sled said:i had a 90 GT that ran 12s in high school. some rich local made me an offer i couldnt refuse so i sold it. i always wanted a 93 cobra because they where different. not because they where rare! i guess their different because their rare, but anyway i told friends i would keep it all stock. well it stayed stock through high school, but i wanted alittle more. i got a blower and then so on. now its alittle over a year later and the car make 500plus rwhp! i guess my friend where right, i cant keep anything stock!
I do appreciate this also ^^^^^^^^^^^. You have to happy/satisfied with your ride, no matter what it is. I am in a different point in life. I am just starting a family in my mid 40's. I have been into vintage cars forever, until a couple of years ago when I sold the old cars (no time to deal with three 30+ year old big blocks) and raise our new born, now 3-1/2 year old baby girl. Since I have been into collector/specialty cars of all brands since before the time I got my drivers license (1976), I have owned many, many cars. Most I made money on at sale time or at least broke even. Some were modified, some were not. I decided not to pay off the house or throw the money on the bank, but to reinvest the vintage car funds into the late model market. The 93,95, 00 Cobra R's seemed like a great place to start. I took out additional loans to cover the difference and have never looked back. I drive them to local car show here in central Fla., at the larger shows I get drivers pulled together and I display all three R's together. I really don't have a lot of spare time to spend with the cars, and we now have a second baby on the way.
There is a point when lower production/specialty/collector cars hit their bottom and start to turn around in value. This is much earlier than the plain cars of the same time period. Once they turn around, collectors/hardcore enthusiest notice and buy in at the lower price and watch their investment grow while being able to drive/enjoy it, unlike the stock market where your investment is somewhere??, maybe?? I do have my 401K, but I diversify in special cars. The hardcores guys and general enthusiests who want "that special, not so common car" are the people who are looking for the prime original examples. I don't mind modded cars at all, the more that are modded, the rarer the prime original examples. It becomes a sellers market when the big bucks guys come looking for clean original cars.
Lee - My family, soon to be four, is the main reason for the recent 95 Convert./Hardtop purchase. Now we can all ride in one car to car shows!! Thank you for your help and knowledgable information during my recent search/purchase.
Robert
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