And They Keep On Coming

[Don Johnston]

For your perusal: https://fordauthority.com/2023/12/all-new-1967-shelby-gt500-reproduction-announced/

For the price, an original would be more my preference than a reproduction. 

[FL SAAC]

Superb

[crossboss]

Shelby Enterprises is jumping on the resto-mod ahh, err 'The REPROmod' market.

[557]

Imitation is .........

[FL SAAC]

Imitation is .........

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness

[98SVT - was 06GT]

For 300 grand I'd be on the GTD list not a repop 1967 one. I wonder how many people will opt for the limited Jim Morrison "Blue Lady" edition for only 20 grand more. It comes with an 8 track stereo and original autopen signature on a tape of the Doors debut album......
In 10 years I suspect the GTD would be worth $500,000 and the GT500 built on the ChiCom Mustang shell to be worth under $100,000.

https://www.ford.com/performance/mustang-gtd/

[68krrrr]

Yeah, it's still amazing that these cars and the Eleanors can go for more than originals that we all love, do you think that would ever change, or are we a dying breed?

[Side-Oilers]

Well, we are a dying breed.  Just waiting for our one-way trip onto the ice floe.

A couple of years ago, when the top-dollar sales in "midyear" Corvettes started changing from perfect concours-level cars to resto-mods, the transformation had begun. I still wouldn't pay concours prices for a modded/rodded Corvette, but more than a few people are. Same with many other marques. Singer-modified 1960s Porsches are waaayyy more $$$ than the nicest restored one. 

Younger guys want the look/romance/fantasy of a vintage car, but not the reality. Damn few of them know how to check the oil, let alone change spark plugs, so the engine only has to look shiny...who cares if it's a 427 or an Ecoboost four?  Or if the chassis and interior have been replaced with nothing even resembling stock components?  It irks me, but it's reality.

Just hoping that some bazillionaire doesn't take a real Cobra 427 and donk it out...or whatever the term is these days for an urban clown car.   That would be worth staging a revolt.

[TOBKOB]

You need to be into Model A's and you will see a lot more folks dying off. 

TOB

[98SVT - was 06GT]

You need to be into Model A's and you will see a lot more folks dying off. 

Guys buying Model As are 65+. If they are under 50 that one is destined to become a street rod. The 65+ are playing with vintage speed equipment on them. I picked up the short block from this engine and the last Rutherford head casting at an estate sale. It ran 133 at El Mirage and still holds an Australian record. It'll be going in our 29 Coupe sometime next year. Yes that's a pair of 500 cfm Holley 2 bbl carbs on it.

Mark your calendars for 4-21-24 - The 51st Antique Nationals at Irwindale - https://www.foureverfour.com/events/2016-antique-nationals/

[deathsled]

The car doesn't feel old.  It doesn't have that mystical vibe from the 1960s.  To each their own. 

[TOBKOB]

I have 4 grandchildren ages 4, 5, 6, and 8 and they all have a Model A waiting on them.  I can't afford 3 more Shelbys  for them (I wish I could) so they will have to fight over the Shelby...   

TOB

[427heaven]

OK Im in..... Tom Medleys coupe from Hot rod magazine... editor, photographer cartoonist. Street racer, record holder OG Hot Rodder from the 40s-50s

[427heaven]

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[Side-Oilers]

OK Im in..... Tom Medleys coupe from Hot rod magazine... editor, photographer cartoonist. Street racer, record holder OG Hot Rodder from the 40s-50s

You Own It?  WOW!!  Where did you find it? 

Tom was a true hot rod legend.  That was before my time at Petersen Publishing, but his name and reputation are very well known.