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--- Quote from: ragnar on October 25, 2011, 07:16:38 am ---You know how retired people buy cars from their youth right now and that has driven prices of 60s era cars up.  Is this going to happen to arcade cabinets in 20 years?

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Doubtful. Retired people don't buy those cars and put modern computerized engines in them. People mame up classics all the time, in turn reduces their value considerably. And I'm not talking about some joe-blow conversion cabinet like a Dynamo cab, I'm talking the classics, i.e. the Asteroids, DK's, Pacs...

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Sure they do,
It's called "Restomodding".  Bascially putting modern components, engines, suspensions, etc, in a classic car that looks old but performs like a newer car, safer, more stable, etc.  And just like here some people are for and against the practice.  Another thing they do is build "Clones" which is taking what was a basic standard version of a car and modify it to look like a special edition version, such as taking a stock Mustang and changing the paint/striping and possibly the performance to look/act like a Boss or Shelby version.

Can't say how this impacts the pricing in the overall market, but just pointing out that there are purists, modifiers, and people in the middle in both hobbies.

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