RE: Hording Muscle Cars?

[62pluckedchicken@xxxxxxxxx]

I agree that the current "Golden Age" of automobiles is coming to an 
end, and the current crop of Mopar muscle, Caddy V-Series,  Mustang GTs, 
and Vettes will all eventually be worth big bucks... but I don't have 30 
years to wait ;)

Steve Charette wrote:
> 
> I agree, I think another great era of musclecars is headed for a 
> screeching
> halt in the next few years unless something changes.
> 
> My bigger concern is the "Cash for Clunkers" initiative which relegates 
> old
> cars to pop-can-deposit status.  There are a few knowledgable folks in
> government who realize that not every old car is a clunker, but the idea 
> is
> to pay some set amount for any old car to get them off the road.  While
> nobody is going to scrap a nice Belvedere or Polara, that 4 door parts 
> car
> you need to finish your project could bring somebody thousands of 
> dollars
> off on their new Prius.
> 
> Check this out and get informed.
> 
> http://www.sema.org/sema-news/2009/05/sema-confronts-cash-clunker-myths 
> 
> 
> Steve Charette
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mikelj@xxxxxxx [mailto:mikelj@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:12 AM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Hording Muscle Cars?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> The guys in my car clubs are having some interesting discussions these 
> days
> about the Obama owned GM and Chrysler and the new laws on fuel mileage 
> he
> made.  Most say the modern muscle car (Challengers, Chargers, Camaros,
> Shelby GT500, AMG Mercedes and BMW Ms) with 400+ horsepower will die as 
> they
> did in the late '70s' under Carter, since Obama wants only Prius and 
> Insight
> types coming out of Detroit.  Some say they will buy some new ones, 
> horde
> them, and get more '60s and early '70s muscle cars and horde them too.  
> It
> looks bad for the current crop of great muscle beig built, so I guess 
> all of
> us with the old muscle are lucky.
> 
> Mike
> 
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