lol at the guy who can't read and ***umes I said there's just 1200 in parts. Doors are like $150 each, cowl $100, hood $100, grille $100, frame $100-$150, front axle complete $150, headlights and bar $100-$150. Solid subrails are $500 alone. I saw ****py front fenders go at auction for $150 a shot. Haven't even touched the quarters or any of the other roadster parts and closing in on two grand. Granted, some of that stuff is a long slow sell, but it will sell eventually. ***le? In NY utterly irrelevant, I don't even need paperwork to get plates on it, just a couple signatures on state forms. In fact if I had that I'd paint it flat black and probably ask $4000 for it - and it would sell. It worked on the last two A's I had and they were pickups, one was cobbed together on a coupe frame with freebie axles, an AA cab and a bed from a WWII cutdown sedan. A lot of guys see the paint's gone to rust and they think it's junk, but it's just that they're dumb, because the exact same car literally brush painted with Rustoleum and suddenly they think it's a great builder. Exactly what I did with both pickups. When the one was an AA I couldn't even get s**** offered for it. Once it became an A with paint on it, it sold in under a month. With all the support there is for Model As, if the guy can weld and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty, he could be driving that car for a pretty minimal investment, particularly if you scrounge for parts. It might not be pretty like a turnkey $20,000 car but you can say you put it together.
It's a true shame that con men and shysters make a living (or a quick buck) taking advantage of loop holes in the law. Alabama is a no ***le state as has been mentioned. Those companies were not selling ***les. They were selling registration or more simply a tag with the paperwork. Posing as an Alabama owner, these guys would register tag with a out of state number. Sometimes the car....did not exist. Other times the number was simply made up. It was just a number. Used to....all you had to do to tag a car here was have a bill of sale and a VIN. Now they have to see the car. ***le states used to recognize Alabama registration. Now many do not or at least scrutinize it with plenty of hoops to jump through. Boyd Coddington got into this big time.....registering Boydsters as original Alabama cars. In the end it's the Alabama residents that suffer (having to do more to register a car) and the out of state enthusiasts who pretty much make a deal with the devil to get a tag and ***le. A shady deal is a shady deal no matter what state you are from.
This is why I'm trying to get out of California. My dad always told me something is only worth what someone else will pay. Just my 2 cents.
Guess you'd better send the man a check,then. Sure, maybe you're right. I'm looking at my age, the average age of fellow hotroddders, the economic bear market looming and, even though I've got the money, think I'll p***. Not my idea of ROI, unless one plans to build and run it. Best of luck on the project or parts sale.
Yeah, me too. I thought the topic was to ascertain the value of the roadster. With the photos shown I'll say....I dunno. Not enough info.
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