I am considering whether to get a White 2001 or wait and get a True Blue 2002 - does anyone know what the True Blue looks like?

Thanks

WAL

 

Mine is already on order, so I hope it looks as good as I hope.......Jason

 

That's really your choice... I think the true blue is going to look awesome... It might even beat black for the first time ever for production on the L... White however will not be offered anymore so may be worth something in the long run because last year of the least most produced color , although the same goes with the true blue because it is the first color to replace another in SVT history...(Silver was added and didn't replace a color)... Hope this helps...

Later, Justin

 

Justin, don't think so much just get what color you want. Ford is going to make so many Lightnings that you really don't have to worry about the long run. As has been discussed before, Its cool that ford is making this truck available for everyone who wants one, but way too many people want one. It will not be "special" to own a L after next year. At least until they come out with that L all these rumors have been circling about in 2003.

 

True Blue 2002

 

Take a look at ALL the True Blue 2001 Mustangs running around!

Especially in the Sun, they look really nice!

But.......I'll stick to my Silver!!!

Remember.......maybe no 0.0%-2.9% Financing on 2002!!

 

Anyone who buys a Lightning, or Cobra, or other limited production vehicle, who is buying it as a collectors item, is silly. If you want to wait 30 years, then your truck will be a collectors item. The 1st gen Camaro craze only really hit a few years ago, and how old are those cars? Yes, VERY small runs, aka Yenko, GT350, so-on, do appreciate a faster........ but they cost alot more to purchase initially also. Also add into the mix, the cost of restoring the old beast (usually more $$ than you can sell it for), and you get the big picture.

The L will always be considered a low production vehicle. When I can drive to a city with over 1 million people in it, and not see a single one, in an entire day on the road....... they are still not common.

There have probably been 16,000 or so made in the 3 years they have been out. Divide that in half, for the # of people who never drive them. Then divide that by 50 states. This does not put alot of these trucks in any given place.

Just enjoy the beast as it stands. What it will become 30 years from now......... who cares. I know I certainly don't.

 

Well said '01ArrestMeRed. Future value is moot is you don't intend to sell. Look at all those guys that put '86 and '87 Grand Nationals away, and a year later wanted $30K for them. Don't see many in the Auto Trader for more than $12K nowadays. A lot of older cars are worth what they are because people never stopped to conider their potential value way back when and hence never really took care of them. Hell, when I was a kid me and a buddy bought a rough '69 Camaro RS/ SS convertible. 396, 4 spd. Even had low number options like 4 wheel disk brakes and headlamp washers- ex GM Exec car. Easilly a $50K car now. We bought it for $500, ripped the motor out of it to put in a '73 Vega and sold the 'hulk' to the wrecking yard. Stupid yes, but nobody knew back then. The minute people start planning for future collectibility guarantees that they will not be worth as much with so many well cared for examples around. It's all supply and demand...

 

red light , you are 100% correct. but it doesnt really matter because they werent so great anyway. i had 58 vette, 64 vette small block, 70 vette big block, 68 gtx 440, 70 roadrunner 440 six pack, 66 coronet with a hemi, a mustang for a short while, and i can tell you for a fact that compared to my lightning those were all crap in comparison. the vettes in most cases nickled and dimed me to death also. the quality control on those cars was poor, and they didnt corner worth a darn or stop well in most cases. they were fast , but not in the same league as our lightnings. i had a 99 that was great, but the 01 is really something special. the problem is that guys who couldnt afford them then , who romantized about them , have bid the old muscle cars up to silly levels. i still have slides of all the cars i had, and every once in awhile i look at them, and say i never should have sold them. but when i think about how many times i had them in the shop and how some of them were hard to live with on a daily basis, im happy looking at my cherry red lightning outside. im also getting older so the lightning is a pleasure to get in and out of also. instead of squeezing into those vettes also.

 

The main thing with the L's is have fun while keeping them nice. Something usually has to be rare before it gets BIG $$. Like big-block Vettes, etc. Build quality is no factor at the auctions. In the next 20 years there will be ALOT of L's stolen, totalled, etc. and then the ones left will be valuable.