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Do buyers really expect to get a car like this for 4k???? Doors don't sag, redone engine, fairly solid car. My wife has backed off on getting rid of it immediately, but it still has to go. It can't sit outside in the winter.

Well, I am at a low price and still no takers. I realize it needs repainting and that all costs. But buyers are unrealistic. Sink 5 to 8 k into it and have a 20k car. Sad to say, but what an awful hobby.

Edit: My car has sold! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT! 👍 I have to say, I am rather disappointed...and no surprise why younger folks just aren't that interested in the hobby, and it's hurting! Here I have a 1930 Model A Ford for sale, have dropped the price now to $9500 on Craigslist, a few inquiries, but still very little interest. I'm told $11k is a fair price for this car. Apparently not. The car runs fine, it's solid, does need repainting and minor body work, has a rebuilt engine. Inquires are basically, did Schwalm do the engine? I have since learned that that's a $6000 endeavour! What's wrong with folks? You actually think I would sink $6k into this car and still ask only $9500? No surprise why there's no young blood in this hobby, and it is full of folks who have unrealistic expectations (want perfect cars, slow to open up their wallets).

I also should mention my lack of disposable income is also due to my need, as well as others now, to save for our retirement. In the past, this was not the case. You could even be irresponsible, and as long as you showed up for work and were conscientious about it, your retirement was provided for you once you made it to retirement age. I do save the maximum I can for retirement, because I want out of the rat race at an early age. Leaves me without the fun money I would like. Most in this country now lack any discretionary income plus have no retirement savings. Welcome to a third world country.

Without a doubt you are correct. I have an advanced technical degree, but my wages don't reflect that. My wages have been little more than flat over the last 25 years. The entry level position pays 5k more than when I started in it, less than a 20% increase over a quarter century. Conversely, old timers I worked with when I started experienced a tenfold increase in wages over 30 years. Real estate has gone nowhere. I still live in an entry level house as there has been no real estate appreciation for years. Anything with lots of land requires you pay more than a developer. So, I can only afford lower end vehicles and storage is a MAJOR issue. It could be far worse, however. At least my college loan debt was reasonable. Young kids today will experience wages that don't even keep up with inflation but yet have massive student loan payments. I would have bought this car long ago if I experienced substantial wage increases and real estate appreciation, allowing me the money to better pursue this hobby and afford a trophy property to properly store my unique finds. For these very reasons, I'm finding it difficult to sell my Model A Ford.

The earliest Stewart & Clark speedometer had a brass outer housing for higher end brass era cars. As yours does not have a brass housing, I would guess it is later, probably 1915 to 1925 or so, but that's a guess.

Indeed, that's an issue. It will have to be parked on the street and probably in a few days even getting an early Jeep might be out of the question when she worries about "what will the neighbors think". I'm trying to encourage something my wife is lukewarm on right now, which is better than before. As she has a Jeep Wrangled, she was interested in the early Jeeps at the show. I hate to have been so down on the Macungie show. It's a wonderful thing for what it is, but I did state what I noted and thought and heard from others. Seems like they increased prices to offset decreased attendance. That doesn't work. The State of Connecticut has tried for years to increase tax revenue by increasing the taxes on those remaining, and it drives more folks out. Same thing here...

Could it be a matter of folks are willing to pay more because they can take something home with them? $20 or $30 is a small percentage of the purchase price of a vehicle and you can own said vehicle forever. $9 for the car show and all you have to show for it is faded memories. I suppose if I had the space to collect many vehicles and a pocket full of cash, and the cars at Macungie were all for sale, the $9 to get in would be the admission price for a very fun day. I might be very pedestrian, but I'd start wheeling and dealing on the unrestored 1912 Model T.

Okay, very good. How's it ride, especially with what is observed to be a low seat set atop of a gas tank? I'm trying to encourage this interest before it fades. We will have to see what tomorrow brings. She might very well change her mind.

I get it that it is staffed by volunteers, most who are very nice folks, and it is terrific that it is local and a wonderful way to spend a few hours. I just see low foot traffic and not much young blood, so how do we change that? Maybe the Harrisburg venue did draw some of the foot traffic this year? Maybe you can charge $30 to get in the door somewhere, but that's the high end stuff. Do I appreciate the high end stuff? Sure! But for me, in a household with a mortgage and student loan payments, an old car is going to be at the lower end. I'm middle class, I have no choice. My old cars are wants and not needs. Having said all this, and my wife wouldn't agree, I think it was worth it just to see Nelson Rockefeller's 1960 Chrysler limousine and to learn about Chrysler's venture in Italy to produce the Chrysler Norseman, a concept car that went down with the Andrea Doria in 1956. I appreciated that. My wife, not so much.

