In a message dated 8/25/2005 9:59:18 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
twakeman@razzolink.com writes:
>> I prefer these cars remain affordable and accessible to enthusiasts
>> and drivers... not just museum pieces and investments for connoisseurs.
>
> I agree. I'm a buyer, not a seller. ;)
I agree as well, especially since I'm a driver. But I do wish I could
afford to be a driver of a DB3R or XK120C as well. It would be nice if
the other British cars were affordable as well.
I think Terri Ann may have hit on at least part of the problem. Jaguars are
still made and marketed as expensive, desirable cars. Everyone knows them
and sees the older models as valuable, desirable cars. Same for the Aston
Martin, which Bond still occasionally drives.
The popularity of Minis are due in part to the current marketing. I'll
wager many new owners never even considered an original Mini, or knew they
existed.
In the US at least, no Triumphs or MGs have been marketed in what, 25 years?
So most of the 30 and older crowd don't even know what they are, much less
see them as desirable. TRs might as well be Renaults or Peugeots to most
people. Pity us poor Morris and Spridget owners. We can easily put two or
three
time the market value of the car into a restoration.
I like the low prices, but in about 15 years, when I have a few more in the
stable, I'd love to see the prices go through the roof!
Robert B. Houston
Texan in New Mexico
63 TR4
73 MG Midget
94 F150
03 Beetle
To model our political system upon speculations of lasting tranquility, is
to calculate on the weaker springs of the human character.
---Alexander Hamilton
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