Now here is a real bargain!

[pgerhardt]

Different strokes I guess?

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds...ml?refer=news"

[2manycars]

Remember the real estate bubble of a few years ago? It burst. I wonder if collector cars are reaching a bubble price, and will soon burst. Maybe when all the rich old guys with trophy wives at the auctions get tired of filling their garages.

[Lona]

What make lawn mower engine did they use in these one person gems?

Glen

[Dick Steinkamp]

Originally Posted by 2manycars

Remember the real estate bubble of a few years ago? It burst. I wonder if collector cars are reaching a bubble price, and will soon burst. Maybe when all the rich old guys with trophy wives at the auctions get tired of filling their garages.

You sure wouldn't know there was a collector car price bubble if you looked at Model A prices for the last 10 years or so.

ALL collector cars are not increasing in value. Those that are making substantial gains are generally those that were lusted after when the buyers were young and who are now in a position to buy those cars. They change over time. With that said, I have a hard time figuring out how a 1958 FMR Tg 500 got to $285,000

The real estate bubble was caused by unscrupulous lenders making loans to everybody and anybody, nation wide, then bundling those loans and selling them as AAA investments, with little to no oversight. When the borrowers couldn't pay back the loans, they were foreclosed and the bubble burst (taking down just about everything and everybody except for the banks that made the loans ). Nothing of the sort is happening with collector cars.

[raprice]

Where on earth do people come up with these outrageous prices? Rhetorical question.
Rog

[SteveB31]

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[foxfire42]

Wheeler Dealers did an early Messerschmitt and it sold for just a fraction of that asking price. What am I missing?

Maybe they are not far off. Sotheby's sold one for $322,000. If I were to buy a high priced car it would be a Town Car. At least you could carry more passengers, it's partly convertible, mechanical parts won't have to be imported from Germany to fix it and it can go faster. Plus you'd have money left over for a fur coat and long cigarette holder and per Ron below mink stole with white gloves.

[ronn]

Maybe they are not far off. Sotheby's sold one for $322,000. If I were to buy a high priced car it would be a Town Car. At least you could carry more passengers, it's partly convertible, mechanical parts won't have to be imported from Germany to fix it and it can go faster. Plus you'd have money left over for a fur coat and long cigarette holder .

but would you wear the long white gloves and mink stole....................????

[Mike V. Florida]

There was one in Boca Raton last month that did not sell for $200,000.

[Tom Wesenberg]

I'll bet Rock Hill Will will make one for that price.

[1931 flamingo]

Do they come in blue??

[zzlegend]

Originally Posted by 1931 flamingo

Do they come in blue??

Blue and just for you............................................... ...

[henry's 31]

I guess this shows the value of a car is determined by how much people are willing to pay.

[old31]

But the price says "negotiable". So there ya go!

Its so ugly its cute.

[holdover]

Watching the BJ Auction in January shows me what some people will pay for what they want, and good for them.

friend of mine is looking at a '57 Chevy Nomad wagon for 35K, I have trouble getting that number out of my head when I think back to the mid 60s and they could be bought for $100.. But if I had 285K that I wanted to spend I can guarantee that I would have a pretty nice Model A collection, because that is what turns me on, among some other things.

[petew]

Originally Posted by Lona

What make lawn mower engine did they use in these one person gems?

Glen

A Sachs German motorcycle engine .

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Originally Posted by petew

A Sachs German motorcycle engine .

GOOD thing it's not a Briggs & Stratton, with ALUJIMUM cylinder walls
Chevys' VEGA proved that didn't work---"Maybe" Chevrolet needed a write off, to give them a TAX ADVANTAGE????---Seems as a lot of car makers do that, from time to time.
Bill Suspicious

[Mike V. Florida]

Originally Posted by henry's 31

I guess this shows the value of a car is determined by how much people are willing to pay.

Always!

[California Travieso]

I bet there are hot rodders out there who would like to stuff a Chevy V-8 into it!

Last two guys that I visited who were selling Model A stuff on Craig's List were putting V-8's in there Model A's. One was a Victoria and the other was a Coupe.

I also saw a 1936 Ford for sale recently that had a great body and interior, but the owner put a Chevy V-8 in it. it would have been great with the original flat head.

David Serrano

[FRANK PKNY]

$285,000 negotiable but it's negotiable!!