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[Z51JEFF]

Anybody seen the prices of early 70s Mazda RX 2-3? About $30,000 average.

[BigJohn]

They are over forty years old with few survivors.

[DRM500RUBYZR-1]

There are over 40,000 427 Powered Corvettes
Certainly NOT "rare". (likely more of them now)


There are less than 7,000 LT-5 Powered Corvettes.


Patience.


Marty

[32valvZ]

Originally Posted by DRM500RUBYZR-1

There are over 40,000 427 Powered Corvettes
Certainly NOT "rare". (likely more of them now)


There are less than 7,000 LT-5 Powered Corvettes.


Patience.


Marty

Ive always wondered how many are REALLY left.... taking into consideration wrecked ones, natural disaster events and part outs etc.... Do you think it would be reasonable to say there might be 1000 less than the original amount released/sold between 90-95?

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by 32valvZ

Ive always wondered how many are REALLY left.... taking into consideration wrecked ones, natural disaster events and part outs etc.... Do you think it would be reasonable to say there might be 1000 less than the original amount released/sold between 90-95?

Certainly not an unreasonable estimate. I always used to think that for my '93 and '95, with attrition there are probably no more than about 400 of each left in the world out of the original 448 for each year. But that is just my guess. While not directly related, I recently saw an estimate that about 75% of 1953 Corvettes are known to exist, 225 out of the original 300. --Bob

[Livin' in the 80's]

Originally Posted by 32valvZ

Ive always wondered how many are REALLY left.... taking into consideration wrecked ones, natural disaster events and part outs etc.... Do you think it would be reasonable to say there might be 1000 less than the original amount released/sold between 90-95?

I can tell you (1) 1990 ZR1 that was wrecked in 1992. As soon as one of my neighbors found out about my ZR1, he told me the story about the one he bought and totaled 2 years after buying it. He was lucky and didn't get hurt-flipped it end over end into the woods. He had targa top on and it saved his ***. Of course he was driving way past his ability.

[FormulaReed]

I feel lucky that the values are low. I’ve owned a few cars that I was fortunate to buy when they were cheep.
I had a 72’ 911S, it was an amazing car and when I got mine in 98’, it was $12k. I tracked it and daily drove it. Did the same thing with my 76’ Carrera. Alfa Romeo gtv and an e30 m3.

I sold them on before they got crazy valuable but the real value was being able to enjoy them at the track or just on the street without worrying about what might happen.

I think that c4 zr1s will go up in value. I can’t be the only guy that had a poster of one when they were a kid. The rest of the poster cars of its era like the 911, testrosa, nsx etc. are taking off. Personally, I really don’t care. The enjoyment that I get out of the cars I’ve owned is in driving, building and restoring them.

If I sell mine on and make a profit, cool. If not, I got to enjoy it so that’s cool too.