Comments about "Garage Queens"

[lasuvidaboy]

Re: Comments about "Garage Queens"

We'll probably need your low mileage garage queens for when we wear out our cars. We been having too much fun for the last 10 years. Thanks for keeping them nice and low.

Exactly. Most of these cars will likely be sold-off when the original owners die. In the next 5-10 years, it will be possible to pick-up a pristine 2002-2005 garage queen for a very reasonable amount. At the various auctions I've attended over the year. I've seen many incredibly low-mileage American cars from the 1950s, 60s and early 70s that sell for very reasonable amounts of money. Unless it's a super rare muscle car (or select convertibles), I am always amazed how little money these original pristine time capules sell for. Today, late 1960s American muscle cars are commanding the top $$$ but who knows in 10-15 years when the current buyers either die-off or retire from the hobby. These collectors may be replaced w/a new generation who crave say 1980s-1990s Japanese sporty cars:)

[lasuvidaboy]

Re: Comments about "Garage Queens"

Bring your money bags because some of us will just store them or hand them down to a relative rather than giving a "garage queen" away or better yet we may take them to auction.

Auction may be the way these cars will go. I've seen relatives simply sell-off cars that they had no direct passion for many times over the years. As for driving a classic, growing up in Pasadena, California in the 1970s, I always saw an amazing collection of pristine cars from the 1950s and 60s on the streets. To this day, I see elderly women (always older women) driving cars the same cars I clearly remember seeing as a child back in in the late 1960s! The other day I saw an elderly lady filling the tank of her '65 Mustang (white w/a black vinyl top) and at Trader Joes a few weeks ago, there was a mid-1960s all-white Mercury Comet convertible in the parking lot. Later I saw a woman who appeared to be in her mid-80s putting groceries in the trunk. These sweeet daily drivers have been on the road w/the same drivers for over 45-years which is a beautiful sight!

[lasuvidaboy]

Re: Comments about "Garage Queens"

They would not be paying a premium for low miles if there were going to be a lot of problems with those "garage queens". There are a lot of people that really know cars at those auctions. I've read in several of the Hemmings magazines where hardly anything had to be done except for a new battery, lubrication to the cylinders, and gas to start some of those cars that have sat for years, and there were minimal problems later.If something happened to our Tbird, I would love to replace it with the 2005 mentioned above with 3000 miles and would pay a handsome premium for that car.

Also cars from the 1950s and 60s are generally far less complicated than cars today. One issue our cars may have will be the availability of electrical parts as well as trim pieces. From auctions I have attended, the garage queen that sell rarely go into daily driver service. They may get a little more use initially by the new owner but they usually are pampered in the same manner-thankfully! :)