Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda:
No real race history, plenty of cars can dust it today, worth a hundred of times what it cost new
"Yeah Karl, but they only made a few hundred of them."
Okay, ANY 'Cuda (that hasn't been Eff'ed up by its many owners in the last 36 years) is still worth 10 times what it cost new. A "basic" 340 car is still worth $40,000-plus in clean shape. Why? Not because "better" cars eventually came out and not because it had a race history. 'Cudas are worth money because they represent a moment in time (that never happened again...) and relatively few were produced.
While 4,000 is a lot for an exotic, it isn't a lot for a once-in-a-lifetime exotic. How many other mid-engine exotics have been produced by a domestic car company? No matter how powerful the Viper and 'Vette gets they will never represent the "moment in time" that the Ford GT represents. Anyone who attended the rally knows how unique the circumstances are that came together to create the GT. And, sad to say, with Ford's, GM's and Chrysler's current problems the future outlook for another domestic car like it is slim. So in terms of what the Ford GT really is and all it represents, VERY FEW were produced.
Sure, any single Ferrari model is rare by comparison. But Ferrari has been making a mid-engine car for over 30 years. And there's always another (better) one coming. There is no "successor" to the Ford GT on the near or far horizon (not like the 308-328-348-355-360-430-etc gravy train). The people and resources came together. The car was produced. And now it's over (the final assembly plant will even go away soon...).
I don't see myself ever getting "bored" with what the GT represents (both currently and historically) -- and that won't change even if a 10-second Viper/Vette hits next year.
The best part? Feeling this way frees me from any concern about past, present or future value -- even though I'm sure the car will eventually be worth plenty. :banana