There was a time (not that any of us can remember that far back, of course) when you could’ve picked up a fixer-upper muscle car&hellip;{"id":2159,"date":"2012-10-05T10:26:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pomonaswapmeet.com\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2012-10-05T10:26:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T17:26:03","slug":"an-investment-in-your-muscle-car-who-would-have-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/an-investment-in-your-muscle-car-who-would-have-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"An Investment in your Muscle Car! Who Would Have Thought?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There was a time (not that any of <em>us<\/em> can remember that far back, of course) when you could\u2019ve picked up a fixer-upper muscle car for a triple-figure price \u2014 $425, maybe.<\/p>\n<p>But depending on what you\u2019re after, you could easily add three more figures to that total if you\u2019re looking to <a title=\"buy classic cars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\" target=\"_blank\">buy classic cars<\/a> now, <a title=\"Total Car Score\" href=\"http:\/\/www.totalcarscore.com\" target=\"_blank\">Total Car Score<\/a> (TCS) reports. And all three of those figures would likely be zeros.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, two of TCS\u2019s <a title=\"Total Car Score\" href=\"http:\/\/www.totalcarscore.com\/car-reviews\/news-stories\/total-car-score-names-top-10-best-muscle-cars\" target=\"_blank\">top 10 classic muscle cars<\/a>(the rare 1969 Chevy Camaro with the ZL 1 option ranked first, while the \u201971 Plymouth Hemi \u2019Cuda ranked second) are worth up to $425,000 today.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2160\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pomonaswapmeet.com\/2012\/10\/05\/an-investment-in-your-muscle-car-who-would-have-thought\/71hemicuda\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2160\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2160\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2160\" title=\"71HemiCuda\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blog.pomonaswapmeet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/71HemiCuda-300x149.jpg?resize=300%2C149\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/71HemiCuda.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/71HemiCuda.jpg?resize=150%2C74&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/71HemiCuda.jpg?w=318&amp;ssl=1 318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2160\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Possibly the BEST &#8217;71 Hemi &#8216;Cuda that the factory ever produced!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kicking yourself for letting go of that old Mustang of yours now? We know the feeling.<\/p>\n<p>Fact is, muscle cars are turning out to be a terrific investment. And even if the current prices sound a little breathtaking, the trend is still pointing upward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re seeing a general rise in auction and listing prices of classic muscle cars as market interest in these models picks up,\u201d TCS\u2019s editor in chief, Karl Brauer, tells <a title=\"Ney York Daily News\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/autos\/top-ten-classic-muscle-car-list-released-total-car-score-article-1.1168762\" target=\"_blank\">the New York Daily News<\/a>. \u201cRare older models, in original or properly restored condition, are increasing in value even as the general economy continues to struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not all of TCS\u2019s top muscle car picks are valued quite that high, of course. Half could be had for less than $100,000, and the No. 10 car \u2014 the 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 \u2014 weighs in at $35,000, less than many well-equipped newer (yet decidedly less stylish) rides.<\/p>\n<p>In a few years, though, that Olds could be worth a trunkful more.<\/p>\n<p>So forget all those lectures your parents gave you about blowing money on chrome and carbs. Buying classic cars might just be more sensible than stowing away stocks at this point.<\/p>\n<p title=\"contact us\">If your interested in kickin&#8217; some tires or desire the car you coveted in high school, be sure to come check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pomona Swap Meet &amp; Classic Car Show<\/a>.\u00a0 If you can&#8217;t find what you are looking for, try the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pomonaclassifieds.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pomona Classifieds<\/a>, who knows, you might just find your long gone dream car there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[78,79,77,81,82,80],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9nnZN-yP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2166,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}