is it just me or the prices on second gen camaros are going up a little, specailly for the later ones, forget that I own one, just be real! lol

 

Yup we are on the to having a desired car. HotRod has two center folds with second gens this month. They had a nice late second a couple months ago. I just don't like my car being refered to as a "disco Camaro."

 

My car is still apart and I had an offer that I thought I would never get. Prices of these car is really up from a couple years ago.

 

The older they get,and the fact that they are getting harder to find will definitely continue to make them more valuable.More and more of them are getting cut up for parts so the supply of potential project cars is dissapearing faster and faster,so the less of them thier is the more people will pay to get one.

 

I sit here and think of all looks I've gotten over the years. "yeah I have a Camaro" "oh yeah what year?" "78" then the look and "oh, my (fill in the blank) had a 69 that was so fast." How many of us have had that conversation?

 

yea i noticed how hotrod has had 2 late 2nd gens in their magazine in just a few months...its kinda odd considering for like 3 years they didn't even have 1

 

Haha,yeah i know how you feel.Only difference is around here it's the 3rd and 4th gen cars everybody seems to think are the best camaros ever made lol.When i mention i have an 81 i usually get "oh you have one of those old ones" haha.

 

After owning mine for nearly 38 years, I've heard it all. The most common (and still heard) "well it wont ever be as valuable as a 1st gen." Or, It's OK, but it's not as good as a 1st gen."
Seems for many years the 2nd gen Camaros were looked down on and regarded as nothing special. Then the prices and desire to own them seemed to begin to climb about 10 years ago. In the last few years it has gained a lot of attention, but unfortunately a bit too latye for many collectors.
As mentioned previously the 2nd gens were scrapped out, and subframes robbed for project cars with little concern about saving them for what they are. There's still a lot of them around, but not nearly as many as the 1st gens, so it's not as easy to find nice solid 2nd gens anymore.

 

Makes me wonder if I should take better care of my parts car.

 

"I just don't like my car being refered to as a "disco Camaro.""

haha, i know what you mean, but personally i don't care what they call them, I love my car even if it only had 1hp, but I am glad to hear that other are seen the real value of our cars, ... to bad I am going to have to sell soon... 8"(