The 62 Ferrari 250 GTO

They're really not going to like this beauty then.

 

I have to stop watching Mecham auctions after a while, because it absolutely floors me to watch aging baby boomers pay ridiculous prices for what are essentially production cars with big engines in them.

I seriously doubt that any of these people are going to get their money back out of these inflated prices once they age past the point where the people who are old enough to remember them can no longer afford the prices.

I can see the prices paid for limited productio exotics, and the the classic cars that I prefer. These were limited production or one of a kind pieces, often custom mande for important people. They were also often engineering and or esthetic masterpieces

But a '69 Goat is just a Tempest with a Bonneville engine in it. And I remember Judges and Superbirds piling up on car lots because nobody could afford the insurance.

 

You should see UK prices being a US muscle car addict and living in the UK is not fun.

 

Actually, I LOVE that one!!!! That and the Rolls Royces, Packards, Pierce Arrows, Lagondas, SS 100's, V-16 Cadillacs (Goering had one of those),

 

It's too bad that Gangsta Goon the Rapping Roon is going to totally destroy it and several other valuable classics driving it off the lot, but hey, he had the 200 million

 

Did you just assume Enzo's gender?

Great, now I have to report you to the hate crimes tribunal too.

 

Don't let ANTIFA hear you admiring Nazis, they might go all bike-lock on you.

 

The car has recently been spotted just outside of Detroit.

 

Yeah, wouldn't that be a wonderment? A billionaire Lefty pouring money into a cause that helps things.

 

It's a thread about cars let's forget the partisanship and admire the beauty instead

So I'll go off topic
who doesn't want an A team van?

 

Yep, and don't forget the gas squeeze.

 

You guys have no idea lol, try our pump prices $6+ a US gallon.

 

Ouch. That speaks well for two wheels which was another love of mine.

 

Fun. I would point out several things here. Depending on what you are buying, perhaps. But, and we have the data to back this up, there are so many that actually not only hold value, but appreciate. And yes, these were production cars. Some very limited production if you look at programs like GM COPO or Executive purchasing, etc.

But that really isn't the point, is it? Value and the enjoyment of these cars are a reminder of a time when the constant thrum of the nanny state wasn't an ever present influence on just how awesome things like technology in the day was, or could be.

Collecting classic cars is a lot like art. And every once in a while, you find the rarest of rare DaVinci, or Rembrandt or Raphael, or Van Gohe. And this Ferrari is just that. But that doesn't mean that every once in a while, a 69 Yenko 427 SC Camaro can't become the occasional Jackson Pollack. Or a 67 L88 cant be the rarest of Warhols. Because they can.

My current little race car is a harkening back to those days.. small car, big motor. Convertible. All of those things that nanny state 'merika' says we shouldn't have, or allow ourselves. But even so. The cars you're passionate about were built in the spirit of unrivaled excellence. Something that now seems pretty alien in our nation of commodity cars. I hold out hope though. There are, and looks like there might well be a future in bespoke cars. And perhaps, just maybe, folks in the US can take advantage of that, and take a small venture like Hennesey and translate that into a manufacturer of beauty and performance that will have longevity.

 

Another fan of wheelchair drag racing I see

 

Yes she is, they built some beauties back then!

 

What an iconic vehicle. One day I'll have a sick speedster like that. Till' then - my Rav4 will have to do!

 

LOL. No, more a fan of motorcycles. In 1949 my dad bought me a Famous James and I've had motorcycles ever since till about 7 years ago when I had my first accident on a street and my wife convinced me to give it up.

 

funny thing is far right pundit Pat Buchanan said we have must have an America First and Buy American agenda in order to solve our problems - but he was found driving a Mercedes Benz and that destroyed his political ambitions

 

My old man had a Norton when I grew up until he became too fat to ride it, I've rode a motorcycle once straight into a wall ha ha ha.

Oddly enough no one else has ever let me get on theirs.

 

red neck limo

 

He's a tw*t mostly because he should have been driving a Corvette ZR1, Merc's are girls cars.

 

So funny. You should see the threads on the media sites. So much anger about the cost or the waste or whatever from the liberal world that just defies logic for me. I really like celebrity cars, btw... My favorite are the George Barris masterpieces. Who couldn't like this?

 

All you guys looking for some economical fun driving in a recent vintage car would appreciate a car that is considered a sleeper by a lot of people. I just sold a '13 Mini Cooper. A friend of mine who I knew from our 911 days described the Mini as 80% the fun of a 911 at 20% of the cost. James Garner was asked one time what his favorite car was and he responded the Mini Cooper. They're a fun little car. It's unfortunate they don't enjoy the best reputation when it comes to quality of construction

 

Yep. He had to auction off his car when the disclosure caused him so much embarrassment.