| There has never been a better time than now to | | | | to occupy my time. Satisfied with her smoke free |
| buy your dream car. With all the concern over global | | | | house and now much less smelly husband, she gives |
| warming and the price of fuel, the amount of cheap | | | | me the green light to begin searching out my dream |
| muscle cars for sale has increased, with prices | | | | car. |
| dropping like crazy. | | | | So I start hitting the auctions, online and off, and |
| Take my own recent experience. Ever since I was a | | | | what I'm seeing is blowing my mind! Muscle cars are |
| wee lad, I've wanted an Australian XB Falcon Coupe, | | | | ridiculously cheap, compared to even ten years ago. |
| one of the most iconic muscle cars of all time (It's | | | | I'm seeing beautiful mustangs going for half what |
| the car Max drives in 'Mad Max' and 'The Road | | | | they would have a decade ago, and probably in |
| Warrior'). As a teenager I was desperate to buy one, | | | | better condition. The perfectly restored specimens |
| but back then (13 years ago!) any in decent condition | | | | are of course still going for a mint, but those that |
| were going for over ten grand, and even then they | | | | only need a bit more love and attention to be of |
| were as rare as hen's teeth. Add to this my parents | | | | showroom quality are drastically cheaper. |
| were already well and truly sick of having their yard | | | | My hypothesis is that the due to the cost of fuel and |
| taken up by rusty 'project cars' from my older | | | | emissions concerns, these beasts are no longer |
| brothers, who never quite got around to fixing them | | | | practical for a daily driver. However for guys like me, |
| up. This lead me to spending a paltry 200 bucks on a | | | | who want a project to work on, and only drive on |
| second hand Japanese buzz box, but the desire for | | | | the weekend or for showing purposes, there has |
| that roaring v8 never left me. | | | | never been a better time to buy a muscle car for a |
| Fast Forward to today. My wife, who is already wary | | | | bargain price. |
| of my tendency to buy project cars and never quite | | | | So my search continues, but with so many other |
| get around to finishing them, is feeling lenient as I | | | | tempting bargains, it's hard to stay focused on the |
| have just quit smoking and am looking for something | | | | XB... some of those mustangs look mighty nice! |