The Mecum Effect...Part of the Problem...or Part of the Solution???

It has to be a racket, they don't sell for that anymore; it was like the housing bubble. The price was high, some people thought they had retirement $ in something they enjoyed. Bottom fell out with the economy, a lot of people had to sell cheap, just to take care of the family.

It sucks, but it did bring out AMD, etc, to re pop good parts. Still the same on everything else; cams, lifters, etc all chinese no quality bs, over-priced.
went thru Fed/Mog, Clevite lifters, until got a set that actually worked.

I dunno, as far as helping, you can get parts. Laid off, spent last year helping restore a 69 Charger; it would take 8 hours to go thru the receipts and add up how many parts went back.

The auctions helped to get Mopar back in the public awareness (nascar and nhra killed it, with the handicapping bs), but made a bubble.

Like a young guy that saw my 340 block, steel crank and x heads, How much? 1000, I only have $700, I wouldn't sell it to him. Machine work, rods , pistons, cam ,etc= he would have over $2500, just in a short block, that he couldn't afford.

I think 50/50 on helping us. But, at times it is worth it. My buddy with the 69, driving around, thumbs up, kids hanging out of schoolbus windows, even 70 yo ladies gawking... One woman asked me how much $ was in it; I told her he could have bought an acre, and a doublewide, and rented it out for less. And got a better return.

It helped, and hurt the mopar crowd.