re: Classic Car Wishlist

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Real tough to lose money on a well-sorted classic car.

They ain't making more of 'em and restoration costs aren't going down.

Just don't confuse "rare" with "desirable" .
If they only made 37 Warbonnet Yellow Corvettes with green interior, it's b/c they were ugly.

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IIRC, the most sought after classic cars are usually the ones that were popular when people who are now 50-70 were teenagers/young adults. Auto restoration isn't a poor man's hobby, so most don't get to do it until they are financially well off and have the kids out of school, house paid off, etc. When they get there, they tend to want to go back to their "glory days."

When I was a little kid (late 70s, early 80s), my dad had a Model A that he restored (doesn't fit the pattern I described, admittedly). Car shows were covered up with Model As, Ts, and the occasional Chevy or Buick from the era. By the time I was in high school, the 50s Chevys were all the rage. Now, the the late 60s, early 70s muscle cars are all the rage (some of which has to do with the affinity for big-block, American muscle cars , a nostalgia for something that's not made anymore).