The End of old school hot rodding

[SixSpeed454SS]

@steelcitysix

I actually had you in mind when I posted this…there arent alot of us on here. I sent my little nugget off the Ms. pelosi. btw was putting the nova in the garage and dented the door…new door on its way from Cali.should be on by spring.

Cool. It gonna be on the street next year?

@TwoFortySX

I do not really see how this is going to have a large impact either way.

If the car is worth the amount of money they are going to give you for it as scrap then its probably not going to be worth anything to an enthusiast. I can imagine a few parts will be salvageable from the cars. I don’t think that’s enough incentive for most owners to part it out instead of going after the tax money.

If you are an enthusiast, if sure your car will be worth more than they are willing to give you for it so you are going to keep it. I can understand it is making OE parts for your car a slight bit more rare but would that not be a good thing? I think with all the aftermarket companies out there most people will be just fine.

As misguided as this is of a way to spend our tax dollars, i think passing it or not is pretty much irrelevant to most.

Try buying a car that parts are not available at the local auto parts store, there is no dealer for them, and you cannot get them overseas. You know…Packards, Studebakers, DeSotos, etc…

I know with my GTO, there were a few parts that I had a tough time finding/buying and I have a car that the aftermarket supports pretty good. Same with Novas, Camaros & Chevelles. There are still a few parts that I need that are not reproduced & there is not enough demand for them to be reproduced (guys who have what I need want big $$ for mediocre quality parts - it’d be nice to have options). This is where these types of ‘junk’ cars come into play. Again, this is more of an issue for someone who owns something like a Kaiser or even a 37 Pontiac. It could affect all of us at some point as these cars get rarer.

@ShalerPunk

I think you’re all overreacting. No one is going to scrap anything with any collector value.

People are going to scrap Corsicas, and rusted out old Accords, and fox bodies… Garbage cars.

See above. They are not targeting collector cars per se. They are targeting ‘old’ cars sitting behind peoples’ houses, be it a 4 door LTD or a rusted Camaro. If they make it lucrative enough for these people to scrap them, then people would rather scrap then help a collector out.

If they get away with this, then what other liberties will they take away in the future? I understand what you are saying about Corsicas, but someone out there is probably restoring one of those, too (4doors/5gears ) and this will affect them too.

You guys may think we’re overreacting, but I want to protect my hobby. If you don’t care, then move on.