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I see the '24 T is at about 2600.00 now. I pay some attention to them on marketplace. This one has been on there for almost six months about an hour away from where the ferry docks. Clearly the seller is asking too much.

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If I was in the market it might interest me, but I'm maxed out on covered spaces to park. These things aren't exactly flying off the lot. I do feel I could get more for it this spring, parking it in front of our farmer's market in town with a for sale sign on it. Maybe an old straw hat on the passenger seat and a hay bale in the back. I have sold no less than twenty ford trucks from the '30s-'50s in that manner in 40 years. All 3/4 ton and bigger. Never did one intending to sell, but once re-done I get bored with it and find another that "I'm gonna keep Forever".

That's how this guy sells an old Ford.
 
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Model T's are a bargain these days, and they are a lot of fun. most my life a pile of parts was 3-4 grand, and now that can buy a running car. The old guys that grew up with them are disappearing, and young folks have no interest. The early brass cars will hold their value because they are few in numbers, and the hot rodders mostly only want the 26-27 roadster bodies. I had a 23ish roadster sell at my auction, and the buyer took the body, hood and radiator and left me the chassis with a motor that turns! So, I guess I still have a T project. Also have a cut off touring body thats what most folks would call scrap, and a T pickup box...so, yeah I still have a T. Its pretty far down the list though, may go at my next auction when I'm toes up!
 
This is how you sell a Ford …

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Now that is what I call PATINA. Man there must be at least two guys that really wanted that car!!!

Jim, you were spot-on with your title of this discussion
 
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Great outcome. The seller's videos were exceptional...especially the "cold start" one!!!
 
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They bought the lack of restoration. How many times have we seen on the antiques road show. "This is a beautiful mid 1700s (chair/rifle/desk/...) If your parents hadn't stripped/painted/polished/restored it when you were a kid it would bring 30,000.00 on today's market, but with it all fixed up it would currently bring around 9,000.00"
 
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Very good analysis GB, " they bought the lack of restoration". Just think of how many really good original cars suffered from "restoration" in the early years of the hobby. Then there's the "restorers" who like to simply take it all apart and never touch it again. I know several of those. This T was a survivor of all of that. Seller is out at the fanciest steak house in town tonight!
 
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