Okay, Plymouth is down and out. A 1953 Oldsmobile sports car that was never produced, basically a Corvette clone: Three Million Dollars!
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 21:28:52 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ah yes. Hindsight is 20/20. In 1975 or thereabouts early seventies hemi > > cudas > and challengers were selling for about $2500. That's a far cry from a quarter > million. > > > > I do have one car in storage (although I drive it a bit): a near mint > > peaches > and cream '55 Belair convertible. I'm waiting for the run on fifties pastel > two > tone convertibles. It will happen. The car collector market is cyclical. > > Paul > > Hmmm. 1975. Three years after the Arab Oil Embargo and resulting Oil > Crisis. I wonder why they couldn't give away Cudas and Challengers? > <vbg> > > I remember around that time, my parents were shopping for a used car, > as their 67 Dodge Dart GT (sadly, it only had a 225 slant six - if > it'd had a V8, ooooo mama!) had just crapped out. > > On the lot there was a used Super Bee, for about the same price as the > car that they ended up buying. I pleaded with them to get the Super > Bee, but they got the used 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger (again, with the > slant six). > > Turned out to be the worst car we ever owned. If only they'd have > listened to me... <vbg>. > > I've been watching Barrett-Jackson off and on over the last few days, > too, Paul. Fun to watch, eh? > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
