<VV> Corvair Values, values in general.

[Gary Swiatowy]

Yes, Dusters and Demons were cheap at one time.
And now they are in the $20,000-30,000 range.
Remember when no-one wanted a 58 Impala? 
Now they are going for more than a 55-57 Chevy!
Remember when no-one wanted a Corvair? Well those days are over for now and
our cars could really increase in value higher than we could ever expect.
I do remember when everyone said a Roadrunner would never be worth 10 grand
because they were plentiful............yeah we were wrong.

But what goes around comes around. Model A and T values have dropped. Mainly
because people who remembered them fondly are no longer around. I happen to
know of a few 39-41 cars out there for sale cheaply, still unsold because
no-one wants to actually have to do work on them. And without the creature
comforts of Air, power steering and brakes, and a stereo, most will pass
them by. I have a 64 T-Bird project car I'm trying to sell, again, if it was
turn key and go and show....... fine, but no-one wants to do the work, and
they don't want to pay someone else either.

And we who have interest in Corvairs are getting older as well. I don't
relish another project and am kept busy with what I have now. Prices will go
up for awhile, but sooner or later they will drop.

Will the next generation be restoring K cars?

Gary Swiatowy

>
> Hmmm...if this thread is what will happen, it reminds
> me what happened with the A-body MoPars.
>
> Back in 80s, the Dusters and Demons weren't really
> worth much except as used cars, and the 340s weren't
> really worth much more than the Slant Six models.
>
> Then suddenly one day, Demon prices went through the
> roof along with the original 340 models, and suddenly
> a $500. clunker was worth $6,000.
>
> Does this mean that because Impalas, Chevelles, Novas
> and Camaros are priced in the stratosphere, that
> Corvairs will follow?  After all, they're all Chevys,
> built in the Classic Sixties.  They have the same
> styling and hey, if you're gonna restore it, what
> difference does it make if it's a Nova or a Vair?
>
> Or will hardtops and sedans stay down in price while
> ragtops soar?
>
> Only time will tell, but I CAN tell you that
> enthusiasm for more expensive Chevys has NOT put these
> cars into the hands of wealthy playboys who don't
> appreciate their value, there are plenty of
> grass-roots folks out there tooling around in their
> old Chevys on a daily basis.  They just don't sell
> them and if they did, they could get a lot more than
> what they paid back inte Eighties.
>
> I'm rambling again...I also drive my Monza every day
> and I've never had so much fun behind the wheel with
> any other car before (I've owned cars for over 35
> years) so I hope to keep driving Susie, or whatever
> Vair, for a very long time, for the sheer fun of it.
> I have no interest in selling my car for a huge
> profit...Bill Hershkowitz, Brooklyn NY  69 Monza HT