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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: notstock71</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thank you to everyone for the advice. I've been on other ssites doing research on the cars and there are many different opinions which I welcome. I guess my interest in the car is twofold. I like the 3rd gens and it would be fun to drive for awhile. Would I keep it long term, I don't know. I have plenty to occupy my time now. I have 4 cars sitting already and only 1 is drivable. I see it as a chance to &quot;save&quot; the car from where it is now and hopefully get it in good hands if I sold it. To me it is more than a regular Camaro but the police package probably wouldn't matter to others. I believe 3rd gens will appreciate eventually and clean original examples will be out there but not common. </div></div>

Here's my 2 cents. 80's stuff is already appreciating, but these cars are where 60's musclecars were 30 years ago. People are buying, selling, restoring and collecting, but the speculators, and therefore the hype, are absent. I was watching a Mecum auction earlier this year when an 84 20th anniversary Mustang convertible rolled across the block and drew a ridiculous bid ($2500 or something like that). One of the announcers made the comment that the interest in these cars just isn't there yet, and of course examples like that give folks like Keith Martin ammunition when they claim that &quot;nothing from the smog era will ever be collectible.&quot;

I see two closely related problems there. First, nobody goes to Mecum or BJ or any of those venues to buy something from the 80's. People are there for 60's muscle first and foremost. Second, nobody who's serious about these cars buys or sells at those venues, for the reason stated above. Wrong audience. I know less about the third gen's, but nice Fox bodies are increasing in price, and certain rare parts have shot into the stratosphere in the past 12-18 months. I've peddled a ton of rare Fox stuff over the past year, and not a single sale was conducted at an auction, or on ebay or even on craigslist. It's all been word-of-mouth.

If it was me (without seeing the car in person), I'd go somewhere between $6-8K on it. If you want to keep it, great. If not, you have room to turn a profit. It'll take some time and effort to find the people willing step up and pay real money to own it, but they are out there.