Hemmings Daily: Have We Reached the End of the Collector Car Era?

Imagine this: It's the '80s and you're patrolling the fields at the Hershey swap meet. You overhear a vendor make a joke about the AMC Gremlin, and ju [trPx] [View in Browser]( [Covercraft]( [trPx] [Hemmings Daily]( Friday, October 22, 2021 Latest Stories Sponsored by [Year One]( [Year One]( [Have We Reached the End of the Collector Car Era?]( [Have We Reached the End of the Collector Car Era?]( Imagine this: It's the '80s and you're patrolling the fields at the Hershey swap meet. You overhear a vendor make a joke about the AMC Gremlin, and ju... 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