Value of Stock vs. Modified to Increase Driveability

e50095 said
Casey you bring up a great point. What will happen 5-10 or even 20 years from now. I had read that 55-57 Chevies are expected to start dropping in value like a stone going forward. I can see it, todays youth don't care anything about those cars. Even watching the VinWiki channel on youtube, a few of the guys I like most in regard to storytelling are experts on every Lamborghini, Ferrari, and BMW ever built. One of the cars I saw in my Florida facebook search was a 49 Plymouth 4 door with horribly rusty floors. I think he wanted 4200 or so for that car. I don't think it's worth that now, but in 10 years it might have almost no value at all, save for that one person that finds it cool. Maybe the antique car hobby in general will take a few steps backwards. I guess we'll see. I love my brothers Barracuda, but my 13 year old son could care less about it or any car for that matter. At 13, I was intrigued by old cars, so likely the world is a changin'....

I know all of that. My buddy has a 426 Hemi and trusts no one to work on it because no one knows how... so we pulled it apart and did some upgrades on it together so that I would know how to work on it because they are a little different... but dual 4 barrels, 700 hp, a stick shift, and stock tires... ya, no one normal can handle that... so he sees that as a losing investment at this point, unless you get younger people wrenching on these cars. Once the older generations that grew up wrenching and driving these cars are gone, no one will want them because no one will know how to work on them... or even have a personal connection to them.