impact of modern muscle cars on the old car market

Hellrats said

I just sold my restored 1969 Charger 2 months age. Numbers matching 440. Nice car but not over restored, just nice. B5 blue white strip and top. $82,500. It was a pain in the A$$ finding GOOD parts and was not cheap. But I did make some money on it. It's the love of the cool old cars but it is getting to the point that it's not easy to find a good one and the new ones are much friendlier to drive.

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A week ago I went to look (for someone else) at a numbers matching '69 Charger R/T, 108,000-mile 440-4bbl/727, badly faded original Go Mango exterior paint, black vinyl top had been removed to show no rust underneath (all the top trim stored in the trunk), burnt orange interior. Well-optioned car checked out to the fender tag. No body rust, a couple of minor dents in front and rear valence and foggy chrome. Torn interior needs a lot of work but no rust. Original SoCal car. Last time it was registered was 1990 - been in garage hibernation for 28 years.
The east coast buyer wanted to make sure it was actually numbers matching and rust free before he sent $42,500 to the seller and had an enclosed transport haul it cross-country.