Prices going through the roof?

certainly sounds cheap enough- but it is a 26, not that desirable and only 32 hp.


def not a big demand car. still nice though. about model A tudor $


The Franklin club is a wonderful organization and for an orphan car, they are pretty supportive. Lots of treks and yrly get togethers. I just rejoined last week and hadnt been a member for over 20 yrs. I am hoping one day to pick up an early one.
The ones from the early 1930s could put out over 100hp, depending on the model. They even made a few v 12s.
 
I have watched A prices skyrocket over the time I've been involved in the hobby. A few years ago I feel like I regularly saw complete but non-running project As under $2500 while rough runners could be had in the low 4s. I gave 5 for a running coupe that needed brakes and a complete cosmetic restoration; coupes in the same shape are now going for twice that...

I just gave $4500 for an AA and feel like I got a smokin deal on it in the current market, but a few years ago I think it would have been like a $2500 truck. Parts have jumped too.

I remember hearing people say the prices on As were dropping and would continue to come down because people are less and less interested in these cars but I don't think that's the case. I know one thing for sure - it's a great time to have a big stash of Model A stuff.
 
I don't think 20K USD for the Coupe is over the top. That would be around 30K AUD, which is about right from what I've seen here in Oz. Remember it's 2024, not 1974.
 
I bought my 165-C in 1967 for $350.00 Canadian dollars. Through the years people have told me that they had a Model A and sold it for $50.00. Did I get ripped off?
 
I bought my 165-C in 1967 for $350.00 Canadian dollars. Through the years people have told me that they had a Model A and sold it for $50.00. Did I get ripped off?



No, you paid market


Time has been your friend............
 
In 2015 I bought my 28 Roadster. I paid $16,000 and will have invested another $16,000 by time
my Mitchell overddrive and synchro mesh transmission is installed. I probably would be lucky to get $20,000 for it. Yet it is insured for $26,000. Go figure.
 
Model "A" Fords said:
One time crossing into the USA to race my Iceboat I was asked how much money I could get if I won? I said, I don't get money, I spend it!
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We are racers also, and many of us have been stopped by DOT in the US, and they like to use that same analogy of "Do you win money, ...and if so, you are a business and a commercial venture." Their mindset is we should be subject to Commercial Motor Vehicle laws.

Now, we carry this document (https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/earning-side-income-is-it-a-hobby-or-a-business) with us in the truck and can show it to the officer(s) if this is brought up. Explaining the IRS is actually the governmental agency that determines what is, -and isn't a business. We also explain that 390.3(f)3 in their own manual states that CMV laws do not pertain to individuals hauling their own property when not in the furtherance of a business. Explaining to the officer that now they know this and if (s)he chooses to write us a ticket or detain us, that we will sue in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 242. Section 242. We have all of this in an envelope and are all too excited to 'whip it out'. Unfortunately, we have only been able to use it once and that leo appeared to be casually fishing and was never serious.


Ohh, and wow!! Amazing how many times Ronn's thread topic has wandered.
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Ohh, and wow!! Amazing how many times Ronn's thread topic has wandered.



and you take the hook each and every time. good fun!!!!!!!!!!!
 
1930 Tudor sold yesterday on BaT for $11,000. Car is in good shape. Has V8 wheels. Color is retail red.
 
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