I take great pride on owning stock cars from new. Kept in absolutely pristine condition it is like getting into a new car every day. It maintains its highest value. It keeps it reliable. Try trading a car that has been modified. No-one wants to know about it. You might sell it to that one in a thousand who likes your modifications but they probably won't give you the money you spent on it..
I used to say to people. When you take your car in for service. Give it to them new, clean, inside and out You treat it like crap so will they. Apart from the young bloke in the shop no-one is going to be interested in your blow off valves.
I take great pride on owning stock cars from new. Kept in absolutely pristine condition it is like getting into a new car every day. It maintains its highest value. It keeps it reliable. Try trading a car that has been modified. No-one wants to know about it. You might sell it to that one in a thousand who likes your modifications but they probably won't give you the money you spent on it..
I used to say to people. When you take your car in for service. Give it to them new, clean, inside and out You treat it like crap so will they. Apart from the young bloke in the shop no-one is going to be interested in your blow off valves.
I can echo this. No two people want to modify their car the same way and some don’t want to modify at all. I think stingers unmodified will be hard to find soon.
I can echo this. No two people want to modify their car the same way and some don’t want to modify at all. I think stingers unmodified will be hard to find soon.
I went to the Mecum auction in Vegas last month, and I hate seeing cars from the 50's, 60's that are ruined by customization.
Seeing a beautiful '62 Corvette slammed to the ground with and LS under the hood just makes me mad.
I absolutely love a vintage Corvette or Mustang or GTO that's faithfully restored to factory specs, hopefully with a numbers matching drivetrain.
For this reason, I'll leave the Stinger stock. I don't drive much anymore (retired), and it's also not my daily driver, so the mileage will be very low.
My kids will inherit it one day and they are already looking forward to it in the future. I think they're planning my demise, but I could be wrong....haha.
I went to the Mecum auction in Vegas last month, and I hate seeing cars from the 50's, 60's that are ruined by customization.
Seeing a beautiful '62 Corvette slammed to the ground with and LS under the hood just makes me mad.
I absolutely love a vintage Corvette or Mustang or GTO that's faithfully restored to factory specs, hopefully with a numbers matching drivetrain.
For this reason, I'll leave the Stinger stock. I don't drive much anymore (retired), and it's also not my daily driver, so the mileage will be very low.
My kids will inherit it one day and they are already looking forward to it in the future. I think they're planning my demise, but I could be wrong....haha.
See, I'm completely the opposite. I can appreciate those old cars for what they are but have you driven an all original car from back then? They don't make for good drivers. I'd much prefer a resto mod. I'd gladly take anything old with some bigger, wider tires, actual good brakes and steering and who wouldn't want LS power under the hood. On top of all that you have the classic looks. If it's some rare, numbers matching car then he'll no I wouldn't do that but if not, I'd take a nice resto mod any day.
I went to the Mecum auction in Vegas last month, and I hate seeing cars from the 50's, 60's that are ruined by customization.
Seeing a beautiful '62 Corvette slammed to the ground with and LS under the hood just makes me mad.
I absolutely love a vintage Corvette or Mustang or GTO that's faithfully restored to factory specs, hopefully with a numbers matching drivetrain.
For this reason, I'll leave the Stinger stock. I don't drive much anymore (retired), and it's also not my daily driver, so the mileage will be very low.
My kids will inherit it one day and they are already looking forward to it in the future. I think they're planning my demise, but I could be wrong....
I went to the Mecum auction in Vegas last month, and I hate seeing cars from the 50's, 60's that are ruined by customization.
Seeing a beautiful '62 Corvette slammed to the ground with and LS under the hood just makes me mad.
I absolutely love a vintage Corvette or Mustang or GTO that's faithfully restored to factory specs, hopefully with a numbers matching drivetrain.
For this reason, I'll leave the Stinger stock. I don't drive much anymore (retired), and it's also not my daily driver, so the mileage will be very low.
My kids will inherit it one day and they are already looking forward to it in the future. I think they're planning my demise, but I could be wrong....haha.
Not a highly collectible car but it was the car I had at 20 years old and I’m 65 now so wanted a survivor. 17.5 actual miles and all original except corvette rally wheels
See, I'm completely the opposite. I can appreciate those old cars for what they are but have you driven an all original car from back then? They don't make for good drivers. I'd much prefer a resto mod. I'd gladly take anything old with some bigger, wider tires, actual good brakes and steering and who wouldn't want LS power under the hood. On top of all that you have the classic looks. If it's some rare, numbers matching car then he'll no I wouldn't do that but if not, I'd take a nice resto mod any day.
I can see both sides of the coin. That's why there's a market for both.
Having grown up in the 60's, yes, I have driven cars from that era.
My first car was a '61 Vauxhall, of all things. A British import nightmare, but I loved it, as it gave me my first taste of freedom.
My first 'real' car was a '66 Chevy Biscayne. Four door straight 6 with 2 speed automatic, bench seats and four wheel drum brakes.
It was scary with the drum brakes (major fade), and I was forever tuning and fixing it, but as a teen just getting into cars, I loved it.
Getting a vintage car now for me would not necessarily be about daily driving it. It would be about reliving my youth and enjoying just having it in my garage.
I bought the Stinger for good brakes, steering and power. A collector car for me would be about originality, warts and all.
