Nice 1930 roadster on Bring a trailer

Missouri title, located in St. Louis, but it's wearing NY plates? Something does not compute.
 
I don't know what the laws are like in Missouri,but here in N.H. we can use year of manufacture plates from any state.I have a set of 1928 Mass codfish plates on my 28 phaeton.Years ago I was getting some YOM plates certified,and mentioned to the girl I did have some odd Mass plates.She told me they were fine to use,so I went and got them,and she certified them for me.A friend has a set of plates on a 39 Plymouth from some southern state because he liked the colors.
 
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Hello, don’t often see a Standard Roadster correctly restored, sure they had more than that in it for restoration.
 
Might be able to get that E type roadster now?

market is going through some major changes........ and will only continue.
 
The guy in that clip made NO mention of cars the age of ours so IMO, his observations ar irrelevant. I have not bought nor sold a Model A in years but I think they are falling in value and that that is caused by the owners and those interested dying.
 
Synchro909 said:
The guy in that clip made NO mention of cars the age of ours so IMO, his observations are irrelevant. I have not bought nor sold a Model A in years but I think they are falling in value and that that is caused by the owners and those interested dying.
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I personally see a lot of interest in the Model A by "younger" people. "Younger" is relative. I work with new Model A owners very often (almost every day).

Many of the new owners received their car or truck from their father or grandfather. They are very excited to keep the car safe and reliable, to keep driving it and having fun with it. The "cost" of the car to them was zero. That keeps prices down, but the interest is still there.

Many of the new owners I work with have always wanted a Model A, and now they are retired and can afford one, so they bought one. They are attracted by the affordable prices. Some of the low-price cars that they buy are not in very good shape (worn out). They need a lot of help fixing and restoring a lot oof stuff on the car. The cars are drivable, but not really that safe until they rebuild a bunch of stuff (steering, brakes, electrical). But being retired, they have the time and money to do it, they just need guidance.

Both of the above groups want to have activities related to driving their cars, but the younger people often don't have a lot of time to do so, because they are working and running around doing other activities (sometimes with their young children). They will get more active in the future when they have more time.

There is also the reality that the cost of parts to restore a car has gone up quite a bit in the past 5 years (up ~50%), even when you do the work yourself. Then, if you have to pay for any labor (say paint and body work), that cost has really gone up (like doubled). So the cost to restore a car has gone way up and this WILL eventually pass through the to sale price of really nicely restored cars. Nice cars, like new cars, not worn out cars.

It will take a while, but Supply & Demand will drive prices higher. When someone wants a really nice car and the supply of them is limited, if they have the money they WILL spend it to get the car they want. YOLO.
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