Well, I agree with all the various theories to some extent.
:)
Still, I have my list of relatively cheap future collectibles.
1976-1979 Cadillac Seville (timeless good looks)
1980-1984 Cadillac Seville (that wild Rolls Royce retro look)
1971-1973 Buick Riveria (boat tail styling)
1968-1973 Oldsmobile Toronado
1969-1972 Pontiac GrandPrix SJ
1970-1973 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
1969-1974 Lincoln Continental Mark 3 & 4
1967-1971 Ford Thunderbird 4 door Landau
1976-1996 Jaguar XJS
BMW 3.0 CS coupe
BMW 6 series coupe
Any Jeepster from the late 60's thru early 70's
and I could go on and on too....
Also, as time goes by I think we will be startled to see our LBC's
skyrocket in price.
I used to think I would like to mothball a bunch of these away, but
my values are changing about that.
I have a couple of the first generation Sevilles stored away, but I
keep thinking I will liquidate all my cars and parts except the MG
and just concentrate on it. You can only drive one at a time, right?
One of my uncles bought a 41 Lincoln Continental coupe when he
attended college in the late 40's. When he married, a younger
brother drove it for awhile and then it was stored in my grandparents
garage. I remember very well as a child when my cousins were in town
at Christmas, we would sneak out to the garage, (which was off
limits), enter the bay where the old coupe sat and just look at it.
The dust was so thick on the windows you could just barely see into
it. It was a source of countless day dreams for me. It was one
classy looking old car.
Some years after that my fathers youngest brother, distraught at his
circumstance in life, hung himself out in that garage. He stepped
off the hood of that old car into eternity.
My fathers' oldest brother, (there were 7 of them), must of brooded
about it a long time, but one day he walked out back, fired up a
crawler tractor and yanked that old Lincoln out of the garage with a
chain, then taking the blade of tractor, he nudged the car out to a
tree line behind the garage. In his rage he crushed that lovely
grille and front fenders. The uncle who owned the car was furious,
but he never attempted to store the car again and it just sat out
there and went down.
About 15 years ago I prevailed on him to allow me to move it, maybe
sell it to someone who might need the parts, make some difference
with it. We got it loaded on an equipment trailer to take to my shop
and my dad sort of sighed and suggested we have it restored, but it
was really beyond restoration by then. I took it apart and sold the
parts to collectors around the country. It was one of 1600 built, so
there were some parts on it that were considered quite rare. I still
have the bare cabin and frame sitting behind my shop. I wonder how
many stored classics meet similar fates, where something goes wrong
and they are left to the elements, after being cared for, under cover
for so long.
John
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