Collector Car Values for 2015 up 2.7 Percent …
At the end of 2014, Cars On Line predicted that the collector car market would be up during 2015. The most recent Cars On Line Market Trend report is out today (see statistics below), and the numbers show the market up slightly by 2.7 percent. So far that’s way short of the six to ten percent that Cars On Line had predicted. It looks like we are going to need a catalyst to get to a 10 percent increase in collector car values for 2015. Something in the U.S. economy will need to spark the collector car market. Job starts? Housing starts?
Nevertheless, the numbers below are an increase of 12.8 percent over what collector car values were in 2008 just before the recession. We use the 2008 collector car market to compare to today’s prices because that is when collector car prices peaked before the U.S. economic recession, which brought collector car prices down during 2009 and 2010.
Here below is an updated list of collector car prices for 2015. This is Cars On Line’s “hot list” of classic cars which change hands frequently in today’s collector car market. We use only No. 2 condition cars in our report because there is better definition in No. 2 condition cars (click here to review collector car condition classes.) 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; 2014 the prices from last year; and thus far in 2015.
| Year, Make Model | Condition | 2008 | 2014 | 2015 |
| FORD | ||||
| 1928 Ford Model A Roadster | No. 2 | $23,100 | $18,000 | $24,933 |
| 1955 FORD F100 | No. 2 | $23,100 | $23,583 | $27,458 |
| 1956 FORD CROWN VICTORIA | No. 2 | $33,500 | $34,150 | $31,100 |
| 1956 FORD SUNLINER | No. 2 | $49,800 | $51,913 | $60,900 |
| 1957 FORD RETRACTABLE | No. 2 | $53,700 | $48,749 | $57,500 |
| 1957 FORD THUNDERBIRD | No. 2 | $55,500 | $49,914 | $48,223 |
| 1965 MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $33,800 | $34,790 | $32,200 |
| 1966 SHELBY GT350 | No. 2 | $164,100 | $166,958 | $161,375 |
| 1967 SHELBY GT500 | No. 2 | $191,000 | $145,000 | $136,417 |
| 1967 MUSTANG GT FASTBACK(S CODE) | No. 2 | $26,500 | $50,525 | $59,850 |
| 1969 MACH 1 MUSTANG (M CODE) | No. 2 | $37,400 | $40,037 | $34,562 |
| 1969 MACH 1 428 CJ (R CODE) | No. 2 | $81,000 | $58,239 | $72,843 |
| 1969 BOSS 429 MUSTANG | No. 2 | $269,500 | $221,000 | $229,667 |
| 1970 BOSS 302 MUSTANG | No. 2 | $85,000 | $70,432 | $64,975 |
| 1970 FORD TORINO 429 CJ | No. 2 | $45,900 | $35,838 | $31,300 |
| CHEVROLET | ||||
| 1954 CORVETTE | No. 2 | $111,600 | $75,860 | $80,108 |
| 1955 BEL AIR HARDTOP | No. 2 | $32,200 | $44,408 | $37,450 |
| 1955 BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $64,750 | $63,466 | $63,090 |
| 1956 NOMAD | No. 2 | $77,000 | $53,906 | $48,838 |
| 1957 BEL AIR HARDTOP | No. 2 | $62,700 | $45,344 | $43,746 |
| 1957 BEL AIR CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $94,500 | $85,511 | $74,730 |
| 1957 CAMEO PICKUP | No. 2 | $26,250 | $44,263 | $48,500 |
| 1958 CHEVY IMPALA CONVT (348 TRIPOWER) | No. 2 | $99,000 | $78,492 | $85,513 |
| 1963 CORVETTE SPLIT WINDOW COUPE | No. 2 | $71,400 | $77,935 | $82,308 |
| 1963 IMPALA SS 409 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $55,100 | $51,833 | $69,025 |
| 1967 CHEVELLE SS 396 | No. 2 | $54,400 | $40,230 | $45,869 |
| 1967 CAMARO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $28,700 | $36,400 | $32,950 |
| 1967 CORVETTE 427/435 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $154,500 | $167,121 | $139,650 |
| 1969 CAMARO Z/28 | No. 2 | $81,675 | $68,750 | $59,563 |
| 1969 CAMARO PACE CAR | No. 2 | $67,000 | $65,900 | $64,717 |
