Interesting! Nice that a few people got some deals. As a 1962 baby, I once again feel that I arrived at dinner just in time to miss dessert, and to clear up the scraps left over by the Boomers... if I had only bought some of those cars ten years ago, instead of paying off my mortgage!
The prices these cars *should* have fetched are instructive. Real-estate bubbles on both coasts and in some bigger inland cities are driving the prices in our hobby out of the reach of younger people — unless they, or as is more likely, their parents are bubble beneficiaries. Those real estate prices are the hidden inflation of our era, and they are dragging prices for *some* other goods up with them quickly: namely, the things that Boomer home-equity millionaires want: old cars, old motorcycles, cottages, cabins, etc. What will happen in 20-30 years — when gas is even at current European prices ($7.07 a gallon in Denmark), the Boomers are gone or mostly, and the population is stagnant or falling? Whether or not real estate prices fall depends on a lot of factors, but the price of our cars is based on our demand. When we are gone, then what? My kids want to live downtown, commute by train if necessary (NOT by bus), and drive somewhere once or twice a week for fun or shopping. A classic car sounds perfect, right? Except they want airbags, ABS, and backup cameras, thanks. Oh, and crash safety. A car-share is all they will ever need (or be able to afford), in any case. Some day in the coming decades, no-one is going to want our treasured cars anymore. So enjoy them, but beware the bubble!
