It turns out that the 1957 Ford Thunderbird has increased in value by 8 percent over last year. The information was published in the Cars On Line Collector Car Values Market Trends report this week. The average value for a No. 2 condition show car is $63,914. The one shown here is available for sale at Exotic Classics.com in New York. See the Classic Thunderbird Section online.
Collector Car Values Fall 4 Percent …
Cars On Line has just come out with its Collector Car Values Market Trends report for the 3rd Quarter of 2014. Once again collector car values have dropped on most cars in the collector car market since the end of last year. Prices on desriable collector cars such as Mustang Mach 1 428 R Code cars, Camaros and Chevelles have been trending slighly lower. Corvettes and Mopars were up slightly in the last three months compared to prices at the end of last year. The prices in our Collector Car Values Market Trends report are shown here below. These numbers show that prices are down by 4 percent when compared to prices at the end of 2013.
Below is Cars On Line’s “hot list” of classic cars which change hands frequently in today’s collector car market. We follow these cars to get a sense of what is happening in the larger collector car realm. This sample group is representative of the vast majority of cars changing hands today. Notice that we give you the average prices these cars have sold for for various years, i.e. 2008 before the economic recession; 2013 the most recent full year of sales; and 2014.
| Year, Make Model | Condition | 2008 | 2013 | 2014 |
| FORD | ||||
| 1928 Ford Model A Roadster | No. 2 | $23,100 | $24,675 | $18,000 |
| 1955 FORD F100 | No. 2 | $23,100 | $24,500 | $23,583 |
| 1956 FORD CROWN VICTORIA | No. 2 | $33,500 | $36,233 | $34,150 |
| 1956 FORD SUNLINER | No. 2 | $49,800 | $69,333 | $51,913 |
| 1957 FORD RETRACTABLE | No. 2 | $53,700 | $36,500 | $48,749 |
| 1957 FORD THUNDERBIRD | No. 2 | $55,500 | $58,832 | $63,914 |
| 1965 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $33,800 | $27,492 | $34,790 |
| 1966 SHELBY GT350 | No. 2 | $164,100 | $152,343 | $166,598 |
| 1967 SHELBY GT500 | No. 2 | $191,000 | $142,675 | $145,000 |
| 1967 MUSTANG GT FASTBACK(S CODE) | No. 2 | $26,500 | $60,250 | $50,525 |
| 1969 MACH 1 MUSTANG (M CODE) | No. 2 | $37,400 | $42,738 | $40,037 |
| 1969 MACH 1 428 CJ (R CODE) | No. 2 | $81,000 | $72,317 | $58,239 |
| 1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG | No. 2 | $269,500 | $244,738 | $221,000 |
| 1970 BOSS 302 MUSTANG | No. 2 | $85,000 | $74,440 | $78,632 |
| 1970 FORD TORINO 429 CJ | No. 2 | $45,900 | $53,149 | $35,838 |
| CHEVROLET | ||||
| 1954 CORVETTE | No. 2 | $111,600 | $73,708 | $75,860 |
| 1955 BEL AIR HARDTOP | No. 2 | $32,200 | $41,250 | $44,408 |
| 1955 BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $64,750 | $71,070 | $63,466 |
| 1956 NOMAD | No. 2 | $77,000 | $58,350 | $53,906 |
| 1957 BEL AIR HARDTOP | No. 2 | $62,700 | $54,550 | $45,344 |
| 1957 BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $94,500 | $85,774 | $85,511 |
| 1957 CAMEO PICKUP | No. 2 | $26,250 | $61,680 | $44,263 |
| 1958 CHEVY IMPALA CONVT (348 TRIPOWER) | No. 2 | $99,000 | $89,843 | $78,492 |
| 1963 CORVETTE SPLIT WINDOW COUPE | No. 2 | $71,400 | $80,194 | $77,935 |
| 1963 IMPALA SS 409 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $55,100 | $59,800 | $51,833 |
| 1967 CHEVELLE SS 396 | No. 2 | $54,400 | $46,919 | $40,230 |
| 1967 CAMARO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $28,700 | $33,238 | $36,400 |
| 1967 CORVETTE 427/435 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $154,500 | $141,196 | $167,121 |
| 1969 CAMARO Z/28 | No. 2 | $81,675 | $77,312 | $68,750 |
| 1969 CAMARO PACE CAR | No. 2 | $67,000 | $66,625 | $65,900 |
| 1970 CHEVELLE SS 396 | No. 2 | $55,825 | $55,738 | $53,438 |
| 1970 CHEVELLE LS6 454 | No. 2 | $98,580 | $108,711 | $105,167 |
| MOPARS | ||||
| 1957 CHRYSLER 300 HARDTOP | No. 2 | $60,900 | $70,000 | $50,000 |
| 1957 DESOTO ADVENTURER CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $170,000 | $225,500 | $275,000 |
| 1967 DODGE CORONET R/T | No. 2 | $22,400 | $25,433 | $30,108 |
| 1969 DODGE CHARGER R/T | No. 2 | $73,500 | $46,600 | $49,450 |
| 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T | No. 2 | $118,500 | $80,873 | $86,350 |
