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Originally Posted by ronn
it is only fair to compare it to what it is. Prob 60-70% of the As out there are in this condition. A weekend driver to a local show and not much more.
As will always equal the budget of the owner. Not everyone wants a 100k car and certainly not everyone wants a 3k car. there is a happy medium with ones purse.
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Yes. While your point is very valid Ronn, how often do we hear people complaining that the price of Model-As is dropping from what they used to bring? I don't think the market is dropping on these vehicles due to lack of interest, -instead I maintain it is because lack of quality.
Next year I will celebrate being in the Model-A business for my 30th year. Before that, my previous 37 years was spent being involved as a second-generation hobbyist. My opinion about Model-As as a whole comes from firsthand experience of working on these cars for 30+ years. Using this Phaeton as an example, this vehicle will likely cause a lot of heartache for some new owner simply because of what it "isn't". Likely it "isn't" going to Start, Stop, & Steer reliably. Any one of those 3 areas can cause someone to lose interest in a collector vehicle very quickly. Pile multiple issues into the mix and the car becomes 'unfun' for the new hobbyist and his family, so he will dump it onto the market again and go find another type of hobby. If this is an example of what 60%-70% of the Model-As that are out there, this hobby is indeed doomed!!