I agree. They will never see prices that the silver age muscle cars enjoy, but i never fail to get a thumbs up, or nice car compliment each and every single time she goes out.
I agree. They will never see prices that the silver age muscle cars enjoy, but i never fail to get a thumbs up, or nice car compliment each and every single time she goes out.And I feel, they were a main reason for the modern day "muscle car renaissance". The aftermarket exploded with mustang parts. That market had been stagnant for over 20 years. Magazines like 5.0,Mustangs and Fast Fords,etc became huge! Until then there were just basic Hotrod,CarCraft,Popular Hotrodding,and a bunch of fringe rags to read. They all were about the SBC. This platform is still iconic and promotes discussion(love or hate). How many F bodies of that generation do you see? I haven't seen one up here in a long time. I see foxbodies often At shows,at the track,and occasionally tooling down the highway. As far as value goes...never going to hit the same "value system" as a 60's muscle car. Still going to escalate in value though. I still get lots of comments/thumbs up from guys in my generation. Lots of "man I had one of those when.." or "I always wanted one of those when.." 20-30 year olds don't understand that. They may like or dislike but they didn't grow up in that era....and the over 60 crowd doesn't really care either(they had their muscle cars and nothing compares for them). Oh well I love them and don't really give a rat's red bunion hole what others really think(until I sell it lol).
Not dismissing the impact of the car, it's just not nor will ever be a 69 camaro or a 65 fastback. It will never have the impact or world wide appeal that the early pony cars had. There are too many factors, including socio economic ones that made early mustangs and camaros what they are. Will foxbody mustangs become more valuable over time? Sure, that is obvious, but I still think it will always be a cult enthusiast car and our community will be the ones setting the value of the car.
I agree. They will never see prices that the silver age muscle cars enjoy, but i never fail to get a thumbs up, or nice car compliment each and every single time she goes out.
If you are too young to remember, it was all about the 5.0... this is what the talk was like... "almost beat a 5.0", "5.0 wouldn't race me", "was pulling a 5.0 but ran out of track", "will it hang with a 5.0?" ... ... the 5.0 was the measuring stick.
AgreedLike I said. Age lends perspective. In 1987 I was driving a 70 mach.. and there was a kid in town with a brand new blue LX 5.0 with nitrous.. and I couldn't touch him. 69 camaros? Back then there was one on every street corner. I pis sed 69 camaros. The reason they are worth so much now is most of them were wrecked, crushed, and made into Hyundais. If there was a 5.0 in town with a bottle, it was a bad b!tch. No way a 30 something could wrap their head around the nostalgia of that... and that is precisely why they'll never understand the value falling in with muscle cars. People pay for nostalgia.
My son has a hard on for 70-72 cutlassI had rivaled Foxbody Mustangs in my younger days too. I would hunt them in my 455 Cutlass. That Cutlass had way more potential then my young dumb ass knew how to harness. Anyway, that car is long gone from me now.
Why did I by a Foxbody? I wanted to have a manual trans car that was a good platform for mods. Hard to beat a Foxbody in that regard.
My son has a hard on for 70-72 cutlass
Some things you never forget. One day in the staging lanes I had the hood up tinkering. Next lane over was a guy with a mustang doing same. Another guy walks between us and looks under our hoods. Turns to his friend and says, "look, ford guy is running ac delco and the olds guy is running autolites". Giggles and walks away
When people my son's age get out of college, and start coming into money, the foxbody will bring that money. It will have the mystique for them the way 60's cars did for me. Like I said. It's a cycle. Hide and watch.
I remember the mid to late 90s when the 5.0 still was the measuring stick. Heard that sort of talk everywhere.
This was when GM started stuffing LT and LS motors in their cars.
Still, I feel the fox will slwars have cult following. I don't see too many musicians or NFL players signing a multimillion dollar contract and then going out to buy a Fox mustNg. Mass appeal will always be those 64-69 cars
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Early foxes are 30ish years old. Are you telling me the desire and cost is there for a fox now the way a 65 mustang was at 30? No way. I guess time will tell. When the fox reaches 40 if it's bringing classic mustang $ I'll buy you a case or a bottle of whatever poison is your pleasure.
I don't think it'll ever approach the same cult status. Although they both (the 1st gen, and the fox) share a "first" status of sorts, the 65 car will always be the first of the first's.A 65 mustang is 51 years old. Like I said.. it's a cycle. Save your money, I don't drink cheap.
A 65 mustang is 51 years old. Like I said.. it's a cycle. Save your money, I don't drink cheap.
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