Featured Features The Collector Car Market continuing its steady fall...

This is just my .02 on cl***ified ads anywhere (including here) . To me it's like a swapmeet, I like to know how much the person is asking before I really look at it. I'm usually a quite guy, I don't like to bother anyone with questions if the part is out of my price range. Same with online ads (for vehicles or parts), if it's for sale you need to have pictures. You need good detailed pictures of parts from different angles. A bunch of pictures of the vehicle....outside, inside, trunk/bed, under the hood, under the vehicle....the more details the better and a detailed write up pertinent information of the vehicle. This way you can weed out the time wasters, picture collectors (or other things sellers complain about) and keep the people who would normally p*** the ad by interested. I'm not really a big seller, but I have sold a few vehicles and more parts in the past. It's what I try to do to keep the issues at a minimum.

 

Sure doesn't look like the prices have taken a dive.

 

Looking at auction sites like Hemmings and Bring a Trailer a lot of collectible cars get sold. Now whether they are the style of HAMB is another issue.

Some of the same high dollar hot rods stay for sale for years. Modified vehicles are harder to sell because the buyer wants his own version and the question becomes how much has to be spent to change it to their liking.

Times change and tastes change. Not every 20 year old is lusting after a ‘32 Ford now like many of us did years ago.

 

Or being around young people makes you realize how far distanced old guys are from young people. They have more pressing issues than an old car.

 

Old car?
I bet a 32 wasn’t an old car to the average middle aged person in the 50s

 

A lot of young people these days aren't in a hurry to even get their driver's license! Geez when we were 16 it was the most important thing in our lives....next to girls!

 

And now keeping it is one of the most important. We come into the world wearing diapers and leave it the same way.

 

I can attest that the Ford shoebox sedan market has tanked in the last few years. When doing some research on what the 51 I just bought was worth, I was shocked. But, I was also able to buy it for way less than they were worth what seems like a few years ago. The good news is that I am driving a neat car for not much money.

 

The buyers are dying off, simple math fewer buyers , fewer sales

 

That is why HAMB parts sales are off I guess.

 

eurgh the term 'Collector Car' gets my back up, the culture of car collecting needs to die.

If old hobby vehicles become more accessible then its all good in my eyes. More folks putting their hard earned into something they love as opposed to guys hoarding stuff until inevitably gets left to their family who s**** it all off.

 

How about detailed pictures?

 

If the ad you posted here is any indication of the effort you have put into selling it it's no surprise at all it hasn't sold.

 

I can remember several different dirt tracks in Oklahoma in the '50s where early/mid-thirties cars were getting demolished on a regular basis. Not many cared about the body style as long as it conformed to the rules.

 

It's nice to see "collector" car dropping to driver prices. It could be due to the simple fact that the guy who bought a car and had it restored realizes he'll never make a profit on his "investment".

 

I have no idea what the cars finally sell for but if you look on the cl***ified of the HAMB, Hemings, eBay, Bring A Trailer sure doesn’t look like Cl***ic Car prices are in a steady fall. I certainly realize you can ask any price you want. I an also aware some of these cars have been on the market a long time. Also if you look closely at pics a lot of the cars are not in as good of shape as claimed. However, I will agree if prices are falling it’s probably in the prewar, HAMB type cars. A lot of us are getting close to our expiration dates and unfortunately folks under 60 are more interested in muscle cars and cars of the 1960’s or 1970’s.