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Classic Car Ownership & Collection As An Investment & Lifestyle
 
As collector vehicles are becoming more and more popular, more successful men and women are seeing them as another outlet not only for enjoyment but as a good investment.  While certain activities such as golfing or yachting provide an excellent way to relax and enjoy the fruits of years of hard work, their downfall is the consistent cost with no possibility of a financial return. 
 
With the collection of one or more classic cars, you are faced with minimal maintenance fees (yearly service check ups), low running costs (inexpensive insurance), and the ability for your vehicle to grow in value.  This provides you with an investment you can enjoy.   
 
Many car enthusiasts have been fans for so for many years; they may not realize the investment possibilities of a classic vehicle.  We are trying to educate the public as to the benefits of both investing in and enjoying classic cars.
 
Please feel free to contact us if this is an area of interest for you, and you would like to learn more about classic cars.  If you are seeking a specific car, our network of car organizations and industry contacts around the world would allow us to help locate your dream car. 
 
Please read an excerpt below from USA Today for more information about classic cars as an investment.
 
 
 
In a recent USA Today article, dated Thursday, May 5th 2005;
 
..."In fact, of the 19 alternative investments USA TODAY examined ranging from baseball cards to Longaberger baskets and rare coins, just about the only way to have done worse than investing in the Nasdaq's technology stocks was to take a flyer on high-end Pez dispensers."
 
“The stock market has tanked and people have lost everything, with nothing to show for it,” says Colin Comer, president of Colin's Classic Automobiles in Milwaukee.
 
“If a guy has an incredible car in his garage, not only are his buddies impressed, but he knows that no matter what happens in the market he has an incredible car that is not going to vanish,” Comer says.
 
Among assets that have beat stocks during the past six years:
 
AssetValue on July 16th, 1998  Current Value     Percent Change
Muscle Car: 1971 Plymouth Cuda:   $60,000.00$600,000.00900%
Classic Car: 1957 Thunderbird: $30,000.00$65,000.00   117%
Garage of 5 Classic Cars:$136,999.00      $293,244.00  114%
1966 Ferrari 275 GTB/4:   $275,000.00     $500,000.00          82%
Nasdaq:   $2000.56   $1962.23                             -2%
 
 
 
Muscle car madness?
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - When people start paying more than $100,000 for 30- to 40-year-old Plymouths, Pontiacs and Chevrolets, some classic car collectors start to worry.
 
 
 
Collector cars revved up again
By Forbes.com
Good cars can be hard to find. Good collector cars, anyhow. And great ones? Nearly impossible. Affluent collectors hold them as close as winning poker hands, buying and selling them within a small, private circle, protected from public view.
 
So when an exceptional car comes to auction, those who collect exceptional cars take notice. And when high-end collectors have finished battling with their paddles and their bank accounts, the result can be an impressive, multimillion-dollar sale
 
 
 
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