do we have "classic" cars?

[blue83ranger]

A few months ago I tried to get antique insurance for my '84 mustang and I was denied. They told me it had to be show room condition. I'll eventually get around to calling a different place to get it insured. One site I looked on said "cars" made in the '80's and newer don't qualify with them to get antique insurance because so many were made which to me seems odd considering there were a million mustangs made from mid '64 to just '66 and they qualify for it.

 

[96Indyram]

A few months ago I tried to get antique insurance for my '84 mustang and I was denied. They told me it had to be show room condition. I'll eventually get around to calling a different place to get it insured. One site I looked on said "cars" made in the '80's and newer don't qualify with them to get antique insurance because so many were made which to me seems odd considering there were a million mustangs made from mid '64 to just '66 and they qualify for it.

On my 76 stingray and my 79 f150 4x4 I had Hagerty Classic Car Insurance
on them. All I had to do was get the vehicle appraised with pictures and send that to them. the Stingray value was $12,500 paid $130 a year... $500 deductable.
The 78 was $9,800 paid $102 a year with $500 deductable.

http://www.hagerty.com/Insurance/Classic-Car-Insurance/Does-My-Vehicle-Qualify

I know in Kansas once a vehicle is 35 years old you can get antique plates.
"Antique plates have a life time registration. This means you will pay the registration fees at the time of application and there will be no annual registration renewal for this vehicle as long as the original owner(s) own the vehicle. Personal property taxes are still due each year"

or A special interest vehicle tag
"A special interest vehicle means a motor vehicle which is more than 20 years of age and which has not been altered or modified from the original manufacturer's specifications except to assure normal running operation or to meet specific safety inspection requirements on original equipment, or both."

 

[blue83ranger]

A few people have told me to check out Hagerty. One of my brothers friends went with them on a jeep and he said he didn't have to send any pictures and no one came out to see it either. In IL it has to be 25 years old to get plates and we don't have personal property taxes.

 

[chvlfrk]

TN

Here it's 25 yrs, BUT your limited on the miles you drive it to qualify. It's like 1000 miles a year, as I thought bout them for my SS, which I don't put that many miles on it a year, but I decided to go with Desert Storm Veteran tags, same as all my other vehicles have.

 

[Mickey Bitsko]

I don't think you can use production numbers as a marker for value. Granted a limited production run does add the "rare" value to it, but how many 62-66 or 67-72 chevy trucks were made? Or how many 60's and 70's ford trucks? They are not rare by any means.
They are old trucks sitting behind barns and fields all over America, and people are looking for and restoring them. And they are starting to pull big money now.
I think why the old truck market boom started was because the muscle car market got out of reach of the average working man. ( thanks to Barrett Jackson) Now that most people can't afford a 69 muscle car etc.. they can get a 69 truck still pretty reasonable.
I know for a fact that in my area alot of 1st and 2nd Gen rangers got sent to the junk yard / crushed thanks to that "cash for clunkers" deal.

I believe we are driving classics.. According to wikipedia, classic means:
Advutstanding examples of a popular style, something of lasting worth or with a timeless quality.... my ranger has ALL those qualities !

 

[JimsExplodingRanger]

On the other hand was the last time you saw one in a demo derby?

Stock car guys smash them up all the time. Not too much different in the beginner stock car classes...

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

On the other hand was the last time you saw one in a demo derby?

Stock car guys smash them up all the time. Not too much different in the beginner stock car classes...

Mostly 80's stuff around here. Just about anyone would love a '70 Chevelle to plop a 350 in for cruising or a big block for draggin.

 

[exbass94]

Are classic plates expensive? I have no idea on how about getting them, my grandpa wants to put some on his old suburban.

I really can't answer that, as every state is different and charges different amounts. In CT, classic registration costs the same amount as a regular plate, and you still have to pay to renew it every 2 years, same as a regular plate. Basically the only benefit to having them in this state (besides looking cool ) is cheaper property taxes (they appraise the vehicle at $500 max. so taxes are only about $11 per year). Still have to get emissions tested too, at least for a couple years. You can get a classic plate as soon as the vehicle is 20 years old, but it's not emissions exempt until it's 25 years old (regardless of what kind of plate you have). But unlike other states that put restrictions on how you can use your car, in CT, you drive your car wherever you want, whenever you want, as much as you want with classic plates. I daily drive my Accord with classic plates.

Anyway, none of that is relevant to you, as like I said, every state has its own rules on classic plates. Your state's DMV website should have all the info you need.

 

[sblake01]

A few months ago I tried to get antique insurance for my '84 mustang and I was denied. They told me it had to be show room condition. I'll eventually get around to calling a different place to get it insured. One site I looked on said "cars" made in the '80's and newer don't qualify with them to get antique insurance because so many were made which to me seems odd considering there were a million mustangs made from mid '64 to just '66 and they qualify for it.

I have Hagerty insurance on my 2005 Pontiac GTO. Special interest, low production numbers, no longer manufactured (GTOs or Pontiacs). Mustangs from the 80s don't fit any of those parameters.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have Hagerty insurance on my 2005 Pontiac GTO. Special interest, low production numbers, no longer manufactured (GTOs or Pontiacs). Mustangs from the 80s don't fit any of those parameters.

Aside from special interest, no longer in production...

Some are low production # also. Probably made fewer of them in the 80's than they did in the 60's. Nice turnkey ones run about the same to buy for either vintage.

There is a stigma in the some corners of the car show/collectors about newer stuff. I don't know if they are worried about the older stuff being pushed out as younger people flock towards the things that they grew up with or why.

I have heard the comment in my car club that "young people have newer cars because they can't afford the old ones"... its like no, we grew up with them.

 

[rangeron33s]

I love the 1st gens. They're by far my favorite. (Extended cab 88 twin stick to be exact) unfortunately I find that specific setup extremely hard to find on Craigslist here in missouri. Especially one in good condition that doesn't look like tetnis filled swiss cheese