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jbocker said:
I may have mentioned this before, and it certainly a piece of memorabilia to me, I had a collectable type of car once that doubled in value every two weeks when I filled it up. It was a collectable, of all my rouge mates from the neighbourhood. I tried collecting girls in it too, but it didn't do that very well.
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I bought a Mini Cooper S 1275, 1971 model required work $850, thought this is bound to make money, pulled out the motor/gearbox, rebuilt them, resprayed looked mint.
Advertised it for $5k, no interest, kept dropping the price, no interest, ended up swapping it for a Honda 4. :(
Never bought another car, with the expectation of making money, lesson well learnt.:rolleyes:
 
sptrawler said:
Advertised it for $5k, no interest, kept dropping the price, no interest, ended up swapping it for a Honda 4. :(
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Saw a mini for sale awhile ago, bloke wanted 5k.
Looked good in photos. Didn't have the cash immediately, so didn't ring.
Next thing, it's 4k,? still didn't quite have the cash... bargain!
Might wait, this blokes desperate, probably something wrong wit it...
:D
Am guessing you don't drop your price when selling a stock?!:p
Cheers
 
jbocker said:
Do all Holdens now qualify as memorabilia collectables?
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Lol. Mark Skaife just came out and said along these lines, "put a cover over your Holden in the garage and wait a while".

I don't think that's a sensible idea.
 
Dona Ferentes said:
Lol. Mark Skaife just came out and said along these lines, "put a cover over your Holden in the garage and wait a while".

I don't think that's a sensible idea.
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Der?
Great idea. Keeps the dust off.
Pain in the butt washing it every time you take it for a Sunday drive...
lol
F.Rock
 
Dona Ferentes said:
Lol. Mark Skaife just came out and said along these lines, "put a cover over your Holden in the garage and wait a while".

I don't think that's a sensible idea.
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The problem is going to be after 10 years old, spares will quickly become hard to obtain, the reason is two fold.
First is each model usually has a particular problem e.g door handle hinges snap, these spares rapidly run out.
Secondly because they are Australian specific cars, there in reality isn't a lot of demand, so companies that reproduce or carry the spares become extinct.
Of course there are exceptions, but it will have to be a really special model, for a company to make a large range of repo parts for it.
Just my opinion.
 
The other problem of course is, if we adopt the U.K model which in reality most Countries will, the ability to buy petrol will become an issue when it is legislated that it can't be used.
I think diesel will be around longer, probably for trucks and primary producers.
But petrol IMO will be really difficult to get hold of, it may actually be impossible.
Just my opinion.
 
People who drove the 70's cars back then are generally the people who want them now.
That generation (mine) includes many well off people who will pay a premium price for their old or always wanted car.
I expect as we get too old to drive them their values will drop as the younger generations want early Nissan Turbos type cars.
Similar thing happened to the old English motorbikes that have lost value against Z900's or Honda 750/4's etc.
 
Austwide said:
People who drove the 70's cars back then are generally the people who want them now.
That generation (mine) includes many well off people who will pay a premium price for their old or always wanted car.
I expect as we get too old to drive them their values will drop as the younger generations want early Nissan Turbos type cars.
Similar thing happened to the old English motorbikes that have lost value against Z900's or Honda 750/4's etc.
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That's very true, collectables are very generation specific.
I think there will be a lot of old 'collectable' cars and bikes on the market soon.

The vehicles that are hard to move at the moment, are Large capacity heavy touring motorcycles, those that want them are getting too old to ride them.
Also the reason they originally liked them has disappeared, they were powerfull fast affordable touring machines, in a time when cars with the same performance were relatively expensive.
These days just about any car will tour comfortably be economical and reasonably quick, so the reason to have a big touring bikes has to a degree disappeared.
Just my opinion
 
Holden vehicles are going to do well. I've always wanted to buy an old Sandman panelvan but never have forked out for it.

Have any of you checked out what the kids are up to? Non-fungible tokens (transacted on the block-chain) as a store of value for in-game assets seems to be where gaming is heading, especially in Asia. I've got some shares in Animoca Brands (AB1) which have been in suspension by the ASX for some time now (long story, not as sinister as it seems). Here's the thing. Online gaming economies quickly end up in hyperinflation because at the end of the day, the game makers get greedy and oversupply the market in tradable in-game merchandise. Non-fungible tokens can solve that and whatsmore, can allow an in-game economy to thrive whereby the players themselves can become the content creators and generate tradable value separate to the game vendor.
 
tinhat said:
Holden vehicles are going to do well. I've always wanted to buy an old Sandman panelvan but never have forked out for it.

Have any of you checked out what the kids are up to? Non-fungible tokens (transacted on the block-chain) as a store of value for in-game assets seems to be where gaming is heading, especially in Asia. I've got some shares in Animoca Brands (AB1) which have been in suspension by the ASX for some time now (long story, not as sinister as it seems). Here's the thing. Online gaming economies quickly end up in hyperinflation because at the end of the day, the game makers get greedy and oversupply the market in tradable in-game merchandise. Non-fungible tokens can solve that and whatsmore, can allow an in-game economy to thrive whereby the players themselves can become the content creators and generate tradable value separate to the game vendor.
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I've been watching this space. Some interesting stuff.
 
moXJO said:
I've been watching this space. Some interesting stuff.
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Agree. Not really thought about memorabilia being generation specific. Probably from an investment potential point of view, it is what is going to be 'memorabilia' that will remind the current generation of their good ole days. And there are peak years to sell the memorabilia. Of course their will always be exceptions to this but NOT as many as you think.
 
SirRumpole said:
Peter Brocks road car sold for $1,000,000+

www.drive.com.au

Peter Brock's own 1985 HDT VK SS Group A set to be the most expensive Aussie car sold – UPDATE

Brock's personal 'Blue Meanie' is up for auction, and it's about to break records.
www.drive.com.au www.drive.com.au
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I sent the link to my mate the garbo, he has always been a car nut, Holden tragic, loves his cars.
Well he has a Hyundia i30n ATM, and he couldn't get over the fact it would tear the ar$e of Brocks car, the 'blue meanie' 0-100kl/hr 7 sec,his Hyundia i30n 5.9 sec.
Thanks for the heads up Rumpy, great stuff.
 
sptrawler said:
I sent the link to my mate the garbo, he has always been a car nut, Holden tragic, loves his cars.
Well he has a Hyundia i30n ATM, and he couldn't get over the fact it would tear the ar$e of Brocks car, the 'blue meanie' 0-100kl/hr 7 sec,his Hyundia i30n 5.9 sec.
Thanks for the heads up Rumpy, great stuff.
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I wonder how many Leyland P76's are sitting in sheds waiting to be the next 'in things'.

Crap cars, but rare. A 'Force 7' is probably worth a fortune if someone has one.

www.whichcar.com.au

Leyland Force 7V - flashback

The great Aussie muscle car that history almost forgot
www.whichcar.com.au www.whichcar.com.au
 

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