[jrwilson]

One important difference is that both original cars and highly modified ones are bringing similar dollars, which is very different from a lot of other European cars where originality trumps all. I've seen multiple g-body backdates go for $200K plus on BaT now, which tells me it's more about the mystique and drivability than having a dusty garage trophy.

As for never seeing them on the road, given that they're all 30+ years old or more at this point, and they were never mass-produced (they made 2,436 of my car total for example), it's really not much of a surprise you don't see them. I remember a time in the 80's / 90's when I would see Firebirds and Camaros *everywhere* since they made hundreds of thousands of those and I never see them either!