Either young kids bought them up and beat them up or they just sat and rusted away. Either way, nicer examples are become more and more scare and the ones that are out there are usually owned by their original restorers/builders who have too much pride in their work to let them go for next to nothing. This is surely a contributing factor to their rising value. I for one will try to hold onto mine and continue to tastefully add to it until I either crash it into a divider or the resale value rises to what I believe it should be.
Haters gonna hate, but these are GOOD looking cars!