What are the next collectables? What should we keeping?

[thatotherguy]

i would think so but he probably paid a lot for it, when did we get the GST? i always thought the HSVs got a bit ugly after the VS they were too chunky and over done for me but the VZ senator was nice

[Robbo]

Won't lose on a car like that. All senator's are nice, they are the one's that are not overdone, because of their target market.

[Big Rob]

This is an interesting discussion that has a bit of relevance to me.

I've owned a very low km HSV VT series 2 Clubsport with lots of options for almost 10 years now. It's in perfect condition and still smells like a new car inside. It is rarely driven and I've been keeping it as a "future collectable".

My wife has a VT SS as her daily driver. It's in really good condition, but starting to show some signs of it age (stonechips, etc..). She's always wanted a Monaro CV8, but we never thought we'd be able to get her one that we could afford.

Yesterday we had lunch in town and while walking back to the car we stopped at the local Holden Dealer just to see what was there.

Lo and behold..... a red CV8 Monaro with 77,000 kms and in pretty good condition for $27,999.00.

So my question is..... Do I trade-in my Clubsport and her car to get the Monaro (remembering that it will be her daily driver) with a view to it being our "future collectable", or do we stay put with what we have?

I have plenty of other cars to drive, and it would mean one less rego per year, but I do love the Clubsport.

Opinions?

[Flamenco_not_Flamingo]

This is an interesting discussion that has a bit of relevance to me.

I've owned a very low km HSV VT series 2 Clubsport with lots of options for almost 10 years now. It's in perfect condition and still smells like a new car inside. It is rarely driven and I've been keeping it as a "future collectable".

My wife has a VT SS as her daily driver. It's in really good condition, but starting to show some signs of it age (stonechips, etc..). She's always wanted a Monaro CV8, but we never thought we'd be able to get her one that we could afford.

Yesterday we had lunch in town and while walking back to the car we stopped at the local Holden Dealer just to see what was there.

Lo and behold..... a red CV8 Monaro with 77,000 kms and in pretty good condition for $27,999.00.

So my question is..... Do I trade-in my Clubsport and her car to get the Monaro (remembering that it will be her daily driver) with a view to it being our "future collectable", or do we stay put with what we have?

I have plenty of other cars to drive, and it would mean one less rego per year, but I do love the Clubsport.

Opinions?

Short answer Rob from me is, stick with what you have.

[HK1837]

This is an interesting discussion that has a bit of relevance to me.

I've owned a very low km HSV VT series 2 Clubsport with lots of options for almost 10 years now. It's in perfect condition and still smells like a new car inside. It is rarely driven and I've been keeping it as a "future collectable".

My wife has a VT SS as her daily driver. It's in really good condition, but starting to show some signs of it age (stonechips, etc..). She's always wanted a Monaro CV8, but we never thought we'd be able to get her one that we could afford.

Yesterday we had lunch in town and while walking back to the car we stopped at the local Holden Dealer just to see what was there.

Lo and behold..... a red CV8 Monaro with 77,000 kms and in pretty good condition for $27,999.00.

So my question is..... Do I trade-in my Clubsport and her car to get the Monaro (remembering that it will be her daily driver) with a view to it being our "future collectable", or do we stay put with what we have?

I have plenty of other cars to drive, and it would mean one less rego per year, but I do love the Clubsport.

Opinions?

If you come and visit me i'll sell you a V2 CV8 in Quicksilver with black trim, full service history in great condition with near 12 months rego, 117,000kM for under $18k. Totally original car, i've had it since it was 2 years old purchased when it was traded locally by the original owner. Will come with a NOS front bar, I was going to put it on but they get damaged so easily I cleaned up the one on it. It was my wife's daily drive until I bought her the Lexus RX350.

[hqhzvans]

My personal spin on is I don't think any of the modern cars are going to be as valuable as the early stuff , I think the earlier cars like Monaros and Toranas are so valuable is because they have race heritage or Brock DNA, I cant think of any Holden that is worth triple figures that doesn't have one of those qualities in its blood line. The 427 for sure is a rare beast and will be always sort after, I owed a CV8-R Monaro until recently with a view it maybe a collectible being one of only 320 built but the fact is there are way to many Monaros CV8 and CV8Z for sale for them ever to be really valuable. I think the new GTS supercharged and probably the last lot of Holden V8's that roll out could be something to behold. Its all unknown and just how each of us perceive what we think will be a collectable, I personally like the VN SS.

[Valencia]

My personal spin on is I don't think any of the modern cars are going to be as valuable as the early stuff , I think the earlier cars like Monaros and Toranas are so valuable is because they have race heritage or Brock DNA, I cant think of any Holden that is worth triple figures that doesn't have one of those qualities in its blood line. The 427 for sure is a rare beast and will be always sort after, I owed a CV8-R Monaro until recently with a view it maybe a collectible being one of only 320 built but the fact is there are way to many Monaros CV8 and CV8Z for sale for them ever to be really valuable. I think the new GTS supercharged and probably the last lot of Holden V8's that roll out could be something to behold. Its all unknown and just how each of us perceive what we think will be a collectable, I personally like the VN SS.

I think your spot on craig no one is going to want a busted up old commodore unless it had racing heritage
the Coupe 4 is the only one i think will go up in value forget the rest

Here is another question who is going to want our sandmans in 20 years time not the youth of today thats for sure

[Dr Terry]

I think your spot on craig no one is going to want a busted up old commodore unless it had racing heritage

We said the same thing about FX/FJ in the 60s FE-EK in the 70s, EJ-HG in the 80s & HQ-HZ Kingswoods & Premiers etc. in the 90s.

Dr Terry

[Valencia]

We said the same thing about FX/FJ in the 60s FE-EK in the 70s, EJ-HG in the 80s & HQ-HZ Kingswoods & Premiers etc. in the 90s.

Dr Terry

They are classics Dr Terry commodores are not never will be
i had a VL Calais for 15 years bloody great car to drive never had to many dramas with it
but im not going to go out and hunt one down and buy it because i owned one years ago
say what you like but personally i think the bubble will burst one day on these cars
no matter which car it is

[wbute]

They are classics Dr Terry commodores are not never will be
i had a VL Calais for 15 years bloody great car to drive never had to many dramas with it
but im not going to go out and hunt one down and buy it because i owned one years ago
say what you like but personally i think the bubble will burst one day on these cars
no matter which car it is

They may well not be classics. But a 6 cylinder HK sedan is hardly the car of dreams either however a V8 one still draws attention.