A small-block Nova that's "Too Valuable" to drive?....Not in my universe....

Spoke to someone the other day who was lamenting that he might not bring his car out to Hot August Nights this year because he's afraid someone might hit it, and it's "Too Valuable" to risk damaging it. Was this a Hemi 'Cuda convertible?  One of the eight '69 Trans-Am convertibles? One of 116 L88 '69 Corvettes?  A 427 Thunderbolt Fairlane?  No, this was a Nova. Not an L78 / L89 396 / 4-speed model. Not a Nickey Chevrolet or Baldwin-Motion L88 427 or LS6 454 model. This was a small-block model. With a 2bbl. And an automatic. That's right-it wasn't a low-mileage  L79 350 hp 327 / 4-speed '66-67 model, or an LT1 / 4-speed 370 hp '70 Yenko Deuce. It wasn't even an SS350 model.  No-this was a '72 "Rally Nova" with an 8.5:1 compression L65 2bbl 350 rated at 165 net hp backed by a column-shifted TH350. ( it had bench seats, not buckets ). Puhleeze. The "Rally Nova" package in '71-72 consisted of taking a base-model strippy Nova, adding a stripe down the side that said on the 1/4 panel-duh-"Rally Nova" and 14X6 slotted steel wheels. That's it. No special engine, or suspension-they had 4-wheel drum brakes!! ( Front discs were an extra-cost option ). This is "Too Valuable" to drive? On what planet? Certainly not Earth in 2016!!! I don't mean to deride someone's pride and joy, but come on. A drum-braked, bench-seat, 2bbl, automatic Nova? I've had similar conversations with the owner of a "Too Valuable" 301 powered '79 Trans-Am, and the owner of a bench seat, drum-braked, 318, 3-speed '72 Duster. Here's the hard news people-"Rare" doesn't automatically mean "Valuable." I talked in an earlier post about 305 / automatic 1980 Corvettes. There's way less of those than there are 1971 425 hp LS6 454 models. Guess what-a nice, documented '71 LS6 'Vette will bring 100K in any state in the union. If you asked 10K for a 1980 305 model-people would laugh themselves sick. A friend of mine used to say-"A rare turd is still a turd."  He's right. If you want to play with some, rare, obscure car-like a V8 Gremlin "X", or an OHC 6-cylinder-Firebird go ahead-just don't get pissed when someone argues that it's not worth anywhere near the price of say-a 390 / 4-speed AMX or an SD-455 Trans-Am!! That's all I'm saying. The guy with a for-real 1963 SD-421 Catalina or the owner of a for-real '"DZ" 302 '69 Z/28 who won't run his car at the Pure Stock drags because he doesn't want to risk blowing it up-I understand that, and I respect their position completely. The guy who says the same thing about a '70's Formula 400 Firebird or a 350 Chevelle needs his ass kicked. See the difference? Just had to vent that. Mastermind