Mecum Auction COPOs everywhere

[Bill Pritchard]

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I want more rust! When is the last time you heard someone say that?

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Is it too late to buy your old 72 back

[DarrenX33]

I miss it. But it is in good hands.

[PPPJJJFFF]

Much of it is about "Lifestyle" and what some people can afford! Hi demand for so few quality cars. Its that simple.

If you think musclecar prices are insane. How about taking a 30 day "Exotic Hunt" for Lion in Botswana. You still have time to make a reservation for the 2007 season. It will only run you $139,150 for 30 days! If you can't quite spring for a lion. That's O.K. How about $58,250 for an Elephant instead. For those of you who are wondering. The average tusk weight is 60 pounds.

Maybe we should stop analyzing the market and let it be!

And no I have no intention of shooting a lion anytime soon.

Patrick

[Salvatore]

As I get older and older and attend more car shows and cruises I see a decline in the younger crowd. While we have 4 sons, one being a mechanic and in the National Guard, NONE of them are really car guys! Not that they don't like them but not interested in owning big dollar cars. Our boy that just got back from Iraq is still working part time at Buxmont Truck Accessories. Anybody around his age 27 is buying 4WD's or very few buy Mustangs. Actually you can buy almost perfect 1998-2000 corvettes for 25,000 that will dust anyone of those cars and not even hear it running. They are not to interested in our type of cars like I have NO interest in a model A or T. That is why they fell off the earth. All those collectors are gone. I believe the prices for the big number cars will be still high down the road, (Hemis, ZL1's etc.) They are going to be harder to sell. If you didn't grow up with the car it is hard to get REAL interested in paying 65,000 for a fairly nice Z/28. Especially when the COPO's and such are never driven anymore they will loose interest in the younger group. Those kids don't even see these cars if they don't go to the big shows. Heck, Most of the rice burners eat our cars up anyway. I will NOT allow those cars to park in my driveway and my kids know it. Our kids range from 29-21 in age and I can't see any of them paying 100,000 or even 75,000 for a car they can't or don't want to drive. So in closing most of these crazy priced cars will be buried with their baby boomer owners. So get out there and drive em if you have em! You may be the last generation to do so.

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Here's an idea - buy your boy a muscle car

I bought Benjamin the '69 Nova SS when he was just 1, now he's almost 5 and knows full well that it's his car. If this doesn't work - then I don't know what will, and Slammies prediction will come true