Why dont companies do re-issues of classic cars? (muscle car, vehicle, 2014)
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Nike will so often do a re-issue of a shoe from say 1982. Lots of companies do things like this. Why do the motor companies not do this? Imagine buying a brand new 1970 Chevelle.SS?! Of course emissions and electronics would be updated but hidden. I see you can sometimes buy an original shell or chassis, but I'm talking mass mfg of a complete showroom classic car. Why Is this not being done?
Doesn't sound like too much fun to me, having someone else build it. I would prefer to build a car from the ground up. The idea of buying all the parts new sounds good to me as well. One of my goals has been to do a frame off restoration of a car some day.
Let's say Chevrolet or Ford decided to begin mass producing their 1960s Pony Cars all over again. The Mustang and Camaro of say 67 or 69 replacing the current Mustang and Camaro. Right off the bat, they would not meet crash safety standards. Everything they'd have to do to meet those standards would increase the vehicle's weight and size. The R&D involved in bringing the old design up to meeting today's crash safety standards would thus drive up the cost of the vehicle. It's a nice dream very few people have realized. A classic pony/muscle car with four wheel disc brakes, modern suspension, and modern engine with modern fuel economy.
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Wouldn't be the same anyway, without the aroma of unburned fuel coming out the tailpipe, and the throaty roar of a 4 barrel carburetor sucking air.
Better to buy a real classic and restore it with some modern modifications
to make it a little safer, take your chances and enjoy it. If you don't get to fancy with the paint and upholstery you can still do that for less than the price of a new 2012, with the economy tanking classic car prices.
There is a company in Las Vegas that takes old classics, and trashes everything but the body, and interior, and update the rest so the vehicle is technically a new car,with a classic body.
Can't remember the name, but when I advertised my 59 Continental convertible, they called and wanted the car to do this update too it.
They couldn't meet my price so I passed on it.
I would love to see an american classic produced that would be 2012 compliant, with a classic body and interior.
When the "new" tbird came out a few years back, trying to look like a re-done 57 bird, Ford missed the boat.
They should have re-invented the 66 Town Landau and convertibles as their "new" model instead of what they ended up with.
I would take my 66 over that other bird in a second.
I would love to see this one become Ford's 2014 Tbird.
Bob.
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