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roadster36 · 02-23-2016, 06:46 PM

I watch the '33/'34 market pretty closely and the prices seem to be coming down along with the stock market. I just passed up a really nice '34 3-W locally for $48,000. It was restored years ago but presented very well and was complete with a working radio, almost perfect LeBaron Bonney interior, and decent paint. It started and ran well and had properly installed hydraulic brakes. If I didn't already have a 3-W I would have bought it. It had been for sale for a while. A few years ago this 3-W would have sold in the 60K+ range. Roadsters that were selling few years ago in the 70-90K range can be purchased in the 50K range now. The same can be said for woodies, Victorias, etc. You see high prices in the magazine and internet ads but they seldom sell at the prices asked. I passed up a "builder" '33 roadster that a friend had in the 28K range recently because it would take another 60K to finish it in a way it deserved.
Buy what you want in the best condition possible, as close to completed as possible, you will be $$ ahead in the long run whether you decide to keep it or not.
For 50K it had better be a superb car.
Best of luck.

02-23-2016, 06:46 PM	#25
roadster36 BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Sonoma,Calif. Posts: 877	Re: aprx value of 34 ford 3 window I watch the '33/'34 market pretty closely and the prices seem to be coming down along with the stock market. I just passed up a really nice '34 3-W locally for $48,000. It was restored years ago but presented very well and was complete with a working radio, almost perfect LeBaron Bonney interior, and decent paint. It started and ran well and had properly installed hydraulic brakes. If I didn't already have a 3-W I would have bought it. It had been for sale for a while. A few years ago this 3-W would have sold in the 60K+ range. Roadsters that were selling few years ago in the 70-90K range can be purchased in the 50K range now. The same can be said for woodies, Victorias, etc. You see high prices in the magazine and internet ads but they seldom sell at the prices asked. I passed up a "builder" '33 roadster that a friend had in the 28K range recently because it would take another 60K to finish it in a way it deserved. Buy what you want in the best condition possible, as close to completed as possible, you will be $$ ahead in the long run whether you decide to keep it or not. For 50K it had better be a superb car. Best of luck.