$3 million.....

[7212Mopar]

$3M? I don't think the guy will ever drive the car much on the street. The insurance cost in a year already exceeded what my 73 Challenger is worth. Some people have the money and they can chose what and how the spend it.

[JH27N0B]

$3M? I don't think the guy will ever drive the car much on the street. The insurance cost in a year already exceeded what my 73 Challenger is worth. Some people have the money and they can chose what and how the spend it.

That's certainly true.  Probably my favorite of all the hemi cuda convertibles is the TX9 one a mechanic at a Texas Plymouth dealer ordered back in the day and had stashed away for ages.  A few years ago a collector bought it from him. I heard he paid $4M.  I also heard that collector has his own private jet he flies around in.
So I doubt he's spending too much time thinking of how much income he'd get if he'd invested those millions instead of buying one if not the ultimate cudas!
The Brothers Collection has a bunch of hemi cuda verts.  They also have a large % of the 7 '69 Trans Am convertibles made in their 600+ car personal museum in Oregon.
Some of these wealthy collectors drive their cars, like Tom Lembeck.  Others don't.  Steve Juliano never drove his cars, though I did see him drive his Diamanté Challenger from the trailer to its display area at one of the earliest MCACNs.
Doesn't seem like money is much of an object for some people like it is for us regular folks!

[HP2]

I will probably never understand the 71 Cuda vert obsession.

[JH27N0B]

Here's a good video on Mopar sales a Mecum

[RUNCHARGER]

A 71 Cuda is low on my list of desirable E bodies as well but I recognize there are are tons of enthusiasts that disagree.
I also go back to my performance roots and a flexi flier, no roll over protection, Hemi convt. doesnt make sense to me either. However you cant ignore very low production, last year Hemi convt. availability. We wont see their likes again and hence the value. I dont see them ever coming down.An LS6 convt. or maybe a Stage 1, 4 speed convt. (friend owned one) come close but not quite an equal, so that makes them and a Hemi Daytona top of the heap IMO.

[dodj]

An LS6 convt. or maybe a Stage 1, 4 speed convt.

A friend of mine owned an LS6 hard top..silver and black..that was a quick car....not 3 million dollars quick but definitely a fun ride.....lost it in the divorce.

[torredcuda]

I am not a `vert guy as the number of days around here that are not too cold or too hot to comfortably drive one are very limited but even if they were plentifull I would still prefer a roof. I also like the `70 `cuda over the `71 so even if I had $100 billion a `71 `cuda `vert would be way down my list of cars to own. Of course the buyers of those cars are not even thinking about driving it as they are simply "collector" cars to own, show off and buy/sell. As far as coming down in value as we get old I do think the lower end cars will drop in price as demand decreases and supply increases but the big dollar rare ones will stay up high out of reach for most of us.