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I stopped watching any of the auctions because it just pisses me off how these checkbook writing “car guys” have been driving up the prices of everything for literally nothing more than bragging rights.

No, none of these 6 figure trucks will ever see dirt much less many street miles Who cares if it’s on off the shelf kit springs. It’s just a pretty garage ornament some rich dude can stare at when he has a fruity ipa sitting at the bar of his spotless garage that lacks any tools in sight.

It’s just who’s got the bigger schlong with a bidders paddle.
 
They have improved my net worth. Well thanks to Wade's last meme I am @ double my annual income in car value :D
 
Look, it’s basically our fault for the situation we are in. We sent most of them to their early graves ourselves and now the only ones left are out of our “per pound” price range. It’s no longer our game cause we ruined all our pieces.

Congratulations. We done played ourselves.
 
obijuank5 said:
Congratulations. We done played ourselves.
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Ive been looking for someone to blame. Its everyone on this site. We ruined it for ourselves in the process.

At least have the decency to tell me before ruining it, so I could amass a collection for myself.
 
obijuank5 said:
Look, it’s basically our fault for the situation we are in. We sent most of them to their early graves ourselves and now the only ones left are out of our “per pound” price range. It’s no longer our game cause we ruined all our pieces.

Congratulations. We done played ourselves.
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:haha:

While there is some truth to that, other factors were concurrent in action. Cash for clunkers was a large killer of squares. Same could be said for high steel prices that some junkyards that had been setting on decades old iron cashed in when scrap value was at its peak. Then you have the auctions and the clowns that build for them and attend them to buy. Televise the auctions and every rotting shell tripled in value because they saw a restored one go for stupid money at auction.

Our own stupidity of build up, wheel, wad up, replace and repeat was probably a smaller percentage than the rest.
 
I gotta go with this as an explanation:
"It’s why I don’t want anything from the 50s. I didn’t grow up with them and have no attachment to them whatsoever. My dad has fond memories of the cool stuff he had when he was younger. Square bodies are just consumables to him. Compare it to what I value and enjoy are the things I grew up with and were my first trucks."

This is "aging out". The 50's guys have aged out. The 60's guys are aging out. The 70's guys are NOW and aging out. When us over 50 guys are gone so will the desire for these trucks we like. Right now the over 50 guys that are buying these at high priced auctions will soon age out of the classic market and our square bodies will become the new Packards or 50's cars.

My Blazer is not my daily driver so I am glad for the rise in value. I just hope that by the time I am too broken down to maintain it the value is still there. When I am 70 I might need the extra money.
 
It's sad when you see these guys like on American Pickers get too old to take care of their stuff and have to let it go.
 
It's definitely an interesting market we're in! And I do like knowing that after all of the time, money, and effort I have into my blazers, I could get all of my money back, and profit off them if I had to let them go. Looking at the other full tops that have rolled across the block or auction sites such as bringatrailer.com, I feel very confident I could get close to triple digits!

But.... It's kind of a double edged sword. It kind of makes the truck a little less enjoyable. Since they're worth the money they are, I'm always paranoid of theft whenever I leave it parked somewhere. Even potential carjacking. Crazy stuff happens everyday, and with such a hot market it definitely makes you think.

& I believe it also gives a lot of these trucks a lease on life, because they're not just "old trucks" left to waste away anymore. But then again, you're also going to have a hard time buying them for "reasonable" prices. But..... With that being said, reasonable prices to blue collar guys and CEO's of businesses are distinctly different
 
Chief Brody said:
This is "aging out". The 50's guys have aged out. The 60's guys are aging out. The 70's guys are NOW and aging out. When us over 50 guys are gone so will the desire for these trucks we like. Right now the over 50 guys that are buying these at high priced auctions will soon age out of the classic market and our square bodies will become the new Packards or 50's cars.
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I was born in the late 90's, but I've always had a fascination with older vehicles!

I agree with what you're saying, because let's be honest. Lots of the youth of today do not care for any types of older vehicles. But I also believe the age of electrification could potentially keep older simpler vehicles somewhat desirable. The driving experience will never be the same.

Majority of people will not care. But I think internal combustion will always have a "cool factor" even though it may no be mainstream in the future. Only time will tell!
 
Seem to remember a black and white one that went across the block and bidding was something like $140k. They said that they had over $200k in receipts. These seem somewhat useless to me unless you are going to tow it to a show to stroke your ego. It's Bought, not Built. I wonder what Haggerty gets to insure a $200k agreed to ins. policy??
 
