Muscle Car Prices Coming Down.

[70 copo]

For me it is simple. I go to a cruise in and the average age is 60 and I am one of the youngest guys there. Same thing with the swap meets. It is the coming demographic shift and sadly the writing is on the wall.

Had my 1969 Camaro very out last night for an ice cream with my wife. 20 years ago a trip to get a cone was a 45 minute or longer adventure, due to all the people who stopped to chat and ask about the car. Last night no one even gave it a glance because they have no emotional connection to the car in any way.

Anybody here seeing flocks of younger people at the shows checking out gen 1 muscle cars?

If so where do you live?

[novadude]

Originally Posted by 70 copo

For me it is simple. I go to a cruise in and the average age is 60 and I am one of the youngest guys there. Same thing with the swap meets. It is the coming demographic shift and sadly the writing is on the wall.

You make a good point. I am 46, and grew up with these cars. I see a lot of retirement-age folks at car cruises, a smaller group of people in my age bracket, and very few under 35 yrs old.

The one counterpoint I will make: It seems like NICE examples of 1950s cars still bring good money, and you aren't going to pick up a 40 Ford coupe, 32 Ford 3-window, etc for cheap. Most people in my gen-X age group don't really care about anything pre-musclecar era, but somebody must be buying them.

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by novadude

You make a good point. I am 46, and grew up with these cars. I see a lot of retirement-age folks at car cruises, a smaller group of people in my age bracket, and very few under 35 yrs old.

I am noticing the same thing...I'm 48, my brother is 45. We got involved in the hobby because of our Dad and grew up around Camaro's Corvettes, Chevelles, etc. We both had (and still own) our first musclecars (Camaro and Chevelle) when we got our drivers licenses.


Most of the people at the swap meets and shows we frequent are around our dad's age/generation. We went to a Cars and Coffee in Peoria IL a few weekends ago and the younger people in attendance all were driving/hanging around newer Mustangs/Camaros/Imports. I'm sure this shift in interest will be seen eventually on the demand side of the pricing issue, if not already. I also agree that good cars will always bring good money, especially as the number of quality cars (survivor's especially) diminishes.