I have done "vintage" ham radio gear for many decades. We used to buy, refurb, trade, sell and buy at will. Enjoyed a long time of playing with a lot of the old stuff for peanuts. Then the "investor/collectors" get involved and the market goes nuts. Absolute junk goes for insane amounts of money and the guys who started the trend are way priced out of the game. The craze for any consumer item is the same. Muscle cars are no different. When the trend goes to high prices there is no stopping it. Good for some I guess but bad for most who actually enjoy the product whatever it is. I bought my 70 Chevelle Malibu to drive, work on, enjoy and preserve as best I can. My 40 plus year old dog tags are still around my neck and my need to hear tires bark once in a while hasn't left me either. When I was a kid I knew I never wanted to grow up and now pushing 60 I know I was right back then. Going to fight it all the way. If I had a Million and 50K I sure would not spend it on a one of a kind Camaro as in this last Car Craft. To each his own but that is not for me. Someday someone may offer me more than I can refuse for my car and it will go away. Probably it will not see the street much after that either. What a shame.
K0AZ Michael D. Sanders 18169 Highway 174 MT Vernon, MO 65712 Lawrence County ARES EC 6 Meter DXCC #436 6 Meter WAZ #27 6 Meter WAS WAC VUCC WAJD -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Trooper Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 6:25 AM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: [Chevelle-list] What a deal :) Went to look at a 70 Malibu today. I have been eying it for a couple of years and noticed it now had a for sale sign on it. This old girl is rough. The vinyl top has been removed and the guy "shaker can" painted the top. All the trim is missing. Rust in all the typical places for an Illinois car. Paint is destroyed. 307, 10 bolt peg leg. Red with a green interior. The good points were: bucket interior w/ console. SS dash, grill and wheels. I thought it would be a good parts car or a nice project for me to do my own body work and drive for a while. I'm thinking $1000-$2000 tops. Talked to the guy yesterday and he was firm at $8500. I almost started laughing. I realized right there that there was no reason to haggle on price. I just gave him my card and told him when he gets closer to the $1500 range give me a call. He looked at me like I was nuts and said " do you realize this is a classic muscle car" I just smiled and said "Yes, I have two almost as nice as this one at home" :) Trooper 69 SS numbers matching L-78 Frame off restoration 69 SS Driver Frame off restoration ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Liao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:45 AM Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] front discs again > Thanks Pete, it will be a lot of work, but it will be a labor of love and I > am sure that it will be a cool car when it is done. John(;-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 2:29 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] front discs again > > > John, > Neat story. I hope the car turns out nice for you. > Who knows how many Chevelles (and others) have rotted away because the well > meaning owners meant to do something with it because it was in the family > from new but it just never happened. > > Pete > > Pete Geurds > Douglassville, PA > > > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/04 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 5/28/04