Prices on 50’s and older vehicles have come down alot so thats a win. I don’t see any sense in having a cool vehicle if you don’t drive it all the time! How are little kids going to get excited about a loud GTO if they never see one in real life?

The restoration crowd is to blame in my opinion. Spend a mint getting the right date coded plug wires to only drive it to shows to impress other middle aged nerds with their date coded alternators.

Meanwhile the hotorod and custom crews are out cruising getting the ladies hot and bothered with rusted A bodies and fun.
 
88Silverado said:
Seem to remember a black and white one that went across the block and bidding was something like $140k. They said that they had over $200k in receipts. These seem somewhat useless to me unless you are going to tow it to a show to stroke your ego. It's Bought, not Built. I wonder what Haggerty gets to insure a $200k agreed to ins. policy??
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Probably about $3000 a year.
 
eodcoduto said:
Prices on 50’s and older vehicles have come down alot so thats a win. I don’t see any sense in having a cool vehicle if you don’t drive it all the time! How are little kids going to get excited about a loud GTO if they never see one in real life?

The restoration crowd is to blame in my opinion. Spend a mint getting the right date coded plug wires to only drive it to shows to impress other middle aged nerds with their date coded alternators.

Meanwhile the hotorod and custom crews are out cruising getting the ladies hot and bothered with rusted A bodies and fun.
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I don't blame the restoration crowd on outrageous Blazer Auction prices. In fact I 'restored" mine because I wanted a "new" blazer...something that could never be attained without restoration. And without restoration how little kids are gonna know what these things really looked like except in photos.
There is honor in restoring things to the way they were.
 
For whatever reason these trucks- and especially the Blazers are having a moment. Like @obijuank5 said, it’s a generational thing. Prices on 40s stuff came down, most 50s stuff is coming down, some 60s junk is getting normal. If I buy another ‘73-87 I’ll sell my ‘69 to do it. But honestly my ‘95 2 door Tahoe was a better vehicle than my ‘80 Jimmy. It just wasn’t as cool- and “cool” is subjective.
 
bigjbear said:
For whatever reason these trucks- and especially the Blazers are having a moment. Like @obijuank5 said, it’s a generational thing. Prices on 40s stuff came down, most 50s stuff is coming down, some 60s junk is getting normal. If I buy another ‘73-87 I’ll sell my ‘69 to do it. But honestly my ‘95 2 door Tahoe was a better vehicle than my ‘80 Jimmy. It just wasn’t as cool- and “cool” is subjective.
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Yeah, there is no comparison to safety and ride comfort. It is the "look" of a squarebody that gets me. That's the best stance and meanest looking truck / SUV of all time. Looking at the front of my 1974 is just better than anything you can buy today.
 
A lot of the Hogan stuff runs our suspensions and others too. But I am equally astounded how you can spend the money some of these guys do on a truck with a "4 inch lift kit". I have a feeling when you really start looking at prices though, the ones with higher tags probably have some attention paid to suspension just like every other detail.
 
Custom brings the money. Younger generations realize they want the cool factor of an old vehicle with the reliability of a modern truck. Hence the term retro mod. I remember when the tides turned and all the purists were in an uproar because their totally stock car isn’t bringing the $$ like it used to.
 
69-72s have always been desirable. Also the most expensive. Also the reason I don't have one. A friend of mine builds restomods, hotrods and 4x4s. He is one man shop and completes less than one a year. When he is done they win shows. They are $200k + vehicles and absolutely stunning. When you find out the prices of high quality materials he buys and the time and skill required to make all of these parts and materials work you begin to see/understand why they bring the money they do. The average enthusiasts can't do what he does even if they have the money for the materials. You are paying for 30+ years of skill, tools time ect.
Do I think the prices these are going for are crazy? Yes. I will never be able to afford a vehicle like that. And if I could I probably wouldnt buy one of those. They are not my style and would be scared to scratch them and never really use them.
That being said I think it doesn't make sense to compare those vehicles to the vehicles on here. Yes they are the same vehicle but one is mobile art and the other a tool, adventure, memory making some times aggravating piece of machinery. They are apples and oranges. I say to each their own and it is somewhat helpful to us if we want to sell because it drives up the value since they are the "in" vehicles for now. There are still $1500 squarebodys (I will never get used to that term) out there you just really have to have a passion to bring them back. (because they are rough, mine was $1000)
I have spent over 30 yrs myself building vehicles professionally, in my younger years and now as a hobby. I still can't do the quality of what the pros are doing at the auctions.

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