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Any cars out there hiding yet?

Started by h76, May 15, 2015, 09:14:53 PM

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myk

#25
May 18, 2015, 06:34:01 AM
Quote from: Chad L. Magee on May 17, 2015, 09:39:32 AM
Yes, I have a few hidden for good reasons: to keep prying eyes and hands away from them.  Maybe I am greedy, but I bought the cars for me to enjoy, not for others to bug me about.  The ones I have now are keepers, as I got rid of the ones that I decided that I could part with a few years ago.  I hate being pestered with people trying to make a fast buck off of me.  Five years ago, I had a father/son combo come up to me at my house and were interested in buying any 426 Hemi cars and/or old Corvettes I had.  They were very pushy and trying to show off their money.  They had heard about my cars after talking to the dodge dealership owner (a friend of mine) and they assumed that I do not know what I have, but I do.  I told them to go take a hike because of their attitude.  Usually when I get asked about one of my cars, I will politely tell them no, but still take down their number in case I can find a similar car for sale for them...

Yeah, you are being greedy, but it's your property and you have the right to do with your property as you see fit, no matter how wrong it is to the rest of the world...

PlainfieldCharger

#26
May 18, 2015, 06:43:43 AM
Quote from: Chad L. Magee on May 17, 2015, 09:39:32 AM
Yes, I have a few hidden for good reasons: to keep prying eyes and hands away from them.  Maybe I am greedy, but I bought the cars for me to enjoy, not for others to bug me about.  The ones I have now are keepers, as I got rid of the ones that I decided that I could part with a few years ago.  I hate being pestered with people trying to make a fast buck off of me.  Five years ago, I had a father/son combo come up to me at my house and were interested in buying any 426 Hemi cars and/or old Corvettes I had.  They were very pushy and trying to show off their money.  They had heard about my cars after talking to the dodge dealership owner (a friend of mine) and they assumed that I do not know what I have, but I do.  I told them to go take a hike because of their attitude.  Usually when I get asked about one of my cars, I will politely tell them no, but still take down their number in case I can find a similar car for sale for them...
It is a slippery slope we walk today. I would have to say if I have many of the rarer cars I would be very close to the vest with what I Had. You just never know how bad someone might want one of your cars.... :Twocents: It is obvious to me that many people have seen your cars and enjoy them.(they are talking about them) I just believe with all the reality shows everyone thinks they are a wheeler dealer.... :P

lloyd3

#27
May 19, 2015, 09:53:46 AM
I can easily think of dozens of fairly exotic cars (muscle and otherwise, in various states of completion) that are sitting quietly in their respective storage facilities. Almost all of them are waiting for their current owners to "expire".  Their estates will be a nightmare for their heirs to deal with, and most of these cars  will be sold for pennies on the dollar.  We're almost to the point where a car needs to be complete and ready to be marketed, or it will be scrapped. There simply aren't enough competent people left to save them all.

DixieRestoParts

#28
May 19, 2015, 10:20:17 AM
I know several people with lots of cars in various conditions that are put up. Some day when those people die the cars will see the light of day.
Dixie Restoration Parts
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HANDM

#29
May 22, 2015, 12:30:21 AM
Speaking to those who are saving them for their son or daughter, I can attest to the fact that my daughter (now 20) could and still can pick out a Challenger, Charger or Cuda from the age of four. Same thing goes for my son (14)

My daughter has no interest in the cars now, other than telling me she spotted one

My son has already stated that he doesn't want to drive them either.


Ghoste

#30
May 22, 2015, 04:53:34 AM
We get a lot of cars at auction that were saved for the kids.  Many times the kids don't care, they just see it as that thing that kept dad in the garage instead of being with them when they around, whereas other times the kids are sad but they just aren't interested in the same things dad was.  As for my kids, if they want to take the car to a gravel pit and set it on fire I won't care.
Unless they fail to make sure I'm dead first.

lloyd3

#31
May 22, 2015, 05:16:52 PM
Kids are funny. Mine is bound and determined that my car will be his someday. When I point out to him that modern cars are safer and easily more dependable, he says he doesn't care. I've even suggested that we get a more modern replacement (Hemi Challenger) that we could use more.  He's great with the idea until he realizes that the '68 would be needed to fund it; then it's a no-go.  I really don't want him driving it until he's well into his 20s (maybe even later), because these things were (& still are) death-traps for the unwary.  Not sure how it all will turn out yet.

ws23rt

#32
May 22, 2015, 06:29:04 PM
Quote from: lloyd3 on May 19, 2015, 09:53:46 AM
I can easily think of dozens of fairly exotic cars (muscle and otherwise, in various states of completion) that are sitting quietly in their respective storage facilities. Almost all of them are waiting for their current owners to "expire".  Their estates will be a nightmare for their heirs to deal with, and most of these cars  will be sold for pennies on the dollar.  We're almost to the point where a car needs to be complete and ready to be marketed, or it will be scrapped. There simply aren't enough competent people left to save them all.

Agree--It is a sad truth that many people never get around to making out a will.  When they pass on passing on their stuff is left to others to pass out. :slap: This is a place for flippers to feed.
As for most of these (rusty project) cars ever seeing the road again?  Not likely. Interest will fade as times change.

Also on this topic--When we think about it-- most of the cars we are talking about are nearly always in hiding. Not so much to hide them but to preserve them. The ones that are hiding in plane view in a field or forest are pretty much gone already.

BTW I get the same kind of pleasure seeing a car in a barn (for example) with all the patina that comes with the passage of time as I do seeing one on the street stretching it's torque. Or one that is part way back to new in a garage.

A completed/restored car is for many the end of a long history of that car and the question? What now---store/hide it?  

I am posting this thinking about my 69 hemi coronet 4sp. (a 50k survivor without engine) I bought it in 1980 with the passion for what it is and a recall of the days I wish I could have bought it new. Over time I acquired the parts needed to make it complete and it has been "hiding" the whole time :lol:
Sometimes years would pass as life happened and the car hid. I got it together and running in 2007 or so and put maybe 20 miles on it. The car hides in my basement/garage as a turn key car that I take out from time to time  It's  fun but not as much as I first felt when I bought it. All the years of getting back to the "project" were bits of pleasure in ownership.

The hobby is not so much about the end game. It's the game it's self. :cheers:

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