Out of all the cars you've
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1. Not a lot of people realize that the thing that wears out on a car long before anything else is the style. Who would even want to put a $4k paintjob on a mechanically perfect 94 camry. Or put in an engine if you had to get that from a supra or lexus . Better yet who would want to put $8k in an XF 10 years from now when they look worse than other 4door family saloons and worth only $5k. The XK shape/formula is still lusted after and keeps showing up in new designs today.
2. The 5.0 XK is unique in being forward and backwards compatible. With older cheaper JLR cars/trucks and newest expensive JLR fleet. If you did put 300k miles on it and needed new drivetrain, there will be lots of other 5.0 JLR vehicles being scraped due to being out of style.
Oh yes- power never goes out of style- never seen it.
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As a Corvette restorer, that picture sort of makes me cringe! But yes, they were just cars and nobody back then ever thought that somebody like me would be attempting to resurrect them or that they'd ever be worth anything (least of all the folks at GM). People thought they wouldn't rust because they were fiberglass, but in fact, they were worse than many steel-bodied cars because the fiberglass is all riveted to poorly primered steel framework with aluminum rivets so it tended to disintegrate pretty quick even without salt on the roads. But wow, what a fun trio you guys must've been!
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I remember my 7th grade English teacher having the class write letters to the network, to keep Star Trek on the air (dammmm, she was hot, and loved SciFi).
I'd like to go back to buy (with my current dollars) those things that I loved, at prices that were dirt cheap, but I didn't even have dirt back then.
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As a Corvette restorer, that picture sort of makes me cringe! But yes, they were just cars and nobody back then ever thought that somebody like me would be attempting to resurrect them or that they'd ever be worth anything (least of all the folks at GM). People thought they wouldn't rust because they were fiberglass, but in fact, they were worse than many steel-bodied cars because the fiberglass is all riveted to poorly primered steel framework with aluminum rivets so it tended to disintegrate pretty quick even without salt on the roads. But wow, what a fun trio you guys must've been!
I think if we were stock pickers on the NYSE, we would be multimillionaires today. But like you said, we just traded up to the next better ride, and never even bothered to look back. Although today, when I see them on Mecum, or Barrett Jackson, I often wonder what might have been had if were hoarders instead of hot rodders. .
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OK, since we're now talking 'vettes, I almost bought a 1973 convertible with a 454 in 1979. I can't now remember the exact price, but do know it was under $5000, I'll say $4995. The reason I DIDN'T buy it was the insurance I got quoted for it was astronomical for that time, like $180 per month. Too much for a puny high school kid. The car payments alone would have cost me $95. Not a good investment.
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Over the next decade, we owned three other Vettes after selling those in the photo. Plus a Hurst Olds 442; a '72 Z28; a, Dodge 440 RT Magnum, a Barracuda AAR 'Six Pack', and a couple more. My brother was like a horse trader. He'd go to work in the morning with one car, and come back in the evening with different one that he got in a trade. Whether it be good luck, or a keen eye, we spent our youth driving a bunch of great muscle cars.
I think if we were stock pickers on the NYSE, we would be multimillionaires today. But like you said, we just traded up to the next better ride, and never even bothered to look back. Although today, when I see them on Mecum, or Barrett Jackson, I often wonder what might have been had if were hoarders instead of hot rodders. .
I think if we were stock pickers on the NYSE, we would be multimillionaires today. But like you said, we just traded up to the next better ride, and never even bothered to look back. Although today, when I see them on Mecum, or Barrett Jackson, I often wonder what might have been had if were hoarders instead of hot rodders. .
I don't like selling, and have yet to do so.
I haven't gotten my brother into a Jaguar(yet).
But a few months after I got my Corvette a great deal came along he bought.
I like the C5 because it came before the retro-cartoon styling took over the U.S.
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And its great when your family enjoys the same hobby. I'm lucky to have my brother also involved in Corvette restoration. Plus he's seen the X150 coupes at the Jaguar concourse event and seems smitten. Maybe he'll trade his Lexus for a real modern classic