I paid $1200 for my '72 Lemans in 1999 and drove it home. Drove it everywhere with a few minor repairs and an engine swap "just because" for 14 years. I bought a replacement '72 Lemans in 2013 for $2500 and I drove that home. Nowadays I don't see complete non-runner cars for less than $4000. A $1500-2500 car likely is missing an engine or front end\interior or needs some major rust repair. Even the '71-76 much maligned engine donor big cars are going for higher prices than they used to. You can't even touch a glide-away wagon that isn't rusty junk for less than $5000-6000 anymore. I paid $3500 for one in 2014 and was afraid I overpaid at the time!
There's definitely a lot of money around, I don't know who has it though because it sure isn't me!
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