Have you ever wanted to own a collector car or truck, but thought they were only for people who had a lot of money and could afford them?
Let’s set the record straight right now…YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF MONEY to BUY a COLLECTOR CAR or TRUCK!
One version of Webster’s dictionary clarifies what a collector is. It says a collector is “one who collects”. Pretty straight forward don’t you think?
Putting that in terms of owning a collector car then you might say…a collector car can be almost anything you want it to be. I like to think of a collector car as any older vehicle that someone would want to own or collect…that means you.
I can think of all kinds of old cars that I once had or wanted or just thought looked pretty cool.
First of all any car that is 25+ years old stands out in many cases because it looks different. Most of the cars today look so much alike you can hardly tell them apart.
I also know that you can take a car that is pretty plain looking, apply a little spit and polish, and end up with a dramatically different looking vehicle; one that really stands out.
A little imagination helps too. I have been blessed with a gift of being able to look at what many call a project and picture it in my mind as a finished vehicle. You can do the same even without the gift.
For example, you see a car that doesn’t appear to be much to look at but the style jumps out at you and you definitely are interested, but you would like to see what it might look like with shiny paint or different wheels of just cleaned and shined. Take a ride on the Internet Express. Do a search on that same vehicle and you will be amazed at what you will find.
You might find pictures of somebody else who restored one or find a club that has members who post pictures on the Web of their collectors. Without too much trouble you will find examples at your fingertips of that vehicle and probably hundreds of thousands more that you can look at.
Now for how much a “collector” car might cost. I am constantly looking at a number of sources I use all the time to find vehicles and the prices are very reasonable.
When people spend $20,000, $25,000, $30,000 and up for a car today, spending a few thousand dollars seems pretty reasonable for a running, driving, collector vehicle. In fact, I see “collector” type vehicles all the time for $3,000 to $5,000.
And a bonus you may not have thought of is that in most cases if you buy your collector car right, the value will most likely go up over time instead of going down like with most of the cars you would buy at a new car dealer.
I hope I have stirred a little passion in you to at least consider a “collector” car in your future.
