[russellw]

Rarity is always a factor but it has to be mixed with a liberal dose of desirability.

The Lightburn Zeta Sports (28 built) passes the rarity criteria handsomely but despite the extreme abuse of the word sport (with all of 21 hp) they are worth roughly $2.50 based on the absence of desirability.

For whatever time the fossil fuel driven IC engine has left (and that's another debate altogether), it would seem unlikely that much being made today (or the last decade even) is ever going to attain the intrinsic status required to pass on both counts.

The T1/T2 example quoted earlier is a good example. They are rarer than the latter T3's (and from my view a better concept) but they lack the desirability that the T3 cars have in the market place - even though the build numbers were a lot higher.

The question also has to be raised about the restorability of these cars in two or three decades time. On the cars from the 60's and 70's it is possible to fabricate new external parts out of readily available materials by using the skills of a good tradesman but the same is not likely to be true for the repair of composite components that are already in short (or no) supply from the factory.

Time may well prove me wrong but it will certainly be a harder job then than it is now - and the availability of concours condition examples is one of the drivers behind the desirability factor.

Cheers
Russ

Cheers
Russ