Value of a Pro-Touring 1st Gen...

[Vegas69]

If the car is done right is the key. You stand a hell of alot better chance of getting your money back than you do buying a late model clunker that will lose half its value in two years.

[jannes_z-28]

I think you can compare with the Street rod scene, IMHO Pro Touring is a modern way of Street Rodding, using newer cars and making them perform and look better.

At the moment Pro touring is hot and many buyers don't ask for the quality or what parts are used. The price would depend very much on how it is built, very much the same as on Street Rods.

You can do a PT car on a tight budget or you can easily spend $100K and it would still be a PT car. As of now the '69 Camaro is the hottest one. Look at SEMA -06 only Camaros that you could see was '69s with a few exceptions of 67 and 68. So just the fact that you do a '69 Camaro will raise the price of it.

As said previously you will for sure get back the invested money and some for you work. It all depends on finding the right buyer...


Jan

[XcYZ]

Originally Posted by rwhite692

If the housing market keeps tightening, the number of people with access to large sums of their equity "play" cash will greatly diminish. A lot of what has fueled musclecar price growth in the last 8 years or so is the number of people with access to this easy money, coupled with speculation. The demand has been higher than supply.

I agree with that Rob, but I also think the demographics of car enthusiasts is changing. Street Rods just aren't being built as often as they used to be, and the custom muscle car (pro-touring/g-machine) is taking off.

[DocDave]

I agree. PT is the modern hot rodding. Look at what we all are doing to our cars, it's the same stuff the street rodders been doing for a while. We are just using newer stuff and taking it to the next level. PT movement is here to stay for a while.

[rwhite692]

Originally Posted by XcYZ

I agree with that Rob, but I also think the demographics of car enthusiasts is changing. Street Rods just aren't being built as often as they used to be, and the custom muscle car (pro-touring/g-machine) is taking off.

Yep, I agree with that as well, we see the demographic move along with the age group that has established themselves enough financially to afford the cars that they really want....in our cases, (30-50 something age group) are all wanting muscle...

[Stuart Adams]

The awesome parts available, forums like this one and others, quality cars floating around as examples, builders such as Foose, etc. involved, celebs such as Reggie, Jimmie Johnson, and Danica, and on and on - all this combined is exciting for the hobby and is fueling the surge IMO.