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.