How cool is it.

[troy.70R/T]

How cool is it that Mopars were the cheap throw away cars and now they are worth more money than any Chevy or Ford.  Rock on Mopars

[myk]

I wasn't around back then, but I'm pretty sure that all of the cars of that era were "cheap throw away cars," or there would be a lot more muscle cars on the planet as of this very moment...

[stripedelete]

all of the cars of that era were "cheap throw away cars,"

Correct!  And today they are expensive throw away cars.

[Cooter]

Kinda sad if you ask me.

[Ghoste]

As Mopar guys though, we took a lot of grief from non-believers back then.  We were so outnumbered it was pathetic and the parking lot bullies didn't care about racing records, it was peer pressure to belong to the biggest gang.  It kind of insulted me when they all jumped on the Mopar bandwagon just because they were worth more money.  I don't care much now and everyone seems more accepting anyway.

[Cooter]

Exactly. Only reason people even give these old 'Goats' any respect now is because they dream of buying one cheap in a barn and retiring off the sale.
I remember when being 'Mopar' wasn't worth anything, you couldn't give em away, and '69 Camaros were king.

[DAY CLONA]

Exactly. Only reason people even give these old 'Goats' any respect now is because they dream of buying one cheap in a barn and retiring off the sale.
I remember when being 'Mopar' wasn't worth anything, you couldn't give em away, and '69 Camaros were king.

I've been in the hobby for over 3 decades, I still have my first Mopar, first car I bought at 16/17 yrs of age (Challenger T/A) about 35/36 yrs ago, if you bought a Mopar, you were looked down upon, you'd heard phrases like "get a Chevy", "why the hell did you buy THAT!", Mopars suck!", etc, etc, etc...and you know it doesn't matter that Mopar Muscle is the king of collector cars today, you didn't buy/invest in Mopars because of some perceived future value, you "bought" into Mopar because you were attracted to the uniqueness, styling, performance, etc that these cars had, plus the "attitude" the cars themselves displayed, did GM/Ford/etc have cars comparable to Mopars of the day, flamboyant colors, options, cartoon logos, crazy induction systems, wild shifters etc, etc, NO!...sure they had some great cars styling/HP wise, but they were "pedestrian" in appearance, face it everyone wants to be "unique", and their choice of cars are just an extension of their personalities/traits (although some just follow the crowd in choice)....because us Mopar guys are a wacky bunch, always have been, always will be

Mike

[Ghoste]

Right on!  Grew up in a Ford household in a Ford town and my father tried to get me into Fords a couple of times.  But here I am, an independent thinker.

[Cooter]

Don't get it twisted, I'm nowhere near that "Mopar or no car" B.S. I refuse to limit my prospects to one brand, but I've always had a soft spot for underdogs.

[Ghoste]

I like other stuff too, but I still prefer Mopar to the rest.

[Mytur Binsdirti]

No matter the brand, they were all disposable cars back then & most still are today.

[wingcar]

All muscle cars were just "used cars" to most back in the day.  You could find many on the back row of your local used car lot back then.  And, then with the so called "gas shortage"....many people were just dumping them. 

[6spd68]

Every time a spin through the pages of a late 80's Auto Trader magazine, I always trip out at the cars they have at such low prices(Mint 440 Chargers for 3500$?).  It's not just Mopar either...  You'll see Chevelles, Camaros, Trans-Ams, Cutlasses, ect, all on the cheap.  Was just how it was...  As we've said in that other thread, who knows what the future holds, one day we might find 96 Mustang GT's that are worth 45k 

[stripedelete]

You also have to factor in that the generation that looked down on Mopars back then are not necessarilly the Mopar fans/enthusiests of today.

Remember one of the factors attributed to the succuss of the American auto industry in the 1990s was the fact that so many of the buyers could not remember the POS products of the 70's and early 80's.   To some degree its the same thing.

Also, you can't ignore the "retroactive bounce" in popularity of older Mopars based on present day success/product.  A great example is pick-up trucks.  60's to early 90's rams were vehicles only a government-could-love, but, now..........