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02-05-2011, 09:57 PM | #121 | ||
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If it was THIS easy to pick, we'd all be millionaires...
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03-05-2011, 12:13 PM | #122 | ||
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tickford t series cars will be well sort after me thinks, hand built engines ;-)
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03-05-2011, 12:14 PM | #123 | ||
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ohh and the focus rs will definatly be on the list, it will be like the sierra's
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03-05-2011, 01:59 PM | #124 | ||
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ANY FALCON! Just like the valiant....GONE.
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03-05-2011, 04:59 PM | #125 | ||
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How about the Ford Sierra Turbo's that ripped up Bathurst? I know they're all imports, but they were quite unique and real goers. (Just to be different)
But based on the opinion that "small numbers" make a good classic, maybe I'll hang on to my 1999 Ford Cougar - had it from new, looked after it and it's still going OK. Just wonder how long I'll have to wait to make a profit though? |
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03-05-2011, 06:59 PM | #126 | |||
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RS500 Sierra anyone?
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03-05-2011, 07:00 PM | #127 | ||
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Tickford XRs - when an XR6/8 badge actually meant a performance difference, not just a trim option
Fairlane by Tickford T series - T3 in particular AU Fairmont Ghia with full house of factory Tickford options - sorta like a later day XY Fairmont GS pack..... RS Fords - any of them Nissan Skyline - R31 GTS2 BMW M5 - E34 series Volvo - 850 T5r Mercedes Benz - 190E Cosworth EvolutionII Brock Group A Commodores - some may say already "classics", but they seem to fall in and out of favour For the life of me I can't think of a single Holden product built in the last 20 years that stands out.... Last edited by Jimmyd; 03-05-2011 at 07:07 PM. |
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04-05-2011, 06:28 AM | #128 | ||
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R32 skyline gtr,
AE 86 COROLLA EB ED Ghia and XRs any falcon panelvan |
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04-05-2011, 11:49 AM | #129 | ||
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If we're going off the Ford brand for a while, then I have always longed for an Aston Martin; and I reallly don't care which model. I used to live near the factory at Newport Pagnell and they would pass me (very easily) every morning on their test runs. Probably not a practical choice (but who says a classic needs to be practical, right?) but they just looked the ducks nuts in my opinion. Hand-built everything and grease nipples on the ball joints - ahh.
There are only two "W's" stopping me from getting one too - the wallet and the wife! Cheers |
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04-05-2011, 12:04 PM | #130 | |||
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04-05-2011, 10:06 PM | #131 | |||
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05-05-2011, 12:26 AM | #132 | ||
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The 50th Anniversary Falcons, if they stop building the falcon.
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05-05-2011, 10:46 AM | #133 | ||
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The G6ET, the best car Ford Australia has built...ooooh controversial! haha
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05-05-2011, 11:56 AM | #134 | ||
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Anything over 30 years old will be a 'classic'.
The question is will they be worth anything and the answer is no. The modern GT's, XR8's ect are too common to be valuable in the future. One of the reasons older cars are worth something is because they are rare. Another reason is people have memories of older cars racing but todays cars bear no resemblance to race cars. People buy cars they remember from their youth but I cant see anyone rushing out to buy an original BA Futura or Toyota Camry in 20 years time. You can already buy BA GT's for half the price they were new. RS Focus wont go up in value, they havent even sold all the new ones. Modern performance cars are too common and already cost too much for them to go up in value. |
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05-05-2011, 12:06 PM | #135 | |||
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05-05-2011, 12:12 PM | #136 | |||
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05-05-2011, 12:16 PM | #137 | |||
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05-05-2011, 12:36 PM | #138 | ||
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What will be cool in very near future will be;
late seventies pickups panelvans, with murals! and maybe bedfords and transits... on the basis that the seventies are back.
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05-05-2011, 12:37 PM | #139 | ||
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After reading the thread and weighing up the responses i cant help but feel the terms 'Classic' and 'Collectible' have somehow become blurred.
For me a classic is a vehicle which will be looked back on as a model which brought change to its market, a revolutionary step. For mine, vehicles like the XD (Blackwood) for its complete transformation of the Falcon. The AU for being so radically advanced it could have been released 10 years later and still fit the market. As for collectibles, well anything pre XD is already collectible due to scarcity. ESP's are already fetching good dollars as are VL turbo's, all Brock models, EB/L GT's and ED Sprint's. E-series XR's always command a premium but i wouldn't consider them collectibles necessarily. Plenty of post 02 stuff, XR6T's, F6, GT's etc. etc. For mine, i would like to tuck a low k EL2 XR8 aside for a rainy day as i believe these will be the most sought after non hero model from the era. |
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05-05-2011, 01:55 PM | #140 | ||
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The first mass-produced flying cars will be the next classic imo.
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05-05-2011, 06:18 PM | #141 | ||
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I'd think we'd really have to ask:
Of all the cars we consider a classic today, what made them a classic? Then look back at all the factors that could influence a car or vehicle becoming such. |
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05-05-2011, 06:35 PM | #142 | |||
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06-05-2011, 12:00 AM | #143 | ||
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The GTR R32's were a VERY nice car, I actually know someone who owns one, very original and that's the way it should stay.
I think the end of chrome bumpers marked the end of an era in automotive craftsmanship, as well as this, the last of the "True" LTD's (i.e. AU LTD) may become valuable in the future. |
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06-05-2011, 01:42 AM | #144 | ||
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What about the honda NSX? especially if it is stock as a rock
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06-05-2011, 08:07 AM | #145 | |||
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06-05-2011, 11:38 AM | #146 | ||
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LC-LJ 2door torana
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06-05-2011, 01:08 PM | #147 | |||
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06-05-2011, 01:53 PM | #148 | ||
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Judging the prices of good R100,RX2's-3's-4's it wont be long before all models of rx7s jump in price.
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07-05-2011, 01:44 AM | #150 | |||
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