>>>FWIW I'm about to pull the trigger on a what I think will be the last personal vehicle I drive myself and my last powered by internal combustion. The car has a twin turbo V8 that's assembled by hand in Germany, then shipped to the buyer wherever they may be. IMHO that sort of attention increasingly will be limited to Rolls Royce style prestige, sort of like having a butler in 2018. Everything else will be assembled quicker, cheaper and more accurately by machine, ideally close to home so you can have it quicker without international freight.
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>>Good for you. I debate myself on buying a classic car for minimal days of fair weather driving (think 190SL, MG B, Fiat 124 Spider) and investment angle. Big question for me is if automatic driving will make driving such vehicles an offense long range, thus damping worth increases.
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>I still have my 1968 MG B roadster that I bought new in France. It ran when I parked it in 1984 but I let it sit for 3 years while I bummed around the world. By the time I tried to start it it wouldn't start so I filled the cylinders with oil and put it on my 'things to do when I retire' list but I haven't got to it, yet. BTW I turned it over to a shipping company at Rhine-Main for shipment back to the US.

Poor beast - best way is to move them twice each month in fair weather and once in the 4 months around new year. 30 years in storage without moving any of the parts probably will need a good mechanic knowing it - in your shoes I would first find out where to repair (which might be difficult without a thorough diagnosis up front - but perhaps a stopover in merry old England might be better before shipping across large bodies of water), unless you have a buyer in current state in the states lined up or want to get your own hands dirty. Parts probably easiest to get in UK but US not far behind.

If you want me to eyeball it and it is not packed already, I could take current pics on a fair day to drive out on motorbike. While I like cars, more than rudimentary check of outer condition not up my line - was more in the mathmatical branch of price estimation than repair state/cost when working the european blue book angle - the stretch you parked it was right in it ;-)