Yep I hear you. A good friend of mine had a Super-Bee that was in pieces. I offered to help him restore it free of charge because getting that beast up and running would be a beautiful thing. He just couldn’t afford the parts for it at the time. Probably for the best, we may have killed ourselves in it even with just the 440 Six pack….
A drop in price should “Ideally” lead to increased demand. What this assumes is that the price drop is instantaneous and not dependant on time. If prices drop over time what is important is the rate of decline. What incentive is there to purchase something today that will be less expensive tomorrow be it milk, a car, or a house? The “New Price” for the asset will not be set until it reaches a new equilibrium where the 2nd derivative is zero, or the rate of decrease has effectively become zero. Then there may indeed be increased demand once the price has stabilized.