Of course it won't reach par with first gen.. they'll always be worth more.
But saying the fox won't be collectable ever unless it's a saleen or svt is ridiculous. The value WILL go up.
You're saying the 1st gen weren't modded, crushed and left to rot in backyards? c'mon.
Oh no they most definitely were modded, cut up, ran hard and left to rot in backyards and barns and ditches across the country. What im saying is that, as someone who recently bought a one off body/color/year Saleen, I dont ever expect the car to even come close to the price or collectiblity of a first gen Shelby. We're already seeing the price on low mile cars (less than 60k miles) and even on cars that are in great shape with close to 100k miles. But these cars are nearly bone stock or with tasteful mods, not cars that have HCI with a blower and a
suspension that rides like a log wagon.
Look at the first gen cars that are desirable now, numbers matching, close to stock, might be high miles but still in great shape. Fox mustang do not get treated that well, they are abused, twisted, drove into the ground and parted out and scrapped because, for the time being, there are plenty of them.
But dont get me wrong, there will be a time soon when they will be collectible and I think the OP's car, being a basically unmolested notch, would be a desirable car in stock form at that time but not if its heavily modded.