"New" '69 Motion Camaro's

[camarojoe]

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Somehow we've developed into a time where a green/green 2bbl 307 '69 Nova with wear and tear is selling for 6-8k and anything else worth a damn is 5 to 6 figures????

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Hey, whats your beef with green Novas? Seriously though, I see where both sides of this fence are coming from... personally, i could care less about what anyone is building in 2005 from a "new" supercar standpoint...Real supercars IMO were built 30+ years ago, not this year or last...Not to say I don't like or would mind owning a 2002 ZL-1 or a "new" Motion Camaro, or whatever, I just don't see them as anything like the real supercars of the 60s and 70s... they are cool cars, but theres no "mystique" about them. What makes older cars neat to me is how they survived years of being just regular cars that weren't cherished or worth much, beat on, used and abused, and have 30+years of history... These new cars roll off the showroom floor as collectibles, and will never turn into someones daily beater or race car like so many of the original supercars did...I don't know why that makes me think less of them, but it does... However, for everyone that feels like me, there is someone else out there that thinks a built in 2005 69 Motion camaro would be the shiznits and is lining up to drop down a big deposit for one to sit in their garage and look at and wax on. To each his own i guess, which is what the hobby is all about...

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

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Somehow we've developed into a time where a green/green 2bbl 307 '69 Nova with wear and tear is selling for 6-8k and anything else worth a damn is 5 to 6 figures????

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Hey, whats your beef with green Novas? Seriously though, I see where both sides of this fence are coming from... personally, i could care less about what anyone is building in 2005 from a "new" supercar standpoint...Real supercars IMO were built 30+ years ago, not this year or last...Not to say I don't like or would mind owning a 2002 ZL-1 or a "new" Motion Camaro, or whatever, I just don't see them as anything like the real supercars of the 60s and 70s... they are cool cars, but theres no "mystique" about them. What makes older cars neat to me is how they survived years of being just regular cars that weren't cherished or worth much, beat on, used and abused, and have 30+years of history... These new cars roll off the showroom floor as collectibles, and will never turn into someones daily beater or race car like so many of the original supercars did...I don't know why that makes me think less of them, but it does... However, for everyone that feels like me, there is someone else out there that thinks a built in 2005 69 Motion camaro would be the shiznits and is lining up to drop down a big deposit for one to sit in their garage and look at and wax on. To each his own i guess, which is what the hobby is all about...

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Amen!

[Mr70]

Are those shiznits available in Green?

[JoeG]

What's coming out of GM is not catching anyones attention and for a Supercar Dealer from the past ,that's still with us and in control of the project, with some of the old crew to put an Old Motion SUPERCAR together is about the coolest Last Hurrah I can think of.-----My only regret is that I can't afford one, but knowing they're out there is what the Hobby is about----------------Motion ,Yenko, Harrell, Dana, Nickey--etc.---

[JChlupsa]

Come on Joe, I bet Joel would take that old Chevelle of yours as a Trade-in for a newer car

[JoeG]

Maybe Jeff,--But in my case turning the ignition switch wouldn't seem the same----------

[Supergas990]

I'm not sure what to think about this. On the one hand, these cars will be totally different than the cars he created in the day. On the other hand, it seems a little bit like high dollar Beenie Babies (you all remember when those were the rage). I know it's not the best analogy, but I think it's difficult to create a collectible.

You can create limited edition cars and they will be cool and sell for BIG $$$$$, but you can never recreate the magic of the era that led to these cars. You can't go back to the future.

Just because its old or rare doesn't make it collectible or an antique.

JMHO

Blair