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01-22-2016, 06:16 PM
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Drives: 2014 2SS M6 "CHRISTINE" Join Date: Mar 2014
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American Muscle Car Graveyard, in Japan?
What the heck?:
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01-23-2016, 07:31 AM
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Drives: 2010victoryred2lt Join Date: Mar 2011
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wow what a waste
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01-23-2016, 07:46 AM
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Drives: 2012 Camaro 45th Anniversary RS Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: New York
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Why wouldn't they partner up with someone in the states, and ship them back and have them restored and make a fortune? I'm not talking now I mean back a while...
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01-23-2016, 07:53 AM
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Jumanji
Drives: '14 Z/28 - AGM - No A/C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Alaska
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Oldie but good video. Pops up every few years.
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01-23-2016, 11:03 AM
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Drives: 05 Grand Am GT Join Date: Jul 2007
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Plus, generally speaking most of those cars didn't look all that collectible in the first place. 2nd gen F-bodies, a C4 Corvette ... there isn't much interest (and therefore value) in those cars. Certainly not 20 years ago when those cars might have been a cheap & easy flip, since they were still a dime a dozen back then. I don't know too much about the collectivity of Mustangs, but none of the ones shown screamed 'oh one of those!?!?' to me. Mostly it was 'yup, thats an old Mustang'. About the only car there that I noticed which could maybe have been worth sending to the US was the pre-restored 1st gen. The timing would have been crucial on that. Too soon after its restore and its too expensive to buy. Too late, and its too expensive to fix up again. Lastly, I know that there are restrictions on the importation of Japanese market cars less than 25 years old. I'm not too familiar with the law, so it might not apply to cars that were originally imported to Japan from the US.
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01-25-2016, 11:03 AM
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Drives: black Z28 Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: el mirage
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To have old school muscle would be sweet!
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01-25-2016, 11:11 AM
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Drives: 2015 SW 1SS/RS 1LE Join Date: Mar 2015
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If they're ex US Military junked cars, easy to bring back... if they're Japanese imported, pain in the arse to bring back.
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01-25-2016, 12:10 PM
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Drives: Race Car Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Seffner, FL
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Maybe left over from the Tsunami/Nuclear Disaster of 2011
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01-26-2016, 02:36 PM
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Drives: 2017 Mosaic Bk ZL1 M6 Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: South of Raleigh, NC
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Maybe they're gearing up again, this time for NK. Lots of American steel made it's way over in the 1930s solely to be recycled into their war machine.
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01-26-2016, 02:46 PM
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 Drives: Love the one you're with Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Downtown Charlie Brown
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The 70 Z/28 is the only one I see worth anything. Who wants a 307 first gen? Nobody I know. The others are just trash.
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01-27-2016, 04:25 PM
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What?! Muscle cars originated in America, so the graveyard for them should be in America. Japan hasn't a single muscle car in any of the automaker's lineups.
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01-29-2016, 09:13 AM
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Drives: '94 Z28+ '15 Z/28 Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Cheektowaga, NY
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A 429 Cobra Jet Mach1 is worth a decent amount of coin. So is the '70 Mustang fastback with the big-block. Even the Mach1's with 351's can fetch $25-$35k. The 2 'Vette's that were there are worth nothing. The '69 Camaro has potential for a clone car.
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01-30-2016, 02:08 AM
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Jumanji
Drives: '14 Z/28 - AGM - No A/C Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Alaska
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Heck, the Z/28 and WS6 TA 6.6 have potential too.
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02-11-2016, 04:33 AM
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 Drives: 2SS/RS 2010 Camaro Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: PH
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How did so many muscle cars end up in the one yard.. and left to rot?
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