Wonder if the gas monkey guys will be there

Interesting.

In all seriousness, what do we think a brand new 1980 Monza or brand new Vega station wagon would go for? I can see a market for the 1950s stuff and the 1960s stuff, but I'm wondering how many buyers there will be for the 1970s stuff. Maybe that's my bias showing since those cars were common on the street when I was a kid so I don't think of them as collectible.

I wouldn't say much, RM, unless you're taking Pintos

Reminds me of Citation Motors, an abandoned BMW Dealer in Ontario Canada.

Several articles can be found on Jalopnik

More pics here

Some interesting personal stories if you want to sift through 14 pages of posts at maXForums

http://www.autoguide.com/gallery/d/4...own+BMW+07.jpg

One question I have is what they do with it AFTER it's restored. Do you really want to drive a car with 5 miles on it?

Take it to Mecum. Or to every car show you can find.

No, they'll almost certainly never drive it. In fact, I'd say maybe 10% of the new cars in this auction will ever truly see the road again, apart from maybe a poker run or other charity event.

My guess would be that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will buy most of them and then crash them into new cars.

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Thought cash for clunkers ended years ago?

I may go with you ****ers. This is an insane find. These cars will go for shitloads, and it will be amazing to see.

That Vette will go in the high 30s I would imagine.

Wow, that's nuts. Couldn't they have put a sheet over them or something, though?

I have a 2011 Sonata; great little car. It has the 275 HP turbo and the sport package so it will run like a MFer and turn on rails. All the nav and leather and crap, so it's comfy as well.

That said, all three days this week I brought the '67 Camaro in. Why? It's just an entirely different feeling. No radio, just the exhaust note through the flowmasters. It dances on the road a little and there's harmonic where the exhaust sits in the hangers when you idle, but who cares? You have 400+ HP of road-torching fury at your disposal and even if you don't use it (and I rarely have), it's still just fun to run around town in that thing with the windows down and the sun shining on it.

It's no different than motorcycle days. Sure, the car's easier, safer and cleaner, but some days I just want to be on the bike because it's an entirely different feeling being on the road.

They're not the same creature at all.

What is this one?

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That makes perfect sense, and yet is sad at the same time.

Yeah, those anniversary vettes develop a bit of a following.

And I still think that the late 70's corvettes will find a market in the coming years. Just like the early 80's 911s, I think they're very underrated cars that just never developed a following among collectors.

I think they're great buys if you're looking to get into classic cars and don't want to spend a ton.