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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 03-05-2011, 01:59 PM   #124
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ANY FALCON! Just like the valiant....GONE.
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Old 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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Old 03-05-2011, 06:59 PM   #126
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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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Old 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....

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Old 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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Old 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!
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Old 04-05-2011, 12:04 PM   #130
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R32 skyline gtr,
I'd argue that unmolested R32s are already a classic.
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Old 04-05-2011, 10:06 PM   #131
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I'd argue that unmolested R32s are already a classic.
Absolutely, as I mentioned before...well GTRs anyway... Now that's some racing heritage
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 05-05-2011, 12:06 PM   #135
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I'd argue that unmolested R32s are already a classic.
But how many are out there that haven't been molested? There wouldn't be many I would think. That's why they are already a classic/collectable.
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Old 05-05-2011, 12:12 PM   #136
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EF and EL falcons fairmonts. Monaros. 300C
agreed el fairmont ghia's in v8 i recon.
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Old 05-05-2011, 12:16 PM   #137
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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.
i beg to differ. if the only cars that get built in the future are electric hybrids. i feel that all the modern performance cars we have now will command a definate premium over all the electric cars.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 05-05-2011, 06:35 PM   #142
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But how many are out there that haven't been molested? There wouldn't be many I would think..
Far too few, sadly. I think they are a damned nice car is stock trim.
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Old 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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Old 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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Old 06-05-2011, 08:07 AM   #145
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Dont laugh the XR6T/G6ET will become the next VLT and a good unmolested version can get some good money
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Old 06-05-2011, 11:38 AM   #146
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i would say these are already classics especially the torana my neighbours got one and i cant help but look at it every morning
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Old 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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Old 06-05-2011, 03:25 PM   #149
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Dont laugh the XR6T/G6ET will become the next VLT and a good unmolested version can get some good money
I was going to say, I think the BA XR6 and more so especially the XR6T will become the new VLT.
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