Parts Trend - What's with the asinine Pricing?

[tom406]

It has become much more expensive to acquire nice OEM or NOS parts to restore cars. The desirable cars are more expensive as well. However, this is a supply/demand issue and at the end of the day, my unwillingness or inability to pay to own another "correct" 1969 Z/28 ultimately doesn't keep my from having a good quality of life. It's not food or shelter. If I have to reconfigure my goals to 1979 or 1989 Z/28's, that's a little sad for me, but that's about it. I will add that any of us who are buying parts for "future projects" that may or may not happen in our lifetimes are just as guilty of reducing the supply to people that have projects that need parts right now. Parts are cool but they need a car to go on to be happy. Kind of like those toys in movies that kids never play with-they're just not fulfilling their destiny