Yep, I kind of thought the same thing. We have a 68 & 69 Chevelle and bucking the trend to slap SS on them, They are just Malibus! Being built like what we grew up with with a few tasteful upgrades. But on some of the car sites I am also on people speculate all the time about rusted out base models and how long before they are rare performance models up for bid at Barrett Jackson.
When you go to swap meets and people are asking stupendous amounts of lucre for date coded engine blocks and transmissions,, even certain stock carbs with the right numbers.
Wonder what those are for?