In light of a pushrod "LT5"...

[Performawheels]

My guess is they’ll stay flat. People are chasing other 80’s cars (Porsche’s, etc) but not ours.


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[Paul Workman]

Originally Posted by Performawheels

My guess is they’ll stay flat. People are chasing other 80’s cars (Porsche’s, etc) but not ours.

You may be correct for the short term, at least regionally speaking. But, for the long term, all Corvettes in the past have realized some type of resurrection of their market value - at some point.

[Vette73]

Originally Posted by Paul Workman

You may be correct for the short term, at least regionally speaking. But, for the long term, all Corvettes in the past have realized some type of resurrection of their market value - at some point.

That may be true....May take a while but it may reign true....ZR1 put Corvette back on the map....For a good decade it was the leading performance production car...Now, with technology the way it is it seems every few years somebody is upping the game...Which means, I'm guessing ,people just want the latest and fastest thing out there ......

Look at the values of the C6 ZR-1- brand new they were 118,000 dollars..Now, it seems you can get a nice low mileage one for half that, maybe even a little less....Same thing with the C6 Z06.....72,000 new, now? A nice one? 33-35K.......It may be that technology is just keeping the C-4 to C-6 generations down....

In my opinion the C-2 and C -3 chrome bumpered cars will always demand a high number......It brings people back to the age where every car manufacturer wanted to out do the other.....Ford,Buick,Pontiac,Oldsmobile and Dodge were in power struggles with Chevy...So, any performance car built in that time period will always bring strong money...

[randy ransome]

I love my ZR-1 and Nothing will change that. People usually remember the cars that they longed for in their youth. When they reach a monetarily comfortable time in their life, if they choose, they seek out that car of their youth. Most of us weren't actually young when the ZR-1 came out but we were Car Guys. Our generation of Car Guys are dying off slowly and so is the Car culture in many ways. You all know the youth of the last several years couldn't care less about cars. I know several 18 year olds that don't even have a drivers license.

I know there are still some young car enthusiast but I'll bet in 20-30 years the classic car culture will be less than half of what it is today.

No trying to be negative it's just the way it is, I think.

[Vette73]

Originally Posted by randy ransome

I love my ZR-1 and Nothing will change that. People usually remember the cars that they longed for in their youth. When they reach a monetarily comfortable time in their life, if they choose, they seek out that car of their youth. Most of us weren't actually young when the ZR-1 came out but we were Car Guys. Our generation of Car Guys are dying off slowly and so is the Car culture in many ways. You all know the youth of the last several years couldn't care less about cars. I know several 18 year olds that don't even have a drivers license.

I know there are still some young car enthusiast but I'll bet in 20-30 years the classic car culture will be less than half of what it is today.

No trying to be negative it's just the way it is, I think.

Most 18-19 year old are more interested in the latest I -phone.....Back in my day you actually spoke to someone face to face or used the quarter in your pocket to call someone.......Texting? What the heck is that?

[randy ransome]

Originally Posted by Vette73

Most 18-19 year old are more interested in the latest I -phone.....Back in my day you actually spoke to someone face to face or used the quarter in your pocket to call someone.......Texting? What the heck is that?

I agree, my wife and I went to a nice steak restaurant last weekend and a family of five were waiting for a table. Every family member was looking at their iPhone.
No conversation...sad.

[Jagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by Vette73

or used the quarter in your pocket to call someone

The ravages of inflation! In my younger days you only needed a dime.

[BigJohn]

Originally Posted by Vette73

Most 18-19 year old are more interested in the latest I -phone.....Back in my day you actually spoke to someone face to face or used the quarter in your pocket to call someone.......Texting? What the heck is that?

At that age I was mostly interested in the Ladies!