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Old 03-19-2008, 05:53 AM
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I agree to a point. Most car manufactures are trying to reproduce the muscle car phenomenon we're seeing today for the future. Will they succeed? hard to say, but there is a demand for these new generation muscle cars if done right.

There are a few key factors involved in the unbelievable rebirth of popularity of these old beasts. One of the main being a lot more collectors with a lot more money. Today we have more millionaires, thanks in part to the lottery, than ever before. These new money people view investments differently than past people. Everyone wants a piece of the pie, and there's still a lot of pie out there to be had.

I've seen some of these old muscle cars from the 70's that had an original price of $5,500 go on Barrett Jackson for as much as $5.5 million. Thats one hell of an investment payoff in 30 years. it's all about options and miles. You buy the right car now and tuck it away in the garage for 30 years and you can retire from it.

Here is a good example. This Mustang one would think is total junk. Right now on Ebay it's up to $5,100 and I'll bet it sells for close to $10,000. You might think these are bidders with more money than brains, but you'd be totally wrong. Put $20,000 in a complete restoration and you've got a car you could sell for $100,000, or keep it and just watch the value go up.
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