now.

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Alot of these old geesers are old enough to be my father!

And my son and daughter say they got dibs on my cars in 20 years. I better get back to work because I won't be retiring on muscle car money.

Patrick

**SamLBInj** · #**189** 02-09-2006, 06:15 PM

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So are you telling all your customers that your cars are overpriced and they should not buy them.

The reason the average Z28 is 50K and up is because the rare stuff has pulled them up. If the markets take a stumble the average high production cars will fall the most and the rare stuff will be ok, IMO. Also people that can only afford the high production cars are not stupid all of the sudden, they probably realize that its stupid money to spend big bucks for a high production car just because of the market being pulled up by the rare stuff. In the end they still view it as average everybody has one car but at a high price.

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I think the reason cars like 69 Z/28's are selling for 50K is due to the shortage of decent ones. If you cant find a nice one then you have to find one that needs restoration and then your going to pay 25K for a car and dump 30-50K to get it back to nice condition so you over that 50K mark right off the bat. I think the prices will continue to go up and are being dictated by the cost of parts and restoration costs. One day someone will get smart and set up a sort of production line to save labor costs on restorations and also manufacture exact spec parts and sheet metal and hopefully sell it for half NOS prices, then, and only then will prices come down. Basically if you could find a beater for 10k and have it restored for 10k then you have a new 20K car. Then the others will drop due to supply and demand. I believe the safe market is the rare cars like the big block chevys and Hemis. As for Z/28's, hard to believe 50k on up for such a high production car.

LexDawg · #**190** 02-09-2006, 06:57 PM

So many of the original Z-28's were raced, wrecked, blown up and junked that the REAL cars are few and far between. I also believe the price of parts will continue to rise as the cost of labor to mfg. the parts rises. The reality is that 50k is not much money for a car. If you consider the folks buying can afford to buy what they like, why buy a new Vette, Mustang, etc. for 45-50k that will depreciate when you can have a nice muscle car that will appreciate for the forseeable future? Classic example; I bought a new SL 500 Mercedes in 1998 and paid about 80k. It sits in my garage with 53k miles. Its worth about 29k. Later I bought a numbers matching 69 Z-28 fully documented with REAL pop and 31,000 original documented miles. Needless to say I paid much less for the Z, and you don't have to guess that 29k would buy about 1/3 of it now. Needless to say I've bought my last new Benz. My wife on the other hand.....

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