Appraisal ""Interesting Story""

[Torchie]

Originally Posted by 38 Ford Pickup

I have a very good friend here in Kitchener Ontario that has a very nice all original 1938 Ford 4 Door deluxe.

he changed Insurance companies this year and had to have his car appraised. he had asked me where I got my appraisals and I let him know..

Anyway, During our Fathers Day Charity Car show he decided to have a local guy appraise his car. I had told him not to deal with this guy......

He talked to me the following week and told me that the fellow appraised his car for just $4,000..........

He mentioned to him that all original cars are not worth anything........ The car must be Hot-rodded........anyway months later after I informed the Government about this guy........his license was revoked........

I am so happy today

Interesting as most appraisers that I have dealt with don't know bubkiss about the worth of a "Hot Rodded" car. It's more likely weather or not the paint is shiney....
Torchie.

[38 Ford Pickup]

I had been trying to nail this guy for aver 5 years. he was not caught 5 years ago faking a scam. he appraised a big block Chevelle for $75,000 .. to make a llong story short 6 months later the car was stolen and never recovered.

We found out years later that it was a clone car and was a 6 cylinder and he faked the photos for the Insurance company. Story goes the owner and appraiser both got a good cut of the Settlement.

Glad he is done......slim, scum like these are not needed on Earth...

[37 Coupe]

I let a real nice '53 F-100 go in 1991 that I have always regretted. I actually drove it to Pidgeon Forge F-100 Nationals for its maiden voyage in 1990,original flathead that I had adapted with air conditioning and power steering. Surprisingly the guy I sold it to called me recently and had asked me a couple questions just like the deal was done a week ago instead of almost 24 years ago. Questions were mainly about the fuel pump ,electric and original one.When I told him they are both probably shot from the ethanol fuel he told me the gas that was in the tank was what I had put in it,when I drove it into his barn he never restarted it.I was shocked but mentioned to him that I would like to buy it back if he was ever in the selling mood. Shocked again when he told me he had it appraised for $50,000-$75,000 and he would not take the low end. I asked who the appraiser was and he said it was a friend who gets a lot of his information by studying Barrett Jackson. Guess I will never see that little red truck in my garage again.

[roadster36]

Barrett Jackson/Mecum/ Goodguy's Gazette: All folks with tulip mania. The top 1/2 of 1% of the world can afford to buy and sell each other these cars but the real world says different. Thats what make a horse race and more power to them. When vehicles become a commodity or and investment option then the whole game changes.