What is the Grail worth? Nothing? Everything?

[Edward]

Much depends on what it is. I'm not really into buying "actual" vintage as a general rule, prefer to have reproduction now. I'm not interested in (and have neither the space nor the cashflow) collecting jackets for the sake of collecting - if I'm going to buy something and keep it around, it'll be because it's something I'm going to take out and actually wear. Were it too fragile or I was otherwise too afraid to wear it regularly, it's not something I'd keep. At the right price, though, I would certainly consider buying something to have it reproduced, especially if the figures worked that I could then sell the vintage item for more than the cost of it plus the reproduction.

 

[El Marro]

An item sitting on a shelf or a hanger in perpetuity just doesn't do it for me. I'm careful to not modify a vintage item if I believe it to have historical or monetary value. People who do that sort of thing make me kind of sad. That said, I really do enjoy actually using things that I own.

When I bought my 1972 Monte Carlo a few years back people were amazed to hear that I parked it on the street in front of my house rather than keeping it locked away in a garage. “It’s just a car” was my reply, I bought it to drive and enjoy, not as an investment and not as something too precious to use. For me that would have taken all the fun out of it.

 

[JMax]

When I bought my 1972 Monte Carlo a few years back people were amazed to hear that I parked it on the street in front of my house rather than keeping it locked away in a garage. “It’s just a car” was my reply, I bought it to drive and enjoy, not as an investment and not as something too precious to use. For me that would have taken all the fun out of it.

I understand. But you crazy. Lol.

Do you miss it? It was stunning.

 

[El Marro]

I understand. But you crazy. Lol.

Do you miss it? It was stunning.

J,
I absolutely do miss her, she was beautiful and she made people smile when they saw her driving by.
I am still head over heels in love with my new Charger though, I think it’s one of the few cars that I could’ve bought that feels like a worthy successor to the Monte Carlo.

 

[Bfd70]

I don’t own anything. Everything is rented and passing through. It’s all for sale on a whim or for profit.