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Originally Posted by Prog
#1 and #2 (and probably many more early production) are probably owned by dealers. The first production 5th gen Camaro was auctioned off. Sincerely doubt that a regular person owns #1 or #2 of either the FR-S or BRZ.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Prog
#1 and #2 (and probably many more early production) are probably owned by dealers. The first production 5th gen Camaro was auctioned off. Sincerely doubt that a regular person owns #1 or #2 of either the FR-S or BRZ.
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That is true now, but may not be eventually depending on what the company does with them. The two Firebirds I mentioned were owned by Pontiac (production show cars), but eventually ended up in private hands.
There is also some associated value in having the earliest documented one sold to the public, which may not necessarily be the #1 serial number.
I realize we are talking BRZ here, but not sure what the numbers were on the cars the First86 drove in Long Beach. They were technically production cars and there was 7 or 8 of those. Also VP of Scion really got the first one registered to an individual, unless it was technically a company car.
Of the First86 that reported here the earliest VIN was 133 by @
terrypm. Mine is 274. (
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3258) The go up into the 1xxx range based on when the particular color/tranny combination was manufactured in the run and what the distributor delivered to the dealer since they were sent over with the first shipment and cars were held in dock.
My point was that whether or not the twins become "classics" if you wait long enough an early serial number can have some "value" over later numbers for someone.
Heck I bet there is somebody out there somewhere who would pay a premium to own the first Pontiac Aztec. Of course, if you paid 200% more what would that be, $500?