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I don't think these cars are in the same performance league
to command those dollars. What do you guys think?
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Steve,
I think they are in the same performance leauge, no question. They just don't have the name recognition like a Yenko, for example. The W cars are reasonably rare and IMHO very undervalued in the big picture. I'd rather have a good W30 4 speed over a Hemi Cuda 4 speed, if they were both $1.00. The B/O/P cars just drive so much better than their competitors did. My black W30 is really nice to drive, even on bias ply tires. My Hemi car, bless its heart, tries to be a nice car but is still like driving a dump truck. If you had to have ONE car, I bet a lot of guys would pick a GS/442/GTO. But, I've been wrong before.
Now is the eBay car worth $200k? Not to me, it looks a little tired - I figured it for $75k the last time it ran.
Colin
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Colin,
I guess my position comes from the fact that I only ever
saw three of these things growing up. As you sort of
indicated, Camaros, Chevelles, Novas, Mustangs, Cudas were
the most popular cars. As a matter of fact, two of the
three W-30's belonged to executive level guys. I guess that
is where I developed the feeling that they were a "gentlemans"
performance car, and as such, not in the same league.
So you honestly think these cars are on a performance par
with the Yenko's & COPO's? Why didn't many of these cars
make it to the track and get national recognition as the
afore mentioned cars did? Was it their weight class or
something like that?
I will add one thing though. Probably the most remembered
advertisement from "back in the day" for me was one is which
a bikini clad woman was laying on a 442 hood ( on her belly )
nestled between the two scoops. You do the mental picture
from there......
Sure like to see that ad again!
Steve