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Unless you can get your hands on one of the handful of chopped windscreen project 7’s, I don’t see any f-type being an appreciating asset
lol..what is this opinion based on?
You only have to look at the Ford Mustang to see how a car that evokes feelings in people can jump up in value many years after it came out. That is exactly what the F Type does. I think it will become a good collectible.
Last edited by Cherry_560sel; Nov 29, 2017 at 12:24 AM.
You only have to look at the Ford Mustang to see how a car that envokes feelings in people can jump up in value many years after it came out. That is exactly what the F Type does. I think it will become good collectible.
For starters the mustang is the single highest volume restored car in history, the aftermarket industry alone for pattern parts dwarfs most car manufacturers
Now taking out the fact analogue cars will always be more desirable for collectors than digital cars, it is only the rare limited production mustangs, often with historical context, which have become the true appreciating classics - the equivalent of which in the f type is the project 7
your run of the mill mass produced vanilla 60-70s mustangs can be bought from a scrape yard for 500 bucks
Edit: sufficiently low volumes from an appreciating collectible pov is 3, sometimes 4 digits max
Last edited by domino_z; Nov 28, 2017 at 09:04 AM.
I think it depends on how much time has passed. The F-Type will take 5 decades +/- 20 years to become a collectable.
With electric cars and potential hydrogen fuel cell cars or other technology the V8 will take a huge hit. Can you imagine your great-grandchild with a V8 F-Type from this era in 2085? I suspect it will be a collectible at that stage. Common cars from the 1940s are collectable in 2017.
I wonder how maintainable the current generation of cars will be for future generations. To maintain a classic Mustang all you need is mechanical know how and some spanners. To maintain an F Type in a few decades time you are going to need an SDD and software knowledge - who knows by then getting an SDD might be as easy as it is for us to get a USB memory stick.
I wonder how maintainable the current generation of cars will be for future generations. To maintain a classic Mustang all you need is mechanical know how and some spanners. To maintain an F Type in a few decades time you are going to need an SDD and software knowledge - who knows by then getting an SDD might be as easy as it is for us to get a USB memory stick.
You are thinking in terms of today's technology. I think you should allow some 'magic' for progress. Wireless sensors to replace aged harness. Self-tuning controllers to replace various flaky modules. Maybe even spray-on digital screens to mask old and broken infotaiment systems and gauges.
Mercedes during 70s used various Bosch mechanical ejection systems (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetronic). These are VERY difficult to maintain today. Some car collectors maintain them as-is in museum quality cars. However, vast majority of 'drivers' cars had these replaced with modern EMS systems.
Similarly, now that knowledge how to repair carburetors becomes rare, there are EFI bolt-on kits that replace them directly.
Really hard to say. I remember in the mid-2000s us Ford Lightning guys were just drooling and slobbering over the Ford GT.
It was about $140k and everyone, including me, said we just couldn't afford to suffer the depreciation and expense. The rest of course is history. Now most owners can sell for 2x what they paid then.
The F-type will be a classic based on its original model design and looks. If the F-type exists in 2022 I'm sure it will look like a modern 280z or much worse.
Last edited by Burt Gummer; Dec 10, 2017 at 02:30 AM.
I am very happy with the fact that I have the first "original" F-type R Coupe (MY15), and my plan is to keep it for a long time, as I think it is the most fun car to drive, and I never get boored with the looks and exiting rwd handling and sound.
I have no intention of making any modifications, as I can't find any that is worth it.
It is not used during winter (mainly due to road salt), and it's my "hobby car" and not our everyday drive - so it won't collect a huge amount of miles each year.
However I don't do this because I think it is going to be a collectible. If it does, it will be a nice bonus. But I don't expect it to be. The fun of ownership in it self is reason enough for it to be worth it.
I think were surely in the most uncertain time for cars yet. I have no idea as to how long fuel stations will continue to be as we know them, 10/100 years?
People continue to invest millions in limited supercars, but will these just become ornaments? I know most already are, but will there be a time where there isn't the option to drive them? I have no idea what the estimate is for fossil fuels to run dry.
I think the main difference with most collectable cars now as oppose to cars from say pre 2000's is there is so many more people with access to them. Mainly down to accessible finance, but also many more billion and millionaire's. Nowadays its no big deal seeing a Ferrari or Lamborghini. When I was a kid you had to go to London if you wanted to see something like that and it still wasn't a guarantee.
Like someone mentioned above, I think for any F-type (Project 7 aside) to become a real collectable will take decades and even then, will petrol cars still be worth what they are now.
Just like the artwork hanging on my walls, and the wine I drink, I buy what I like, not what someone tells me I should like. The same with my F-Type. I bought it because I like the looks, the drive, the car in general. If it ever becomes a collectible, great, if not, eh....
I love the car, and the culture around it, and most of the members here on the forum who help me understand the things I don't know about it ( did say 'most...).
Too many buy Corvettes and Porsches because it is the 'cool' thing to do.
And then there are a few here in S.W. Fla. who have a '54 Chev. Bel Air or such in their garage that only comes out on sunny days for a drive around the street because they are sure is a 'Classic'. Oh Well........
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