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yah, but look what you got ,I'm not looking at anything near that nice (but will take it ;D) I ran across dozen's of projects well under 6k, much less 10,000 when I was'nt looking for one over the last year ,now that I am looking I catch a ration of over the fact that I am even looking at cars under 10k, I do not want a finished car or even near it, I want a driving or rolling project.
28-36 Fords come dear for sure and do not expect to get one, but maybe someone has something a bit less popular or not as far along as yours.
I can not beleive the damage B.Jackson has done to this hobby. After well over 30+ years of building cars, I am almost priced out of it.Cars that just a few years ago went for $250,now bring 1k-2K + They are basically garbage, rusted out untitled parts cars,
All the states are tightening up their title laws thanks to national press over Coddington style jumped titles, kit car problems and BJackson money. Soon MN will be enacting a VIN inspection law ,hence very soon only correctly VERIFIED titled cars will be accepted here. I am just avoiding future problems ,also those title company's? Illegal as heck and MN is hip to them ,They do not accept cars/titles from those states that allow them to operate and yes that does mean even NEW cars.
SWEET ride, BTW

PS. oh yes, there are several listed right here I would be into, but no one seems to answer their PM or emails, thats not a site specific problem either. Its net wide. They seem to post the car and move on or get back to the ad and mark it sold.

I'll keep my eyes open for you I do see some good deal but as I'm not in the market to buy, I will past them on as I have a lot of good web site for classifireds.

Regards,

Steve

PS: I had to jump on the deal I got as I was to much to pass up.

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I can not beleive the damage B.Jackson has done to this hobby. After well over 30+ years of building cars, I am almost priced out of it.Cars that just a few years ago went for $250,now bring 1k-2K + They are basically garbage, rusted out untitled parts cars,

Why does everyone blame Barret-Jackson for a natural progression of the sport and the prices of the cars??? IMO the cars sold at the big auctions that bring the big bucks are VERY nicely done cars. Don't think everycar that goes across the block brings 6 figures. Last year at both the Scottsdale auction and the Florida auction there wer some very good deals to be had the first days of the auction.. The big iron brings the big bucks on Friday and Saturday night, but the majority of the cars were going for $20,000 to $40,000 on the other nights. As a seller, I've got to say I like this trend!!! I've got to make a profit when I sell a car, simple as that... Would you prefer to sell your car in an underadvertised, non-promoted market and not be able to get your money back in parts, let alone the labor???? The publicity that these big name auction brings to the sport also encourages a lot of people to get involved in hot rodding when they see the buyers and sellers aren't a bunch of dirt bags!!!! More cars being built means more parts being sold thus the availabilty is greater and the price goes down.... Building a hot rod is a labor intensive operation, especially if you want the finished project to stand out from the crowd.

As for the idiots who think their undone project is worth $30K becuase they saw one like it go at auction for $100k, they don't realize that it would take $80K to make their $30K car be that quality... They're just being stupid and will more then likely be sitting on their car for a loooooong time!

There are plenty of good deals out there for under $10K, heck for less the $5k!!! You've got to look a little harder and your search may take longer is all... And anyway, the chase is half the fun!!!!