Thoughts on this Hobby

[BlueSunoco]

Originally Posted by 19Fordy

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As has been mentioned in other comments in other threads about the future of our hobby, auctions show the price of early Fords is dropping.
Younger folks want muscle cars and old cars with modern technology and drivability at highway speeds.

Yeah kinda-sorta. Old Cars had a good report a while back concerning the muscle car era. They said Mustangs and Camaros have shown a bit of a drop in prices, but many were overpriced to begin with. Late 60's Mopars are up, simply because A. There weren't as many sold and B. They had very poor build quality and were trashed early in their life span.

The report said also the trend today is, full sized Ford-Chevy-Pontiac sedans and convertibles. They are really being sought after. 5 years ago nobody paid any attention to them. Today they get body off frame restorations, but parts are hard to source at least for the Fords and Pontiacs.

Like the early Ford Broncos, they are insane money today, they got real popular for what ever reason.

One last thing. No car built today is expected to be a future 'collector' car outside of the Ford GT series. With the computers and such, software glitches and demons, you can't buy a 2025 you-name-it put it away and expect it to be 'driveable in 12-15 years . Too much plastic. Too many wanky computer/sensor nonsense parts that the mfg. all have said they have NO plans to support that.


I think the pre-computer age cars say pre-1995 stuff will always have a following