Offensive to sellers but have people gone over the cliff on Car values

ScamperTom said
Just a thought. Is it really fair to directly compare the price of a new car to an old one when new? Even the hot cars of the 60s must in reality have cost much less to build than, say, a hellcat, or even a challenger r/t. The engineering that goes into a new car is undoubtedly far more involved than our classics. Shouldn’t the price necessarily reflect that?

Moreover, for project cars, aren’t their bloated prices a reflection of the work and parts that go into them? I may think that the $3000 rusty a body is really worth closer to $1000, but if I bought a shell for the (cheap) price of $1000, the parts and labor required to bring that car up to the same level as the $3k one is likely to exceed $2k. 8 3/4 rears alone can’t generally be had for less than $1000. Just 2 cents from a guy who can barely afford his rusty but much loved junker.

True, to some degree, and my earlier post was not meant to justify what many, including me, see as overpriced, incorrect, often poorly done cars that sellers compare to B-J or other auction house sales, in fact I read today that a nicely restored '76 Dart Swinger sold for 4k at B-J. The market is driven by what someone is willing to pay on any given day for something, and yes, I agree that the tv shows are unrealistic in the prices that they claim to have paid for something, and often in what the value is. a good friend of mine is a certified appraiser, and I frequently consult him when I need a value range on something. he feels the same way I do when it comes to sellers asking absurd prices for their junk.
Today's performance cars are far advanced compared to the stuff from the 60s and 70s, and that is reflected in the pricing, as is the gap in average wages from then to today.