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I wondered if I had seen that Rambler before...I hope I don't repeat cars, as some sellers list them over and over, and I can never remember for sure. One of these days, I'll find something you end up buying, Andre... I remember when I was much younger, I had a car book that showed a Nomad in "Sierra Gold and Adobe Beige", and I thought it was a great combo for the car. I usually loathe 70s-ish colors like gold and brown etc, but that's an exception. That Nomad reminds me of it. The colors work. I googled the Princess Grace car. It was indeed the V8 version of the one I posted. The hatchback design that came out in 76 or so was also a 3500, the basic design of which carried on to the Rover Sterling about 10 years later. |
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| Andre- You're correct on that one, the '91 LeSabre was the final year for the angular squared-off generation. I'd say that the '92 was the year in which the model became the best-selling full-size car in America (and the start of that particular generation). | |
| Wait Andre- So those early '90s RWD GM B-body could fetch some serious money 10-15 years down the road? | |
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| They'll be worth the same 10-15 years down the road as 1980 Cadillacs are worth now, which is...well, you know. | |
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In 2015... Supra turbos 300ZX turbos MR-2 turbos Impala SS Possibly Acura Legends (probably not, I'm biased) Anybody think of any others? I purposely left out expensive Euro imports like Porsches, BMWs, Mercedes, Ferrari, etc....
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Anything really fast, or glamorous and stylish in the extreme, and without 4 doors, might make it. If the top goes down, the price goes up. Rare & exclusive helps as well but isn't always necessary. You can easily tell about Porsche and BWMs by looking at how the 80s cars are doing---and most Benzes, Porsches, BMWs and Ferraris of that era are just nice used cars with no collectibility and a very modest Blue Book value---especially the sedans. Legends? Hopeless I'm afraid, but sometimes the worst cars are made collectible and the best ones not. It has nothing to do with merit, but rather desirability---like movie stars. |
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| So a car like a '93 Alfa Spider Veloce could possibly make it? | |
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doubt it. By 1993, the car was a travesty of an Alfa Romeo. Slow heavy and totally obsolete. A very far cry from the 60s Alfas, which were technically advanced for their time. The last USA spiders depreciate year by year right now, so they are acting like used cars, not collectibles. They'll probably bottom out around $7,500 if they are nice and stay there for a decade or two, finally rising slowly---like the Datsun 240Z has done. But you've still got 20 years of storage to go. |
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Replying to: kyfdx (Feb 13, 2005 9:52 am) |
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I get a kick out of the ad. Advertised as "never seen snow", but the pictures show it parked in (or at least right next to) a snowbank! Hard to imagine a car like this being kept inside for the winter, although it's possible it lived it's life down south. Does look like a nice example though, if you like them! |
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