And Because We Like Cars

Quick! Get to wrenching!

(I said Sebring so people wouldn't confuse it with the 500.)

 

#####in' Camaro! #####in' Camaro!

 

Nice little vehicles there.

I also remember a time where America built some really crappy vehicles post Oil Embargo years in the late 70's Its unfortunate we had to go through those years. What a waste.

 

And yet, those were the cars of my childhood. So even though they're absolute crap, I still have a soft spot when I see an old Cavalier or K-car sputtering around.

 

Agreed. We had I think a little Datsun wagon, then a crysler K car wagon which actually lasted until engine failure in the late 90's (Not from abuse, we loved on that thing...) I trained on a cavilear in driving class. And remember the citation or monarch (Ugh...)

The one good car we enjoyed was a old Fury from the mid 80's with that V8 in there. It was not too far from it's police vehicle days. And you could roll with it. In the end it's still a sedan and you can only do so much with it.

I also recall the sentra with the automatic. If you ever wanted to see a 110 horse engine become a 10 horse lawn mower thats the one. That transmission soaked up so much just to get moving. (Working a nissan dealership you could compare cars.) and the sonata I think those were called. Ugh.

 

Mom managed to find a car so terrible, even *I* had never heard of it. And it's been wiped from history as if the Men In Black were directly involved.

The Mitsubishi Tredia.

It had a turbo button!
Basically, if you turned off the a/c you got a 20% boost in hp!

 

It's going to be interesting to see where all of these '50s, '60s, and early '70s cars go to die when the Boomers go to the old folks home or the grave. The majority of their kids either don't want or don't have room for their collector cars and the Boomer's as a whole have a ton of "collector" cars, though most of them aren't worth much now or long term, unlike the Shelby in the OP of course.

It's eye-opening watching Barrett or Mecum nowadays knowing many Boomer era cars going through there have $50-$100K restorations and they are selling for a few dimes on the dollar.

 

I think they'll shake out.
Just a lot lower than their peek.

Just for the styling, build quality and ease of maintenance alone they'll probably settle down to the $30's-50's. The really good deals will be the classic but unconventional stuff. 50's Olds, 40's Cadillacs, 60's Mercury.

Already there's been a minor run on 60's Imperials.

The real pain is in the 80's "instant classic" cars people bought and hoarded into their garage. The lowest mileage Buick GNX can never be driven or it's value will plummet. 70's mopar is "average" acceleration these days and #### in every other catagory (brakes, handling) and Corvettes and Mustangs only hold their value for a generation or two. Then they're just an old car.