stupid prices on classics

[low au classic]

hey all,
just wanted to have a little rant about the price of classic fords im a young ford lover and would love nothing more then to own my own little rusted out classic to call my own and fix up and give life back to it like some of or most of you guys out there have done. BUT and this is were my rant comes in what the hell is up with the prices of the classics today its becoming so hard to find a decent project car out there without a ridiculous price tag on it
i rember being a very young xc cobra fan and seeing them around stock as a rock clean and beautiful for a massive $9,000 you try finding one in a decent condition for under $40,000 that also goes for any thing with a gt badge or some stripes on it even the great little XD/XE spacks but thats not what ****es me off its the people trying to sell the old coupes and sedans that are so far gone in life (rusted floors,holes the size of watermelons,complet wrecks etc)
trying to get thousands for them : even on ebay its a rare occasion to see some old bomb go cheap to someone that wants to give it another chance at life
it really bugs me because i know now that i will never be able to own a classic or afford to fix one up i just cant bring myself to spend big on someting thats so rusted away as much as i would love to.
i wish it was just like the old days when you could find an old beat up xc/xb sedan on someones front lawn and chuck them a slab and drive that baby home.
anyway i know most of you will say that most of these cars are becoming rare these days and were run out models with only a few ever made but even just the stock cars hold there price good.
but anyway il stop going on and on

whats your opinion on tha price that the old classics are holding wreked or not?

im back off to ebay to keep trying to find a cortina or xb
good luck to you all out there with your hunts and builds :voldar02:

pat