| 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER T/A | No. 2 | $89,600 | $62,400 | $58,363 |
| 1970 DODGE SUPER BEE | No. 2 | $54,000 | $51,013 | $50,900 |
| 1967 PLYMOUTH GTX | No. 2 | $51,500 | $37,369 | $40,313 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH CUDA AAR | No. 2 | $99,900 | $82,510 | $76,713 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD | No. 2 | $156,000 | $122,762 | $132,300 |
| 1970 HEMI CUDA | No. 2 | $261,400 | $207,800 | $208,667 |
| 1970 CUDA 340 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $49,000 | $76,133 | $50,563 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER | No. 2 | $80,300 | $46,350 | $39,788 |
| CADILLAC | ||||
| 1957 CADILLAC S62 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $54,950 | $64,788 | $56,458 |
| 1959 CADILLAC S62 HARDTOP | No. 2 | $21,000 | $39,300 | $31,463 |
| 1976 CADILLAC ELDORADO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $16,800 | $26,283 | $24,000 |
| PACKARD | ||||
| 1937 PACKARD V-12 VICTORIA CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $103,600 | $192,500 | $150,000 |
| 1953 PACKARD CARIBBEAN CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,000 | $93,663 | $67,400 |
| PONTIAC | ||||
| 1957 PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN HT | No. 2 | $18,900 | $27,748 | $25,550 |
| 1965 PONTIAC GTO (389 TRIPOWER) | No. 2 | $35,000 | $59,737 | $61,375 |
| 1967 PONTIAC GTO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,700 | $58,942 | $52,314 |
| 1968 FIREBIRD CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $19,600 | $26,900 | $26,025 |
| 1970 PONTIAC GTO JUDGE | No. 2 | $56,700 | $73,425 | $70,925 |
| 1973 TRANS AM SUPER DUTY | No. 2 | $45,000 | $125,875 | $126,875 |
| 1977 BANDIT TRANS AM | No. 2 | $18,000 | $50,983 |
$44,550
|
| BUICK | ||||
| 1954 SKYLARK CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $72,450 | $123,133 | $125,333 |
| 1957 ROADMASTER CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $32,900 | $73,100 | $69,225 |
| 1970 BUICK GS STAGE 1 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $89,000 | $88,086 | $112,000 |
| OLDSMOBILE | ||||
| 1957 OLDSMOBILE STARFIRE CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $62,500 | $91,800 | $80,538 |
| 1970 OLDS 442 W30 | No. 2 | $57,800 | $69,700 | $71,333 |
| AUSTIN-HEALEY | ||||
| 1967 AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 BJ8 | No. 2 | $35,000 | $79,975 | $73,600 |
| JAGUAR | ||||
| 1967 JAGUAR XKE ROADSTER | No. 2 | $64,050 | $101,625 |
$85,400
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| 1956 JAGUAR XK140 (MC) Roadster | No. 2 | $130,900 | $105,292 | $109,175 |
| STUDEBAKER | ||||
| 1957 GOLDEN HAWK | No. 2 | $19,800 | $57,000 | $40,767 |
Asterisk * means none sold in that period.
Every quarter Cars On Line.com sticks a thermometer into the collector car hobby to measure its temperature. Results from this most recent quarter do show improvement however. Those who follow our reports may remember that in July of 2014 prices had dropped to 8.3 percent below last year’s numbers. So these prices, although they are below last year’s totals are up over 4 percent from where they were earlier in the year.
We always hear about the high profile classic cars, such as classic Ferraris, which are selling at what seem to be ever escalating prices at high profile auctions on TV. But the larger collector car market itself is tailing off at this point, trending slightly downward. The market is definitely experiencing some indigestion in 2014.
The biggest loser up until July had been the 1967 Shelby GT500. Arguably one of the top ten most popular cars among internet buyers, recent sales numbers on No. 2 condition GT500’s had been trending downward until this past quarter. (See the chart below.) Mustangs in general are showing better prices recently as 1969 and 1970 Boss 302 Mustangs are showing greater interest from collector car buyers this quarter. The biggest winner in this past quarter is the 1957 Ford Thunderbird which increased in value by 25 percent.
The numbers shown here in the Collector Car Values Market Trends report came from high-profile auctions, well-known valuation guides and private sales with known results.
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