Roush Value Tracking

[footnfan]

A value question. Are saleen's key low production cars changing in value. I am a newbie but I would be curious to see if cars like the SSC, SC, 351 Vert, 281E, cars are going up or down...or just holding their own? Does anyone have real sales price evidence?

A second question. Has Saleen's recent high volume productionn mode changed the future of the company?

Lastly, I saw my first Saleen 2005 convert yesterday....and I was actually driving on of my Saleens at the time!! I just got a very quick look but it looked pretty cool. Last night, we took three cars to a cruise in and I parked next to a new Roush. It was really assembled nicely but overall, I found it to be a yawner. Great paint though and the bolt on parts really matched well.



Thanks.

Dan
Relic collector

 

[whosdady]

It seems that all saleens including the focus and s7 are selling at super low prices compared to a year ago. Over the last couple months I have seen a 99 S351 sell for $28.5 and numerous ealier S351's sell for less than $25K. Even the newer E's are selling in the upper 20's to low 30's. To verfy this go to ebay and and type in saleen... then go to passenger vehicles... then go to completed auctions. It is very sad.

By the way, this is bad news for me as I will likely be taking a major hit on my saleen in the next few weeks.

 

[BLKVERT]

I have noticed the same "dropping" trend on Ebay, PAS and other places that sell Saleen Mustangs. Tey might nto be holding there value as they once did, and it just might get worse if they produce high production numbers for 05-07.

 

[marcus95]

OK,

I'll bite.

Look. Everyone knows that almost any car is a poor investment until it reaches a certain point in it's life cycle.

Any car that is more "rare" than another will gain value more quickly. Like I said in my other post a while back, Shelby produced around 14,000 cars from 1965-1970. Saleen on the other hand has only produced roughly half that so far.

Saleen would have to produce more mustangs than Ford produces Cobra Mustangs each year to signifigantly change the overall collector status of the vehicle.

We always use Shelby Mustangs as a reference of what our cars could become because they are the closest thing we have to do so.

With that said, SSC's, S351's, SA-10's, 20's and E cars and so on will of course be worth a bit more than the regular production S281 model only becuase of the lower numbers of those models built. You can directly relate that to certain model Shelbys from certain years.

Investment potential from a car short term is the worst investment ever. I learned long ago not to dump any signifigant amount of money in any car (even if I thought I would keep it forever) because we rarely do.

Saleen Mustangs are almost exactly half as old as the Shelbys. I hate to say but just because it says Saleen on the back of your bumper does not make it a sure thing, it just helps. For the same reason that a 2000 Cobra R, 93 R or 95 R model will be very comparable to any Saleen Mustang in the future because of the limited number produced.

This is why anyone with a Saleen Mustang right now other than Stu who owns all three 1984 cars I believe will just have to wait it out with everyone else. The smartest guys out there right now should be scooping up early fox body Saleens, the four eye cars even more. All of us with 1999-2004 S281's will have to wait the longest to see anything signifigant in return. Just like a 1969 GT350.
For example, Shelby only produced 500 some odd cars his first year. A 1965 GT350 is worth almost double what a 66 car is.

 

[Evil86lx]

I can give a little input about the Fox car's.

The early car's are bringing double of what a regular GT in the same condition will bring. I think the early car's will be the first to increase in value due to their lower production and all of the little quirk's that go with them.

I didnt buy my car as a investment. I bouhgt it because it was one of those car's that I could only dream of owning when they where new. Most of us couldnt afford a Saleen let alone any new fox car on a High School budget.

If it increases in value I'm just going to look at it as a Bonus. If not I'm still going to enjoy the car for what it is.

Onr thing that may help the value of the early car's is that they can not be easily cloned. No one is making the correct body part's for the foureye car's. If you see a 85/86 Saleen rolling down the road it is most likely the real deal. Something that can not be said for the 95+ car's.

kyle

 

[ddr1stang]

I just bought a 89ssc, probably paid close to full retail but I don't care it was the car I wanted because I love mustangs...I didn't really even consider it an investment or say to myself "man I hope this goes up in value"
My cousin owns a 65 gt350, 69 gt350 conv, 69 gt350, 67 fastback, 91 gt
The 65 he bought back in 1985. Ask him if he is happy with whats going on with the shelby market and he will get pi$$ed why because he loves mustangs and would like to own 10 shelbys but now he can't because of the prices of them.
We drive all of our mustangs because we love the thrill not the $. sure we will have the oppurtunity to cash in some day but will we? I think we are cashing in right now just by the smiles on our faces when we get behind the wheel!
We are mustang enthusiest who love to drive and enjoy them.
Find the car you just can't live without and buy it and enjoy it.

Compared to how old the earth is, God only put us here for a very very short time
ENJOY IT