Best muscle cars and what they are worth
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Every boy, and a lot of girls growing up, have a dream car, or a special car that you think, one day your going to have one of those. You picture yourself driving down the road, you hear the noise of the engine, you know that you have the power to kick down the accelerator and it will throw you back into the seat, even if your already doing 80. Some boys outgrow the dream, some don't. The ones that don't, restore these amazing cars so the rest of us can still enjoy them.
top muscle cars
If you don't keep up on classic collector cars, you would never guess what the top wanted and most expensive U.S. car is. The 1971 Plymouth Hemi cuda convertible. There were 11 built, 7 of them were originally sold in the U.S. The car sold new in 1971 for $3700. One of these cars sold in 2007 for $2,500,000 and was said to be a steal for that price. It was expected to sell for over 3 million.
1964 Ford Shelby cobra 289 roadster
There were 528 of this model produced. Many were set up for racing. You can pick a non racing version for around $329,000. A racing version sold for $1.2 million in 2005.
1970 Chevelle ss 454 ls6 convertible
There were 50 of these cars built. This classic collector car out of the factory put out 450 horsepower. To buy one brand new in 1970 would have cost you $4800. Now you can get one for around $400,000.
1971 Pontiac GTO Gudge Convertible
There were 17 of these classic collector cars produced. There is a website that tracks all 17 cars. This one sold in 2007 for $300,000.
1971 gto judge convertible
1969 dodge charger RT 440 hardtop
When I was in high school, my best friend had 2 of these cars. He spent most of his time adding and changing the cars. They are now worth $170,000.
1969 dodge charger RT 440 hardtop
1968 Ford Shelby GT 500 KR
530 of these were produced with the 428 cobra jet engine. One recently sold at an auction for $191,000.
1968 Ford Shelby GT 500 KR
1969 Chevy Camaro z-28 ss coupe
This model had the induction cowl hood, the special grill, 4 wheel disc brakes, and more horsepower than you know what to do with.
These were all the cool cars that we were driving when we were growing up. These cars were the cars that everyone could afford at the time. It's hard to look forward 40 years and think that a 2009 dodge Neon will sell at an auction for hundreds of thousands of dollars.
There will not be another bunch of cars like these ever. The classic collector cars in 40 years will be the classic collector cars that are already expensive now, not the average cars that anyone can buy.
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Very nice. I owned (and have since shut down due to the economy) a restoration shop and kept up with muscle car facts a lot more than I do now. The only thing I wonder about is that I think the Cobra is an AC Cobra, not Ford. Course, the AC Cobra 427's are also top-dollar collectibles.
Thanks for the info. Nice hub, for sure.













pankang 2 years ago
Good cars, amazing, but I have no a car, even the old one. Feel badly for that, many people are like me, no cars.