Administrators gav240z Posted April 28, 2014 Administrators Posted April 28, 2014 I thought I'd share this article. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/baby-boomers-created-the-classic-car-marketand-could-crash-it-feature Which got me thinking about the Z and where it will stand in the future for collector car status. I wonder if an early Z with an RB26DETT or perhaps newer heart will be more desirable than 1 with an L24 / L28 and period correct look? Only time will tell I guess. Quote
gilltech Posted April 29, 2014 Posted April 29, 2014 Interesting article, predicting that sometime down the track restomods may well be more desirable than factory-original-spec low-tech cars. But I still think that many car collectors will remain quite discerning & still want a car that hasn't been mucked about with & in a sense hot-rodded by back-yard mechanics of unknown provenance. And if they did decide an updated car would be much nicer to own then surely they'd want to get it done themselves. I know I would. The exception might be for recognized specials created by the likes of Foose or the Ring Brothers - in the case of Mustangs such cars already seem to be very sought after. Quote
Alfadog Posted May 1, 2014 Posted May 1, 2014 Very interesting article... very true about the baby boomers and current generation. Great news for us young'uns Gav. What I'm really interested in is what will happen to all the current crop. What a nightmare it would be to try to restore a modern car. Maybe that will actually drive demand into older cars... Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted May 1, 2014 Author Administrators Posted May 1, 2014 What I'm really interested in is what will happen to all the current crop. What a nightmare it would be to try to restore a modern car. Maybe that will actually drive demand into older cars... Yeah I can't imagine - all those electrical components. It would drive me mad! Quote
Supersonic Posted May 2, 2014 Posted May 2, 2014 Great article, Thanks for the share. I think the moral of the story is that, with generational change, the tastes of the car collectors' market will change and some models the previous generation loved will go out-of-fad and won't necessarily be adopted by the next generation of the family. But I'd like to think the number of car collectors will only increase over time and other models will come into vogue. Agree with you guys though, hard to see too many guys in 20 years time wanting to take on today's cars. Good luck! Quote
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