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<blockquote data-quote="P49Y-CY" data-source="post: 16358746" data-attributes="member: 10216"><p>interesting discussion about what generations of young people like what cars and how it affects supply and demand. i thought i once read that your love of cars gets imprinted on you when you are under 10 years old, and that ends up being generation of cars you lust after when you become old enough to buy one.</p><p></p><p>while that might not true for everyone, it definitely was true for me. i was born in '63 and was a moparhead when i became old enough to drive. to this day, my single favorite car is the '69 1/2 dodge super bee with the a12 6-bbl package.</p><p></p><p>the gas crisis happened in the early 70s, so by the time i was in high school no one wanted the newer cars because the 70s were the absolute most lame time for car enthusiasts, and 60s musclecars were still plentiful enough to find (although affordable ones were probably a little ragged out by then). around 1980 i can remember seeing a rough '70 440 superbird for sale for about $800! un-freakin-believable... then, as FL-Frank said, after that prices started shooting up like crazy, and the days of cheap 60's detroit iron (ANY mileage or condition) were long gone. for example, there is a welder/fabricator on youtube (i think he goes by #junkerup or something like that) and pretty much all he does is collect and repair 68-70 dodge chargers. you should check out the condition of the cars he buys - they're absolute basket cases and he pays more for them than i would have ever believed. but when he finishes a car, he doesn't even list the sale price lol.</p><p></p><p>i can definitely see the terminator being the dream car for a whole generation of young people. however, the difference between the 60's cars and the terminator is that there has been no horsepower drought in 17 years since the terminator. horsepower only continues to increase year after year (unlike the 70's). but as has been mentioned, since the sn95 was the last platform built at dap, it's the last one with the visceral rawness and early musclecar feel before the onlslaught of all the current electronics and nanny controls.</p><p></p><p>truth be told i only went over to ford because chrysler was literally absent from the musclecar game for 40 straight years. they had no rwd v8 musclecar offerings when i was in the market for new cars. but, had i waited until the current era of hellcats and demons, i sure would have missed out on all the fun i've had with this car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="P49Y-CY, post: 16358746, member: 10216"] interesting discussion about what generations of young people like what cars and how it affects supply and demand. i thought i once read that your love of cars gets imprinted on you when you are under 10 years old, and that ends up being generation of cars you lust after when you become old enough to buy one. while that might not true for everyone, it definitely was true for me. i was born in '63 and was a moparhead when i became old enough to drive. to this day, my single favorite car is the '69 1/2 dodge super bee with the a12 6-bbl package. the gas crisis happened in the early 70s, so by the time i was in high school no one wanted the newer cars because the 70s were the absolute most lame time for car enthusiasts, and 60s musclecars were still plentiful enough to find (although affordable ones were probably a little ragged out by then). around 1980 i can remember seeing a rough '70 440 superbird for sale for about $800! un-freakin-believable... then, as FL-Frank said, after that prices started shooting up like crazy, and the days of cheap 60's detroit iron (ANY mileage or condition) were long gone. for example, there is a welder/fabricator on youtube (i think he goes by #junkerup or something like that) and pretty much all he does is collect and repair 68-70 dodge chargers. you should check out the condition of the cars he buys - they're absolute basket cases and he pays more for them than i would have ever believed. but when he finishes a car, he doesn't even list the sale price lol. i can definitely see the terminator being the dream car for a whole generation of young people. however, the difference between the 60's cars and the terminator is that there has been no horsepower drought in 17 years since the terminator. horsepower only continues to increase year after year (unlike the 70's). but as has been mentioned, since the sn95 was the last platform built at dap, it's the last one with the visceral rawness and early musclecar feel before the onlslaught of all the current electronics and nanny controls. truth be told i only went over to ford because chrysler was literally absent from the musclecar game for 40 straight years. they had no rwd v8 musclecar offerings when i was in the market for new cars. but, had i waited until the current era of hellcats and demons, i sure would have missed out on all the fun i've had with this car. [/QUOTE]
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