Can classic cars be a good investment? This question cannot be answered with a "Yes" or "No" answer, it's not quite that simple. Many items can be bought as an investment, from real estate, coins, gold, to stock and bonds. When purchasing stock or bonds as an investment, you are placing money at risk for a future return on that investment. No real maintenance or more work is necessary once the stock or bond purchase has been made.

If I have one pet peeve at the dozens of auto shows I frequent each year, it is the lack of information shared about each vehicle. My blood pressure rises just a bit when I see a unique car that I don't know the year or make, and the car show sign that was given to the owner when entering the show IS COMPLETELY BLANK other than their car show ID #. I see hundreds of autos like this at the "Back to the 50's" show each summer in St Paul, and the owners are roaming the show so you cannot ask for more details.

Although the muscle car era was short-lived, it still defined a generation in America, and has given us possibly some of the most collectible cars in all of automotive history today. With the sharp lines, wide profiles, muscular looks, and chrome, these cars looked mean. Team the mid-sized bodied frame with a monster V8 engine, and these cars WERE mean. Mean fast! Some models that fit into the muscle car category are the Buick GS, Pontiac GTO, and the Dodge Charger.

Over the last few years my fascination with muscle cars has grown, along with my interest in newer cars and technology, especially hybrids and alternative fuels. When this odd pairing first entered my mind, I just passively thought that I'm just interested in all areas of cars, which is true, but after dwelling on it more I figured out there is more to this. I have always been a big history buff, and classic cars are a piece of history.

Sometimes movie stars are not always human, although I don't believe any of these cars have a star on Hollywood Boulevard. I have compiled a list of MY top 10 favorite American movie cars. Believe me, I had many more I wanted to choose, but since it's titled top 10, I had to narrow it down, otherwise this list would be quite long. The only two criteria for a car to make this list is

A) it had to be in a movie, and not just a t.v. show, and
B) it had to be an American model car.

It of course also had to be a favorite of mine! So let's get the list started...