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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collector1966, post: 572293, member: 17919&quot;]Wow-- as you said, apples and oranges.</p><p>Most of the &#039;71 Dodge Chargers I looked up on the Internet in pristine condition (if there is such a thing) were far below the $100,000 price level. And considering that weather and elements play havoc with the steel in a car, you would have had to have stored your car in a nice, safe place for nearly 40 years. The same amount of gold would have taken far less space and required far less attention to the elements.</p><p><br /></p><p>At the same time, you couldn&#039;t buy gold bullion per se in 1971, just coins. Of course, your profit would have depended on what coins you bought-- and chances are, if you had bought $3000 worth of generic gold coins in 1971 as an investment, you would probably have sold them during the gold run-up of 1979-80, for a nice profit.</p><p><br /></p><p>One more thing about gold-- it&#039;s fungible and liquid. If you have a gold bar or bullion coins made by a reputable refiner/government, you probably won&#039;t have to quibble too much about the price when you sell. Selling a car, on the other hand, requires a lot of negotiation and patience, and chances are you&#039;ll get far less than what you expected when you finally are able to unload it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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