I'm glad this debate still goes on as it helps me decide my end game, but between the increasing number of restomods and tribute cars being built and sold I feel the market for the "driver" and not the investor are going down two different paths.
For example just slapping a "judge" sticker on the side of a GTO and calling it a tribute car with the only true documentation being that the car was "born" a 69 GTO still has an interested buyers market. What if that same tribute car was a documented "judge" but the drivetrain did not match? Still rare, valueless? I think not!
documented 68 firebird 400 convertible still driving and on the road not rusted apart, still rare and valuable. 68 firebird 400 HO convertible with correct non-numbers matched drivetrain, very rare and more valuable. 68 400 HO convertible numbers matching, rarest and most valuable of the group!
collector cars and car parts are like gold sometimes. Buy it now and hold on to it for sometime and someone will always want to buy it from you for more than you spent. A collector car you may have spent too much on is not going to flip when you finish it and then make you a bunch of money on it. If this is what you think lay off the reality TV shows. But build it now, enjoy it and read this thread 10 years from now and you might find yourself saying I wish I bought that back then when it was cheap or even obtainable.
In two years of looking I still have only seen one WQ block for sale on the internet, that makes that RARE! How many will you find 10 years form now my guess will be NONE!
Buy it because you love it, not because you want money from it!
Again I'm more passionate because I am in the position of owning this type of car and took the risk, those against are the ones who haven't and are speculating that they have no value because the didn't have the stones of the foresight to take the chance. Think I made a mistake, great, maybe your right, but only time will tell and I believe rarity will win down the road and that was the gamble I was willing to take
