Car Investment

[DRM500RUBYZR-1]

There is only one way that I know of to make certain that your investment in a car will yield a positive return over it's purchase price.
1- buy it
2- keep it
3- do not sell it before you have owned it for 50 years minimum.

If it 's value goes up sooner, and most will, simply consider yourself brilliant and a financial genius.

Too late for me, but I do try to teach the younger ones.
That is all that you need to know.

Marty

[lfalzarano]

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[ZR-1 Franz]

Hello from Switzerland,

What I read in your posts, I think it is a good idea to keep our
'64 Impala SS 409/425 hp. We own this car since 1967 when my father
bought this Chevy with very low miles. The car was as good as new and it
is still in very fine condition. Once the engine had to be replaced, but it is not as many times seen some kind of Chevy V8, it was again a 409/425 hp.
So this is the only aspect that purists would not be so happy about.
On the other side the car is all original, even the carpets are extremly good.
And it drives like new. All the time garage kept, a second owner car.

Franz

[Bob Eyres]

Franz- That is such a rare and unique car, even here in the U.S. You must get some interesting reactions from your fellow Swiss.


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[ZR-1 Franz]

Hello from Switzerland,
Thank you for your answer.
Indeed, this car gets a lot of thumbs up, but what I think is really unique, is, that we own this car for 50 years now and that we are the second owners.
I know the whole history of the car. This is unique for such a car, I think.
20 years ago we owned a '70 Dodge Challenger 383 Magnum. I think we shouldn't have sold this car. It wasn't a Chevy, but it was a great car.
From today's view it was a mistake!

Franz

[SAB]

Originally Posted by rush91

I was watching one of these car shows, I think it was an episode of Legendary Motorcars. And the owner told a story of a guy who had a 1970 Boss 429, and kept the miles low for one day trading it in for something. When the 1984 Corvette came out, he traded his Boss 429 in on a new 1984 Corvette. Thinking this new Generation Corvette would be worth a mint, if put away with hardly any miles.......One of the worst trades he said he ever saw, and the was case in point as to why cars are bad investments. Hind sight being what it is, one just never knows how collectible cars market goes.

Legendary Motorcar also had an episode of some guy that traded a 71 Hemi Cuda conv for a new 84 Corvette. Worst trade ever in my opinion. The guy with the Cuda still owns it.

[ZRapid-1]

Originally Posted by ZR-1 Franz

Hello from Switzerland,

What I read in your posts, I think it is a good idea to keep our
'64 Impala SS 409/425 hp. We own this car since 1967 when my father
bought this Chevy with very low miles. The car was as good as new and it
is still in very fine condition. Once the engine had to be replaced, but it is not as many times seen some kind of Chevy V8, it was again a 409/425 hp.
So this is the only aspect that purists would not be so happy about.
On the other side the car is all original, even the carpets are extremly good.
And it drives like new. All the time garage kept, a second owner car.

Franz

Like hearing these stories where the car stays in the family for a long time.
That 409 is a keeper too.
And 59 more cubic inches than our ZR-1s!


Reminds me of this Beach Boys Song:
Shes real fine my 409
Nothing can catch her
Nothing can touch my 409
When I take her to the track she always turns in the fastest times
My four speed dual quad posi-traction 409

[MickeyD]

Originally Posted by ZRapid-1

Like hearing these stories where the car stays in the family for a long time.
That 409 is a keeper too.
And 59 more cubic inches than our ZR-1s!


Reminds me of this Beach Boys Song:
Shes real fine my LT5
Nothing can catch her
Nothing can touch my LT5
When I take her to the track she always turns in the fastest times
My six speed 32 valve LT5

That sounds better!