A couple corvette owners including myself in my workplace have gotten into quite a few discussions regarding the young kids of today and their possible interest in older corvettes when they reach their 20's 30's etc. Some feel that unlike most of us who grew up in the early days of the breed, their interest will not be the same. Perhaps so... but yesterday while giving my 66 a good little ride to shake off the winter rust and dust I went by some groups of young kids 10,12 or 14 years of age and they all stopped whatever they were doing and watched me go by..and as I watched in my rear view mirror they were still watching me as I left out of site. I then came to the relization that some of them will be older Corvette owners just like me because their faces as I drove by were much like mine was years ago when a car like that went by me.
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Yeah, I get the same response in my '65. Everything from "that's a bad car!" to "love your car!". It reminds me of my reaction to them when I was about their age. It tells me they're a classic work of art/design and it's great when they're in their element, on the roads, being appreciated by all ages.David Hobby (46447) -
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Same response to my `33 Cadillac. They might not know what it is, but they know they like it. Timeless designs are timeless.Comment
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Corvette is the All-America car. The ultimate. My friends and I have talked about the Future of Corvettes also. Wondering if in 2067 a 67 427/435 will be worth............ who knows what. Will a young guy or girl in their 30's or 40's be willing to pay or even want a car like the Corvette ? You can read about Toyota and see just how these rice burners are effecting America life. Take a good look at what kids are driving. My son, who is 15, loves Corvetes (would Never drive or own a foreign car) he has learned the Corvette hobby from me. I am sure alot of other members have children and they have the same love for this car as I do, and have passed this love along. I go by these words. See the USA in your Chevrolet. America is asking you to call. Drive your Chevrolet through the USA, America's the Greatest land of all.On a highway, or a road along the levy Performance is sweeter,nothing can beat Her. Life is completer in a Chevy. So make a date today to see the USA and see it in your Chevrolet.
The loyalty, today is gone. Hopefully the Corvette will hold and keep the loyalty of buyers like it has. I feel the only real true interest in the future of Corvette will be what we "the Corvette generation" have past down to family and friends. I know every young guy in my neighborhood was effected(infected)by all the Corvettes I had, and still have. Some still have that first used C2,or C3 they bought or have a collection of all generations(complete Corvette nut).Some just satisfied with their new C6. I'm kinda rambling. My .02, I just grew up in a different world. Save the Wave. >GeorgeComment
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Well said George, I don't think we will ever see the day when someone or many are investing 20-30 thousand into a 1977 Corona because they really liked the look or for its performance.Comment
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The Corvette stands alone in its collectability aspect along with the fact that many have been restored to date. Each owner has taken them back in various ways to improve and sustain their heritage and when they are done sooner or later another will pick up where he left off...amazing to say the least. Some have been restored from stages that most other cars of same condition would have been written off for lost forever. Once, I had a Corvette restoration shop tell me my Corvette would make a good parts car?? I was insulted and thought to myself if this car was in half the shape it was I would still do whatever it took to keep it on the road forever and ever. Many $$'s later I do not regret spending every last penny I did bringing it to where it is now. There's few cars out there I would feel this way about. C1's to C7's and on to the C20's they will all have a place on America roadways..and their collectability will remain supreme.Comment
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And seeing the little guy with the white hair and beard and chauffeur's hat on driving it is also priceless BTW what is the rent for a trip and back to the Angus Barn??Dick WhittingtonComment
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I'm not so sure that future generations will be as enamored with the C1, C2 & C3 style cars as has been posted here. I'm probably on the younger side of the age group on this forum, at 52, I was sixteen when the 1970 Corvette debuted, thus my love for these cars falls towards the '68 thru '72 era cars.
I attend a lot of car shows and what I observe is that the younger generation might like the looks of early Corvettes, they don't really identify with them in a way that means enough to absolutely want to own one. I think peer pressure and the buddy system have more to do with what choices they will make. I see much more of these kids wanting to own an older musclecar and modernize it with personal tastes, and I believe we are presently seeing the highest prices for the older 'vettes, because of our generation wanting to own these cars while we are able to do so and enjoy them, before we can no longer afford to. I believe the high price cycle has hit for C1 & C2's. Early C3's are approaching the pinnacle. I believe most younger generataions will gravitate towards the more electrically optioned models, such as C4's, C5's and onward, they are and will be very affordable models in the years to come.Comment
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I wonder what will happen when all of us baby-boomers retire. I know I will not have the number of cars that I have now since I will have less income and my wife has plans for me that do not include maintining a fleet of old cars. Besides I used the excuse they were investments. Should be interesting!Comment
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Re: We have nothing more than future museum pieces
And only then a certain few.
All Corvettes other than the chosen few will end up as all cars do, a future Toyota or Subaru hover car.
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Gary, my face still looks like that. *NM*
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I think the C1 C2 & C3 cars will hold there value for some time to come. It's just a case of supply and demand. There are people who collect classic cars from the 1930's and 1940's who wern't around when the cars were built. They liked the cars and had some disposable income. I can't see the C4 C5 & C6 ever becoming collector items. With all the plastic in them and all the electronics I don't see how they can be restored and maintained. I think of them as being disposable.Comment
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I Can Still Remember...
My grandfather trying to interest me in his exploits as a barefoot youngster during the twilight days of the "old west" gunfighter.
Our children will probably be telling their grandchildren about the old days when individual transportation vehicles were powered by internal combustion engines fueled by "petroleum distillate". The once glittering golden empires of the middle east will be in crumbling ruins, surrounded by nomadic goat herders doing the same thing they were when it all be began. No American oil companies' geologists are going to save them this time...allah reigns supreme over a desert wasteland.Comment
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Re: I think gasoline and lubricants
may be more the deciding factors. These cars are going to be nothing more than static eye candy to the Jetson crowdComment
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Re: You tell it like it is Brother Chuck *NM*
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