seeing how cars like the GTHO and early Monaro have gone to such values, when 30 years ago you could not give them away, what do people think are the cars built in the last 20 years which are the sleepers that will be worth a packet in say 10 years time?
i suggest one would be the Capri convertible, you can buy them now for 500 to 1000 bucks, then there is the series of 2 door Monaros , which are not as cheap but will be, then there is little turbo pocket rockets like the daihatsus, suzukis, etc.

VG Maloo, any VL V8, WB Statesman Caprice(I know, more like 30 years old).

What about a builder that took on hsv and is still doing it today that builder is CORSA SPECIALISED VEHICLES in mildura builds some of the fastest cars in the country

My view is that the HK to HZ prices have stablised due to current economic times. I also think that by the time we come out of it that these cars will be less desirable as far as supply and demand is concerned. I think the HQ SS will have a place in history and to some extent be a desirable car. To the value well????

There is a lot of effort in restoring a car, and to do so just to sell it when finished takes a lot for someone to do. Personally I rejected buying an EJ to restore to drive to work, because I knew that about the time I would finish it I would be ready to buy my CV8, therefore selling the EJ. My daughter's boyfriend purchased it and we did it up togehter and he still drives it, do not think he will sell it for a long time.

Just like financial advisers, I can be wrong, just my opinion on past events and trends with prices. Those that own their cars for the fun of it do not mind if prices rise and fall as they get more pleasure from owning and driving. (I drive my CV8Z to work each day, it is devaluing because of that, but I get to drive a CV8Z to work each day. For what I paid for it I could have purchased a new SV6 and no one would care that it is devalueing at the same or higher rate, or that I drive it to work each day, but it would not be a CV8Z) If you want to see how well you can restore the SS then taking a loss on it is not a worry. Restoring cars to make money has always been a bit of a gamble.

Warren

I shall have to brew on that on that one I have owned it for 12 years. The white VN SS was probably the least amount built from what I remember coming down the production line at Elizabeth as most seem to be red or grey.I liked the white ones best and grey second.

I wasn't laying into you John Perth, just some of the garbage cars you mentioned. I thought they were very odd examples of possible collectible cars. In fact so odd that i thought you were only half serious in posting it and was expecting a rise out of someone. My apologies if I have upset you.

I'm entitled to an opinion as is everybody else. To be honest, I hope they crush every last example of those Capri's. Then we can forget they were made here in Australia. As for Japanese cars, pfft, who gives. Crush the lot. I would take great joy in knowing that every can of coke I crack open has been recycled from a frickin Silvia.

I would have hoped the HQ Statesman would have been considered a collectible.
As Warren suggests HK - HZ seem to have bottomed out due to a number of things.
As it happens, I'm now considering selling my old girl, ("thought I would never say that") and investing in property.
Just don't have a lot of confidence in the market at the moment, and it doesn't look that great anytime soon.

Interesting colour ,when I worked at HBD all cv8Z`s came through to get a sunroof fitted and were painted Fusion in colour.The car in the advert has no sunroof I have some doubt that its an original cv8Z.

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It was probably an example of a test colour, as K-pow didn't come out until a few years after that.
I know of Devil Yellow VT sedans (pre-dating it's use on the V2), and Turismo VX sedans (pre-dating it's use on the VZ) as well as a number of other test colours they did to gauge public reaction before putting them in production.

I have always wondered about the WB Statesman - when Holden announced they were to stop production of the WB, apparently values held well, so I hear. But that was then; now, it seems that $5k buys you a good example; $10k a mint one.

I don't care really, my WB isn't going anywhere, I hope my 5 year-old son might want it when he is old enough.

But if he wanted to sell it, I don't see the WB appreciating in value much, I wonder if the Cadillac styling works against it, although (arguably) it was the best of the HQ-WB series to drive, especially in Brock Magnum form.