[SoCalCoupe]

IMHO, this is the way it is. Car people pay the highest prices for the cars they wish they'd had in their high school parking lot. Generally, the coolest cars might have been about 10 years old. The 1941 cars would have been really cool in 1951. Those High School seniors would have been born in 1933. They would now be 92. There are not too many 92 year olds out there buying cool cars.


This is why the car hobby is dying. Because of the way affluence and spending works with age, the biggest spenders now are probably people about 55 years old. Do the math. The 10 year old cars in their parking lot would have been Ford Fairmonts, Chevy Citations, Datsun B210's, etc. Hard to get excited about them. I have an amazing ability to cast a wet blanket over a large area.


Street rods do much better. Not saying they're better, just a fact that a 1941 Ford/Mercury street rod with a later model engine and transmission is likely to sell for more.


Don't hate me for saying that. I was in High School in the late 70's. There wasn't a single 40's or '50's car in the parking lot. I have no memory of them. I'm an odd duck though. One of my current cars is a 1941 Ford. As original as I can practically make it. Flathead, period Eddie Meyer intake, 6v electrical. It's a lot of fun but I paid more for it than I should have and if I don't make a street rod out of it, my widow will lose money on it.


Don't misunderstand, not looking for sympathy, just stating the facts. Love the car, love my friends in the Early Ford V8 club, but this is an expense, not an investment.