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Originally Posted by stovt001
I hate to continue necro-ing threads, but I'll chime in here: the retro movement is just about puttering out. I don't think that's a bad thing. It reintroduced us to the idea of a car as a style statement. It reinvigorated passion for the car as an object of lust, a thing of beauty, not just an appliance. Now, it is time to take that renewed passion and move forward, designing cars that may not look much like old cars, but are plenty passionate and beautiful.
If all you want is a carbon copy style of the old car, just buy the old car. It will appreciate as a classic anyway. Let modern cars be modern.
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You know I think you are probably right. I like the new camaro but my passion was and always will be for the SS Chevelles. My Shelby will be in in another week or so and after I get it home I am going to go ahead and start my hunt for a restored 1967 SS Chevelle. I think though I will try to get one that has a modern engine, suspension components, drive train, brakes etc on the car. I think it will be a much better car with the new components on it. I can remember it was really hard to stop my old SS from high speed, the original brakes just could not get it done.
Can't, afford both the Chevelle and the SS so I guess I will be out of the market for a camaro now. Like you said five or ten years from now the SS Chevelle will also be worth a lot more than a 2010 Camaro. Thanks for your comments.
Steve