As popular as SSP's are becoming, 82-84's lag in value greatly. There have been a few '82 CHP's available recently in various conditions, so the mystique of owning what was once considered extremely rare is getting watered down.

Despite that vintage being more rare. It must be the 7.5" rear-ends!

(yes, I know the 85's had them too) :)

How many '82 CHP cars are out there that we know about? 10 or 15? If you compare that to the number of known '93 FHP cars, I'd say it still qualifies the '82s as extremely rare.

I own one of each, but I buy what I like, not what I think is rare or is going to triple in value.

I think that the older cars are cool survivors.

That car actually had several bids...me included. But the seller is not so friendly and will not talk over the phone about the car. The only contact he is willing to make is via email. Being the car was in AZ and I am in OH I wanted to talk to him personally. A couple others were interested but got no where as well. The seller pulled the car from auction and it fell back to the starting bid by default. I think it had reached just below $3000 when he pulled.

In the grand scheme of things, that probably wasn't too bad then.

I also like the older cars, the newer cars get into things that I actually worked on, and it kind of loses the mystique for me, though if given the opportunity, I'd think about buying one of Larry Varner's MO Mustangs. For personal reasons, plus 666 HP is just damn cool.