Zoe ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
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I was reading a D/C fic on the shuttle back from the airport today, and the chapter had just featured Cas rejoining Dean in the parking lot where he was lying down in the Impala''s front seat, and the shuttle radio started playing Eye Of The Tiger, and my L was OL, for sure.
I did catch a fic the other day whose fact checking let it go through with '68 Impala, which is just sad. Or, I guess, something incredibly AU deft.
At last! A quantifiable barometer of exactly how much Crazy our fandom can muster!
You'd have to be selling something way less beautiful for way more money to be measuring crazy. I don't care about the autographs or the "weapons" cache--that car is gorgeous and I want it--the car always has been. But you do need a mechanic in the family with a penchant for American classics, I fear.
How much do similar classic cars that don't feature in cult TV shows go for? I admit to inexperience with the topic, but I think I'd balk at $50K unless they threw in a regular schedule of backseat time with Jensen.
For a fully restored vintage car, that's not an unreasonable price (I'm pretty sure). But the Impala isn't a huge favorite, though -- it's not like it's a 1964 Mustang convertible or something -- so that might make a difference.
Yeah, that doesn't seem out of line if it's fully restored. Poking around, I see a pretty wide price range. This is at the high end, but there are definitely others in the 50k range without the fandom hook.
I'd imagine any spike in demand for '67 specifically is a) small and b) precisely SPN-related, but if someone said "cherry vintage car ALSO the one like on your show", then $50K does sound like the right amount more than I can afford. Whoever sat in it or signed it is irrelevant to me. Unless they're still sitting or signing, at which point I will go take out the damned loan and work stuff out later.
One of the General Lee's went for $125k. But -- and here is my quibble -- it was one of the show's cars. This is just a car that was styled like Baby.
So even in a collector world, it's not nearly as valuable as something that was actually used. It's only of value beyond the actual car to fans. And that car is only valuable because of the show.
Depending on the shape it's really in, it's worth maybe a fifth of that. But if it makes someone happy, it's worth whatever they want to pay.
Surely the General Lee is only valuable because of the show too, right? How is that a difference between the two cases?
I mean, it's pretty clear to me that fandom will pay above ticket price for something a) not as in good condition and b) not as closely matched to Baby (even the show doesn't have just one playing the role) and c) not autographed.
Yeah, its fandom relationships are the premium, but any vehicle associated with any car has a fandom premium whether it is one of *the* cars or not.
Here's a General Lee replica for $39,900: [link] and cursory googling seemed to indicate there are "registered replicas" on the market for it too. We're not alone on that front--we're disorganised.