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If we live that long. Take into account the price of the car, now start adding the air conditioning/heat for the storage, the fact that you need to stabilize or drain fuel, dessicants, car bags, wraps, what have you. And inflation. 20 years from now that Z/28 fetching 140K might be just breaking even on the sticker price as far as buying power. Who knows at this point. Then the meticulous attention to detail that you would have to give the car for pristine upkeep. All the while you don't drive it.

Note that even today, there are just a handful of true, survivor cars that bring in major $$. While it may come true with the Z/28 one day, I'd likely make more money off of investing "storage costs" into operating costs- gas/insurance, etc. If any left over, you can invest it in land or stable stocks...I dunno.

Interesting article by regular contributor Jim McGowan in this month's "Hemming's Muscle Machines" magazine. In it talks about supply/demand, yada yada. The question come up as to why pay good money for a rare car so it never sees pavement again. Along with that is the realization there is another player in the car hobby- enter the more-money-than-brains crowd; those who spare no expense just to have something no one else has for no good reason.

It really comes down to that aspect of which is more important: simple ownership bragging rights or appreciation for the car itself? Most cars stashed away hardly ever see the light of day again.

Everyone has their reasons, so it's all good when it comes to collecting. But I certainly don't have time to wait and see how much they'll be worth "down the road." If I had one, I'd drive it. But it doesn't fit what I want in a car, so I leave it be.