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I’ve recently decided I want a classic muscle car. 30 years old or older, in good condition, depending on make, model, and miles can be had easily for under $10

I’ve recently decided I want a classic muscle car. 30 years old or older, in good condition, depending on make, model, and miles can be had easily for under $10k

H1Supreme 5y ago
That's a pipe dream. Even the least desirable muscle cars are fetching $25-30k for "good" condition. Anything remotely desirable is going for far more than that. You could probably get an 80's Camaro or something, but that's not really a "muscle car". That term is generally applied to models from the 60's and 70's.
- auslegung 5y ago
  That price is reasonable according to https://classiccars.com https://classiccars.com. I’m not looking for something extraordinary.
  - pomian 5y ago
    Between 1962-1974 were good years. find a straight 6 (amc, ford, chev) or slant 6 (dodge, plymouth, chrysler). those were good motors, in cars vans trucks, economical, and because not 'musclev usually a lot cheaper. since smaller, then the whole drive train was lighter, softer rides, and so on. also more room under the hood and easy to work on. fun car site.
sokoloff 5y ago
I have a ‘65 Mustang coupe and ‘66 Mustang convertible and daily drove each of them for a while. The sad truth is: they are beautiful and fun, but aren’t actually very good cars by modern car standards. I remedied some of that by adding a modern 5-speed, hydraulic clutch actuator, front disc brakes, dual circuit brakes, relocated upper control arms, traction bars, limited slip diff, a modern alternator, and modern H4 headlights to the convertible (which I bought already non-original). But it’s still a flexible, leaf-sprung, solid rear axle car with poor sealing and weak environmentals. $10K isn’t going to happen and was unlikely 5 years ago, but way off the market for even a good driver-quality car today. (Odometer reading is not a major driver of pricing in the low [driver] end of the market. Many of the cars have a 5-digit odometer of questionable reliability anyway, so a car reading 25000 miles could have 25K, 125K, 225K, or 47K miles. It’s condition-based way more than miles-based.)
- auslegung 5y ago
  That price is reasonable according to https://classiccars.com https://classiccars.com. I’m not looking for something extraordinary.

I’ve recently decided I want a classic muscle car. 30 years old or older, in good condition, depending on make, model, and miles can be had easily for under $10k

H1Supreme 5y ago

That's a pipe dream. Even the least desirable muscle cars are fetching $25-30k for "good" condition. Anything remotely desirable is going for far more than that. You could probably get an 80's Camaro or something, but that's not really a "muscle car". That term is generally applied to models from the 60's and 70's.

auslegung 5y ago
That price is reasonable according to https://classiccars.com https://classiccars.com. I’m not looking for something extraordinary.
- pomian 5y ago
  Between 1962-1974 were good years. find a straight 6 (amc, ford, chev) or slant 6 (dodge, plymouth, chrysler). those were good motors, in cars vans trucks, economical, and because not 'musclev usually a lot cheaper. since smaller, then the whole drive train was lighter, softer rides, and so on. also more room under the hood and easy to work on. fun car site.

sokoloff 5y ago

I have a ‘65 Mustang coupe and ‘66 Mustang convertible and daily drove each of them for a while. The sad truth is: they are beautiful and fun, but aren’t actually very good cars by modern car standards. I remedied some of that by adding a modern 5-speed, hydraulic clutch actuator, front disc brakes, dual circuit brakes, relocated upper control arms, traction bars, limited slip diff, a modern alternator, and modern H4 headlights to the convertible (which I bought already non-original). But it’s still a flexible, leaf-sprung, solid rear axle car with poor sealing and weak environmentals. $10K isn’t going to happen and was unlikely 5 years ago, but way off the market for even a good driver-quality car today. (Odometer reading is not a major driver of pricing in the low [driver] end of the market. Many of the cars have a 5-digit odometer of questionable reliability anyway, so a car reading 25000 miles could have 25K, 125K, 225K, or 47K miles. It’s condition-based way more than miles-based.)

auslegung 5y ago
That price is reasonable according to https://classiccars.com https://classiccars.com. I’m not looking for something extraordinary.