I should add one of the vendors was complaining about the low foot traffic because of the too high admission fee. Lower the cost by at least 50% and triple the amount of foot traffic. So it's not just me...

I will have to check out the Jeep in Bedminster. My wife was thinking along the lines of $7500 max. Spell check turned Das into Dad... I "get" it that some folks will gladly pay $9 for a drink or a movie. But the up and coming generation(s) find the drink or movie worth it. If they generally think of old cars as just a bunch of old guys hemming and hawing over rusted steel, $9 is a hard sell. Might as well have that drink or go to a movie. At $3 or $4, it becomes cheap entertainment and perhaps "worth a look". The spectators should be charged...yes. I don't "get" charging those who bring a car to the show. If enough folks say that's a ripoff, they don't show up, there's nothing to look at, and the spectators don't come either. Was there early stuff there? Yes. But the pre 1920 stuff was sparse, mostly a few Model T's and a Dodge. Really makes me think twice about going to it again, especially when the $9 doesn't really last that long...my copilot is hot and bored and asking "can we go yet?"

AND $5 to park! $23 for two individuals, and one of them never wanted to be there to begin with! This hobby is shooting itself in the foot. How does it expect to increase interest amongst a millenial generation with little interest to begin with? Need to make it free parking, $4 to get in, 2 for $7.50.

I have to say I was really disappointed with Dad Awkscht Fescht. $9 to get in is way too much for many who just have a casual interest, and I have more than a casual interest and thought it was steep. Not enough EARLY stuff anymore. For a dying hobby, to get in needs to be well under $5.

How much?

I should add this is a "let's encourage this before she loses interest" question.

Odd question, I know.... Went to Dad Awkscht Fescht this morning and after convulsing after paying the $9 entrance fee (x2), because the 1917 Maxwell needs points & a condenser, come to find out, the wife is okay with an early Jeep, one of 4 there was a 1948 Willys. So, it's not the car in the yard that's an issue, but the type of car. Later than I like...but if the wife likes it. Hemmings tends to have stuff that can't sell locally. My 2 old cars were not specifically sought for...found at the right price at the right time. I always thought my next car might be brass era, simply a right car at the right price deal, but nothing specific. And it might be, but how would you go about finding something cheaply in a "reasonable" amount of time...affordably?

Why this didn't sell within hours of coming up for sale is beyond me. A truly AMAZING car! Didn't he say he drove it 30 miles each way to work several weeks while his regular driver was in the shop? Enough said!

I bought a 1995 Ford Escort stick shift new and drove it over 221,000 miles. When I bought it I had no idea it would even come close to going that far!

I GET that, except, when you get to the $8-9,000 range, you get pure junk, which means that mine has to be worth in the $10-$11,000 range. But, by the time you restored mine, you would be north of $17,500--but some folks just want a driver. Believe me, I thought about this one...briefly...but the issue is no where to keep it and a car such as that one cannot be kept outside. No, not because the wife will complain, but because it's bad for the car.

Why is how I spend my money any of their d**n business? I'm a private citizen.

Amen to that! With how much everything costs these days, why don't they? My guess because of drug money. But still, why inconvenience everyone else? In this day and age, $10,000 isn't a whole lot of money. Why is a transaction greater than this the Fed's business?

Or get rid of a car and not sell the Fordor. I have a 2017 Jeep. I don't need the 2005 VW.

I stated he could pick up with cash in hand. So far, no response.

I had been trying to sell a Model A Ford Fordor, unsuccessfully so far...but for storage issues, I would keep it. Out in the driveway sits a 14 yr old car with much life ahead. To keep the wife happy and move something off of the property, I listed it on Craigslist this evening. I was honest and posted photographs and a fair price. Within an hour of listing, a fellow next state over texts me and asks if I am the original owner and will I accept a check. I stated cashier's check only. He states consider it sold and due to trouble it will cause me to meet his guy to haul it away, he will pay an extra $100. I stated it can only proceed once check has cleared, and bank gives the okay that the check is good and cleared, maybe even 10+ business days. I smell a rat. But should I? Not sure if all cashier's checks are created equally. I told him I reserve the right to cancel the deal if anything seems suspicious and e seems okay with this. ?????