Is This $40,000 AE86-Chassis Toyota Corolla GT-S a Sign of Things To Come?

I plasma cut the mint body away after building a cage inside it and making all the moulds to replace in 100% composite.

 Didn't think twice about it :)

For $40k, it must have included a full tank of gas!

trucke said:

For $40k, it must have included a full tank of gas!

In reply to ae86andkp61 (Forum Supporter) :

That's an excellent explanation!  I've always loved the 510.  I'm a box guy.  You're an angle person.  That's cool, as was Initial D.

trucke said:

For $40k, it must have included a full tank of gas!

And a sheet of plywood in the hatch

I mean is this any crazier then a classic Mustang, Camaro or other muscle car selling for the same or more? 

In reply to 93EXCivic :

In a word, yes. That's like asking why a 240Z sells for more than a Fox Body.

In reply to 350z247 :

I don't see why. There are probably more classic Mustang or Camaros running around then AE86s. 

My point is that people buy what they want performance be damned when it comes to classic cars. I mean personally I would rather have an AE86 then a classic muscle car at the same money. 

93EXCivic said:

I mean is this any crazier then a classic Mustang, Camaro or other muscle car selling for the same or more? 

I wonder how many people who say it's a slow flimsy POS have ever driven a '64-66 Mustang.   Most had inline sixes, but even the 289 Hi-Po was not all that enticing compared to most newer cars.  (Yeah, 271hp, but that was 60s marketing horsepower, kind of like vacuum cleaner horsepower) And the chassis were pretty crap, both handling wise and structurally.

And interior room!  Gotta sit in the then-traditional Ford seating arrangement of knees up and steering wheel in your lap.  If you are tall, you learn exactly once to get your left leg down when you shut the door, lest you spear the side of your knee with the turn signal stalk.

Oh I have one of these clean clean one in the garage that i forgot about.  Original paint and mint interior with 140K