No ones talking about the 2.4 million dollar Cuda

[heminut]

Something to think about, if they have that kind of money, and spend it on a car, it's not for the love of the car.  It could be for a bunch of reasons, but to them it's just an asset to be exploited.

That's pretty much my take on it too. The majority of those folks don't have the love that us 'poor' people do for the cars. (I guess if you don't own at least 2 E bodies then you're considered poor by some standards.) Most of the cars being bought for the big bucks are either investments or toys acquired to keep up with the Joneses so to speak. Notice I said most, there are exceptions to that, as there are in all things. Bill Wieman is a good example, and I would have to say he probably has a genuine love for musclecars. Why else would you spend that kind of money for a car and then take it out and drive it? To me that's called enjoying it for what it was meant for. Heck, if I had a high dollar car like that I'd drive the wheels off of it!

[whitesatinmopar]

  Hell, if you can afford to buy that money level of a car you sure can also afford to restore it again. And again, and again, and again.................................    

[72hemi]

(I guess if you don't own at least 2 E bodies then you're considered poor by some standards.)

Does that mean since I am 23 with 3 e bodys (70, 71 Plymouth, 72 Dodge) that mommy and daddy didn't give me, that I am rich? Just kidding. I think the sad part of these wealthy individuals who have these large collections is that they don't make a museum, so that others can at least see the cars. You know that when they die odds are that their kids are going to sell the collection off piece by piece, just like the Harrahs collection in Nevada.

[heminut]

Does that mean since I am 23 with 3 e bodys (70, 71 Plymouth, 72 Dodge) that mommy and daddy didn't give me, that I am rich? Just kidding.

I don't know if you're rich (I don't know your financial situation) but with 3 E bodies I'd say you're blessed!

I think the sad part of these wealthy individuals who have these large collections is that they don't make a museum, so that others can at least see the cars. You know that when they die odds are that their kids are going to sell the collection off piece by piece, just like the Harrahs collection in Nevada.

The really sad part is a lot of these people won't keep the car long enough to worry about what happens to it down the line. When something else comes along to catch their eye the car will be sold to pay for the next toy.

[ragtopdodge]

For big money car collectors, check out this:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/racing/01/26/audi.auction.ap/index.html

[72hemi]

I don't know if you're rich (I don't know your financial situation) but with 3 E bodies I'd say you're blessed!

I have to agree with that. I love these cars and was fortunate enough to get my first e body (72 Challenger that I still have) over 9 years ago from my neighbor. BTW not rich, bank account a little low do to my Mopar habits I just hope one day I can have a 71 convetible clone, and a real N96 D21 'cuda (any color but red).

[OzCuda]

Read an article about the Bill Wieman guy in one of the mags and his logic was that the car was insured for way more than the cost of the most extensive rebuild so he could drive a multi-million dollar Cuda without risk - still this sort of advantage only comes into play when you are running in that sort of league.  Big dollar Mopars are good for those of us that have our cars as it means at least that we have a good chance of keeping the value/investment in our cars but not good for the dreamers or anyone that wants to upgrade to a hemi car etc.  $2.4 million is one $200k car that would be stunning and $2.2 million for a hospital or school where it was needed....

[cudabuyer]

only 1 opinion i have & it's probably worthless - but hey Tiger Woods bring about 2000% increase in money for the "poor -loser" golfers or winners when he doesn't play

it would be nice if our "drivers / clones / resto-mods / etc" could tag along for the ride and gain some value from the BIG Spenders