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Reply #15 - 11/30/15 at 16:15:56

BSTON wrote on 11/30/15 at 07:02:35:

The same is happening for the e30 BMW M3, Toyota Supra, Lotus Elise, and a number of other sports cars.

For some reason Honda S2000s are also holding their value or going up in price. I've seen a couple recently going for over $25k. New they were around $32k I think.

It's a real shame that anything built today out of plastic would hold it's value against a real steel vehicle built in days gone by!

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Reply #16 - 11/30/15 at 20:53:46

I miss my first car, a '61 Comet, 4 door, 3-speed auto PNDLR on the tree, black with red interior. Sold it for $50 with cottage cheese in the oil after the head gasket went from never being re-torqued, ever.

They go for big money restored now. Those 45 deg. slanted tail lights are the business. The most kitschy, obscure car in any parking lot, guaranteed. Not bad on gas, either.

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Dang..... Reply #17 - 12/01/15 at 07:15:06 My mom had one of those, white with a 3 on the tree nanual and no power steering any time she drove Dad's car and tried to park she whipped a Uey
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Reply #18 - 12/01/15 at 07:58:00

My first car, a brandy spanking new '71 Chevelle SS396.
Later, a '51 or '52 Ford p/u, the one with the massive looking front grill.
'76 Nova
'64 Buick Wildcat with a 401 cu engine...what a car that was, it just floated down the road at whatever speed you desired.
'76 Plymouth Fury

Now I've got a '75 Chev. p/u with a custom made 1/4" steel flatbed, it's a 1/2 ton with 3/4 ton suspension from the factory, 350 engine, 4 speed on the floor with a granny 1st.
My dad bought it new on a factory order. He passed away in '07.
The engine has never been apart, but will be before long. It's been sitting for several years.
A labor of love.

Old bikes ? 1956 BSA Goldstar. Paid $800 for it and sold it to make house payments in the '90's. Value now ? $20-30,000 Yes, I cry.

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Dang..... Reply #19 - 12/01/15 at 16:56:39 Wow! Not a bad first car! Mine was a hand-me-down '80 Mustang Ghia that I totalled around a phone pole a few months later! Ah, to be 19 again! Naaaa, no way!
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Sonny Full Member Offline DeSoto, TX Posts: 224 Gender:	Re: Dang..... Reply #20 - 12/01/15 at 18:03:38 And the Beezer Gold Star! That was a royal ride in the day. But Lancer can at least take comfort he is no longer futzing with Amal Monoblock carburetors and Lucas electrics with Zener diodes.
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Reply #21 - 12/02/15 at 10:21:01

Sonny wrote on 12/01/15 at 18:03:38:

And the Beezer Gold Star! That was a royal ride in the day.

But Lancer can at least take comfort he is no longer futzing with Amal Monoblock carburetors and Lucas electrics with Zener diodes.

Every once in a while I regret not having the Norton 750.. And then I remember the aggravation of kick starting the darn thing...
Cost.. Yesterday the wife and I went to 'quirque and the Cosco had a new Lexus out in front ... A good thing the men's room was close.. Sticker was $57,xxx.xx !!!!!! Shocked

I know that I'm getting old, but why would I (or anyone) pay that sort of money for daily transportation ??????? Huh

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Reply #22 - 12/04/15 at 09:46:27

well it's built for rich folks with more money than sense, but keep in mind that while me and you both remember when you could buy a decent new house for that, pay grades were much lower then, too
Any time folks tell me about buyin a Coke for 5 cents in 'the good ole days' I always ask how much work it took to earn that nickel back then
puts a different perspective on it

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