Forbes Auto investment article

Cool article, thanks for sharing!

Lance

Obviously a Mopar fan!

I have to believe that a lot of low mileage heritage owners may feel the same way.

455SD

Why sell? It was more museum piece than muscle car. I simply couldn’t enjoy driving it for fear of reduced value. Lesson learned? Understand that buying a rare, low-mileage car for investment purposes means you don’t get to drive it.

FGT

Now it’s got 26,000 miles, and the market value has shot up to between $250,000 and $400,000, depending on color and condition. I have no interest in selling, but like the Firebird I’m starting to get nervous about driving it. One careless driver encounter and much of that value will be lost. Lesson learned? Even a successful automotive investment can have a downside…

racelance said:

Cool article, thanks for sharing!

Lance

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ditto

djs said:

Obviously a Mopar fan!

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The author of this article is a Ford GT owner and member here.

If I had a Heritage I would paint it white or red & then drive it without worrying about how much it cost!

Ed

Thanks for the interest in the article guys. It was fun to write and, surprisingly, I was able to dig up a photo of every car except the Mercury. I'm feeling a bit "light" in the collectible car area right now, with the GT my only claim to the club. I've usually had between three and five collectible vehicles at a given time. But the Challenger-for-house trade was a good investment a year ago (already made out well on that one...) and the Firebird was simply taking up space in my garage when it really should be in a museum somewhere. But letting it go was very difficult.

My wife has no sympathy. "We both know you'll be buying something else soon enough." Smart lady.