What is your net worth if you kept all the cars you've ever owned?

[JerriLampon]

Judging from car prices today from the '50s - 80s, even '90s and '2Ks, what are we now worth if we still had all the cars we ever owned (and a place to put them)?

[jayred1]

Judging from car prices today from the '50s - 80s, even '90s and '2Ks, what are we now worth if we still had all the cars we ever owned (and a place to put them)?

Including storage costs and insurance over the years? Likely not much ... maybe negative.

[CROW]

Let's see, a 64 Bird, a 64 Bird, a 64 Bird, a 64 Lincoln, a 73 Nova, a 73 German Capri, a 88 Lebaron, a 94 Fifth Ave, a Buick Roadmaster, a Mercury Marque, a Buick Lesabre, 3 Pontiac Vibes, a Chevy Van, a GMC p/u, a Cheby p/u, a Ford Edge, plus various parts cars. If I allowed 15 K per, that would make roughly one quarter Million.
Did I make the grade?

Oh and storage, then probly not much,

[Gobird]

Can't even remember all the cars I have had.

[Frank Dreano]

I was in the used car biz with my Dad in the '60s and I try not to think about it.
427 C2 Corvettes, "bathtub" Porsches, Plymouth Superbirds, SS-396 Camaros, too many GTOs to name and on and on...
I could have had any of them for used car prices if I wanted them personally. I do own a 63 Corvette split window currently - prob $120K car.
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[AZTB]

Judging from car prices today from the '50s - 80s, even '90s and '2Ks, what are we now worth if we still had all the cars we ever owned (and a place to put them)?

I'd be worth maybe $1.95 ...$2 tops.

[BLACK BEAUTY]

If I just had my '63 split window tanker we'd be living in a fancier place

[hippy_mailman]

the monetary value of the cars I have owned (mostly cheap ones) would be pretty much nill.
the fun and trauma and experiences I have had with same vehicles--PRICELESS

[Howlandd]

Never tried to list all mine? Here goes, 53 Ford, 24 Essex, 55 VW, 66 Falcon, 67 TBird, 72 Pinto, 74 Olds, 63 Vaxhal, 74 Cortina, 78 MGB, 81 Toyota, 63 GMC pu, 74 Ford, 87 Isuzzo PU, 87 Sable, 93 Chevy PU, 98 Chevy, 04 Chevy, 09 Chevy, 77 MGB, 14 Toyota, 02 Bird.

[wcoates]

Wow wouldn't be worth much but what they cost would be staggering for a jamoke like me. Will not make boyhood dream of owning 100 cars (stuck at 95 and getting old and keeping the Bird for 8+ years doesn't help.) Fourteen Corvettes, many Camaros, Three Cadillac Allantes among many Chevtolet drivers including numerous Cavaliers, Chevettes, a Geo death trap and others. A small fortune for sure. Only 4 Ford products but among the favorites--Bird, '63 260 c.i. Falcon Sprint Convertible, '57 2 door red hardtop ( almost killed myself trying to get to 106 MPH top speed in a 8 year old car as posted in Popular Mechanics.) and the Volvo C70 retractable Hardtop convertible. Lots of money but lots of fun!

[EllisonCal]

I was thinking the same thing, I've owned a lot of cars over the years since my first one in 1958. Most of them were bought used. I did buy a brand new 1968 Cougar XR7 when I graduated from the Univ. of Illinois and got married that same year. It was my reward to me. A year later, I turned it over to my wife (who fit in it better than me). Back to a used 1964 Bonneville, a nice roomy car with a 389 under the hood. The guys that bought brand new cars every couple years are the ones that lost the most. But I can honestly say I never made any money on any of the new cars I sold and they wouldn't be worth much today either. Most of my rides were fun at the time but they wouldn't be collector items, that's for sure.

[Alamobird]

Including storage costs and insurance over the years? Likely not much ... maybe negative.

Dont forget interest paid, annual registrations, and maintenance expenses. The hole gets deeper.

It would take the proceeds from an entire Mecum auction to offset my 1980 Olds diesel.

However, there is no telling how much money I could have saved if robo calls about repair warranties had started back in the 60's. To think I might have also been able to lower my credit card interest rate back then keeps me awake at night.

[007Cruiser]

Dont forget interest paid, annual registrations, and maintenance expenses. The hole gets deeper.

It would take the proceeds from an entire Mecum auction to offset my 1980 Olds diesel.

However, there is no telling how much money I could have saved if robo calls about repair warranties had started back in the 60's. To think I might have also been able to lower my credit card interest rate back then keeps me awake at night.

1980 Olds diesel, you have my sympathy.

[RBIRD]

However, there is no telling how much money I could have saved if robo calls about repair warranties had started back in the 60's. To think I might have also been able to lower my credit card interest rate back then keeps me awake at night.

[BillyL]

I would be just as poor, but i did have some nice rides back in the days; '55 Belair hardtop, '57 Fairlane convertible, 59 Fairlane convertible, "63 Galaxie 500 convertible, '62 Corvette convertible, '67 Ford Ltd, '68 Mustang, '74 Pontiac Bonneville, '76 Dodge Demon, '80 T-Bird silver anniversary edition, '84 Olds cutlass and many more including boats and motorcycles and one Cessna 182 airplane!.