My wife and I were talking......

[BigBlockSam]

my friend CARLOS WAS 39. just got married . bought a house and had a baby. 1 yr later he's making love to his wife and boom, massive heart attack. there was a problem with his heart from birth. that was never detected. i miss him.
  you only live once. i have my pension from 25 yrs at the nyt. i drove a truck. so f it i'm doing it. i'm also gonna sell my boss hoss to add aliittle more cash to the kitty.
i'm building a daytona replica and i will own a real bird. thats a hell of a stable. not counting the r/t , satellite or the 39 plymouth. i'm looking for a decent 70 charger for the 440 i'm building.   thanks for your advice. Rene

[70charginglizard]

invest it in an oil well somewhere in the middle east.

You'll make....billions.

[69_500]

The ebodies are a very safe investment choice. I don't see the Chargers keeping their skyrocketed prices they currently have. I hope they do, but then again I hope they don't. I want a Daytona one of these days, and as it looks now that day will be when i'm 104.

[41husk]

  E body and challengers are priced a little below the cudas so that may be the best bet for an investment, but like my wife says " it aint an investment if your never going to sell"

[triple_green]

I agree with buying an E body. Challengers next. Next buy a E or B body convertible. Buy a hemi car. Buy a Charger/RR/Superbee/GTX. Clones of wingcars, other rare Mopars.

The more special or unique feature the better R/T, 4-speed, Big Block, desirable color.

If you can build in equity by doing some of the restoration yourself all the better.

my $.02

3X

[triple_green]

BBSam,

Be care of the tax consequences of raiding your 401K. If you are under 59 1/2 you will pay an early withdrawal penalty, plus taxes on all that income in one year will push you up to the highest tax bracket. i.e. if you withdraw $100K early, you will only end up with $60K after you are done. You might be better off to borrowing the money from your 401K than outright w/d it.

3X

[69_500]

That is true, but borrowing money from your 401K isn't fool proof either. As you have to pay yourself back the money with interest.

[MichaelRW]

Not positive, but I thought you could only borrow against a 401K for buying a house, education or medical emergency.

[BigBlockSam]

yes taxes will kill mei.  i will  lose 30 % . it will leave almost enough for a bird. if i get lucky and find one at a decent  price. thanks for the advice

[Brock Samson]

sounds like you already made up your mind before you posted...

[Telvis]

I would buy real estate as an investment. I like cars for fun. The old addage buy low-sell high is something to think about. Prices are at a high right now. They might go up and they might not. I personally think the prices are highly inflated The rich people who are spending outrageous amounts of money on these cars can be fickle.

[ChargerSG]

A real Hemi Charger from 68-70 must be well invested money.
My lady and i borrowed some money and i bought a Challenger SE and she were going to buy a Denom but buys Mustang instead hmmrrffhhh....

[Brock Samson]

somebody must have killed him while he was writting that post... I hope he's all write..