The letter below is like many we've gotten over the years that bemoan the increasing cost of project cars: "I have been buying your mag for many years, and I understand that you guys write all kinds of stories about cars. Between the Meacum and Barret-Jackson auctions, they killed the car industry. They have overpriced cars beyond what I could ever pay for them. Chances of me ever being able to drive one of these cars is dead. Twenty years ago we could walk up with $10 grand and drive off with a nice ride. Today that's what it costs for a new set of rims and tires. You see, if they can afford $100 grand for a car, then they can afford to buy other overpriced parts, and guys like me have to go to the junkyard for scraps to put them together. What's next? Million-dollar mopeds?"
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