Yep the jdm crowd killed so many of there cars that prices went bat
Not as many as the drift crowed has destroyed lol.. Worst was seeing a typhoons in the cash for clunkers deal, $3500 I would have bough it.. We only got clapped out junk traded in where I worked, half the stuff didn't take much to lock up the motor.
Lots of 80s and 90s stuff is up big these days.
Broncos are another one but they have always been popular so should be no surprise
Broncos are another one but they have always been popular so should be no surprise
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Back in the day, I owned a 1972 Celica ST, and the wifey bought a 1983 Celica brand new. Oh well, at least I still got the fox.
Legit low mile cars going to collectors I can understand, cut up polished turds or bondo buckets that where ragged to death then returned to stock is what I've been seeing a ton of the past few years and they don't justify the asking prices... Been looking for a simple obs dumb efi or carb truck to redo. Most are just flippers looking for suckers, the majority of them are hack jobs....
If your dropping more the 10k on fox body or any 80s - 90s car you better inspect it close on lift, under coating and fresh paint only hides so much especially on a tin can like fox body, and any that saw sticky tires or left hard on the track will show it. The trucks up here are mostly rotted to hell hidden with Bedliner or under coating that look ok from 10ft..... Up close not so much
The trick is to find the fun cars that will be popular 3-5 years before they start going up in value. If we are seeing the early 90's cars going up, then what was the car to have in the late 90s & early '00s? I'm still keeping an eye out for a '95 Cobra R or a 95-99 Saleen S351. I was pretty in-the-know on the cars back in the 90s, but by the '00s, my head was completely into career. I might have missed some of the cool stuff.
The search engines suck these days since Craigslist started charging to list there, 95% of private owner cars are on Facebook. Facebook plain sucks to search and won't show you all the ads. On top of that most are listed in echo chamber groups who do nothing but trying to pump the value of them... The amount of cars I looked at in person that have comments like, " you listed that car too low" or "that should sell fast" only to find rot patched with fiber fill in under 5 mins or slapped together cars with a macro special after driving a few hours got real old.....
A paint gauge is your friend when Looking at older cars, and people who won't post detailed pics are generally hiding some thing. On top of that that market is just plain screwed from covid so all most everyone that isn't starved for cash is looking for a sucker ..... Don't get me wrong. Some cars are worth the high prices 95% are not. The best deals I've found where using crappy apps like offer up in areas away form big cities.
As for mr2's they have been popular for a few years now with the k20 swap crowd among others. Jdm cars all have the millennial tax, hell I just saw a local clapped out Crx asking 22k... Blame YouTube and social media...