future charger prices?

[wizkid]

how much more do you think complete chargers will be in the next 10 or so years?

[Troy]

1 Million Dollars!

You need to be more specific as #1 concourse cars will be worth a whole lot more than a "complete" rusty project and 66-67 or 71-74 cars will probably always lag behind the 69, 68, and 70 cars. People can't even accurately guess current prices - and they certainly couldn't guess ten years ago. My theory is that the collector market will reach a peak and prices will drop on the ultra high end cars just like it usually does. This should decrease prices of the "normal" Chargers but I doubt if they will drop as much percentage wise. The reason is because there are fewer and fewer Chargers every year and the supply of quality used parts is dwindling (and the supply of repro parts isn't infinite either).

Troy

[bull]

1 Million Dollars!
Troy

That's probably not far from the truth. Genuine Hemi Cuda verts are worth 2 1/2 times that already.

[41husk]

I have already seen 3rd gens starting to go up.  There was a time you could pick up a good driver for next to nothing.  I agree they will never surpass the 2nd gens, but may someday catch the 1st gens.  Thats just my opinion.

[Mike DC]

 
It's hard to know.  As Troy said, it's hard enough just trying to guess the correct CURRENT prices for all the different types of cars and varying conditions.
But I could see them all being a good bit higher than they are now, for a few reasons:


--  The repro industry is still under-supplying Mopar sheetmetal compared to GM & Ford.  No reproductions means people cut-up more old cars for parts.  Which leaves fewer old Chargers to restore in another 10 years when the "good ones" are all gone.

--  For all our griping about the prices of Chargers right now, they're still usually not even as expensive as a similar brand new car.  $25,000 is a lot for a big "toy," but it's not a lot of money for a high performance car.  These things are still CARS.  Cars cost money.  (If you could still buy a used Luke Skywalker action figure from 1977, in nice condition, for less than the price of a brand new Luke Skywalker action figure at Wal-Mart . . . would you consider that old 1977 action figure "overpriced?"  Of course not.)

--  They're still not making anything similar at a new car dealership.  If you're into 1967 Mustangs, then you can buy a new Mustang.  But it's not really a new 1967 Mustang.  It's a modern plastic computer-controlled car that looks sorta like a 1967 Mustang from 30 feet away.

 

[PocketThunder]

How many times are we gonna see this same thread get posted? 

[41husk]

As long as there is big money in speculating prices of these cars and BJ continues to mislead people of the collector car value, questions like this will continue to come up.  Thanks to BJ everyone that has an old project muscle car sitting in the garage think they have found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.  air shocks, cragars, headers and all.

[triple_green]

The price for desirable model of Mopars has been going up about 7% per over the last 10 years. Sometimes it appears to be in irratic sperts. Of course this does not address hemi cars and Cudas.

They are doing slightly better than inflation, but not as high as college tuition costs.

3X

[4402tuff4u]

I think gas prices are eventually going to put a wrinkle on the prices. 

[Jon Smith]

I dont think gas prices will have any effect at all, hardly anyone uses them as daily drivers anymore, in fact a lot of people in the US use huge trucks that do even less to the gallon
the ones that are still daily drivers are often 318 cars that do 20mpg

[41husk]

until there is a widely excepted alternative fuel these cars will remain in demand.  If a point comes were gasoline is a hard to find obsolete commodity, leaving these cars as little more than full scale models then demand will drop.

[BB1]

Consider I sold my XP Charger in 1995 for $5000. It was total restored.

New interior
Rebuilt engine
Rebuilt trans
New brakes
New Suspension
Newer paint
New tires
Rebuilt Dana

11 years later I bet I could get mid 20s for it, if not more. Hell of a return on a $500. car.

[JMF]

That's very true Mike DC, I was only thinking that the other day, 20 odd k for a car is a lot but then I see new BMW's and Toyota's for nearly 30 odd k and I know i'd rather stick with my American cars : )

P.S i'm a Star Wars collector as well and some of the stuff I have is worth hundreds, I will be keeping them for years to come