That 66 Bonneville 421 tri, no room on the data plate for any more option stamping. And he leaves it behind. But I get it.

"Here's a piece of history" as he pulls rotten rally striping from the pace car, and hands it over... "I'll put it with all my other pieces of history" gotta love that.

seventy2plus2 wrote:

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Ya gotta wonder what he pays for some of those.

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 Hopefully not too much. With all the work & logistics put into getting them.

65Camino wrote:

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Or what he sells them for.
Next generations won't care at all about these.

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 You are so right. Even cars that were topping out at high prices 10-15 years ago have fallen back. 

You see it all the time as the hobby members age out. Example: my new to me 55 Bel Air was restored to original condition about 15 years ago. The number of people who want it this way is rapidly declining in favor of modernized cars or full blown resto-mods that younger hobbyists are more likely to buy.

As much as I like these cars in original style and condition, I'd even like to have power disc brakes and power steering on this car.

There's no fighting the demographic curve as the generations roll over.