| 1970 CHEVELLE SS 396 | No. 2 | $55,825 | $53,438 | $49,160 |
| 1970 CHEVELLE LS6 454 | No. 2 | $98,580 | $105,167 | $90,500 |
| MOPARS | ||||
| 1957 CHRYSLER 300 HARDTOP | No. 2 | $60,900 | $52,100 | $50,450 |
| 1957 DESOTO ADVENTURER CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $170,000 | $275,000 | $231,000 |
| 1967 DODGE CORONET R/T | No. 2 | $22,400 | $30,108 | $29,275 |
| 1969 DODGE CHARGER R/T | No. 2 | $73,500 | $49,313 | $54,024 |
| 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER R/T | No. 2 | $118,500 | $86,260 | $81,204 |
| 1970 DODGE CHALLENGER T/A | No. 2 | $89,600 | $68,288 | $62,859 |
| 1970 DODGE SUPER BEE | No. 2 | $54,000 | $51,900 | $49,782 |
| 1967 PLYMOUTH GTX | No. 2 | $51,500 | $38,542 | $41,673 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH CUDA AAR | No. 2 | $99,900 | $76,713 | $68,083 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH SUPERBIRD | No. 2 | $156,000 | $132,975 | $130,900 |
| 1970 HEMI CUDA | No. 2 | $261,400 | $206,500 | $222,888 |
| 1970 CUDA 340 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $49,000 | $60,875 | $66,900 |
| 1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER | No. 2 | $80,300 | $39,190 | $40,513 |
| CADILLAC | ||||
| 1957 CADILLAC S62 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $54,950 | $66,656 | $94,642 |
| 1959 CADILLAC S62 HARDTOP | No. 2 | $21,000 | $39,700 | $46,217 |
| 1976 CADILLAC ELDORADO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $16,800 | $30,113 | $28,973 |
| PACKARD | ||||
| 1937 PACKARD V-12 VICTORIA CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $103,600 | $265,000 | $352,000 |
| 1953 PACKARD CARIBBEAN CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,000 | $67,900 | $81,413 |
| PONTIAC | ||||
| 1957 PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN HT | No. 2 | $18,900 | $25,550 | $28,300 |
| 1965 PONTIAC GTO (389 TRIPOWER) | No. 2 | $35,000 | $59,906 | $53,616 |
| 1967 PONTIAC GTO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,700 | $51,223 | $50,196 |
| 1968 FIREBIRD CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $19,600 | $28,725 | $39,850 |
| 1970 PONTIAC GTO JUDGE | No. 2 | $56,700 | $68,730 | $65,575 |
| 1973 TRANS AM SUPER DUTY | No. 2 | $45,000 | $105,583 | $118,983 |
| 1977 BANDIT TRANS AM | No. 2 | $18,000 | $49,500 | $43,300 |
| BUICK | ||||
| 1954 SKYLARK CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $72,450 | $125,333 | $110,500 |
| 1957 ROADMASTER CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $32,900 | $69,225 | $82,850 |
| 1970 BUICK GS STAGE 1 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $89,000 | $112,000 | $99,995 |
| OLDSMOBILE | ||||
| 1957 OLDSMOBILE STARFIRE CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $62,500 | $80,538 | $109,400 |
| 1970 OLDS 442 W30 | No. 2 | $57,800 | $87,650 | $88,325 |
| AUSTIN-HEALEY | ||||
| 1967 AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 BJ8 | No. 2 | $35,000 | $73,067 | $74,100 |
| JAGUAR | ||||
| 1967 JAGUAR XKE ROADSTER | No. 2 | $64,050 | $85,400 | $104,150 |
| 1956 JAGUAR XK140 (MC) Roadster | No. 2 | $130,900 | $109,175 | $108,000 |
| STUDEBAKER | ||||
| 1957 GOLDEN HAWK | No. 2 | $19,800 | $40,767 | $57,380 |
The collector car market is inextricably attached to the economy in general. The weakness in the collector car market in the last couple of years is directly related to how the economy has been flatlining. But most economists believe that 2015 will be the year that businesses will begin hiring again. That should bring the economy back, and with it the collector car market.
What the collector car market has been lacking recently is an infusion of “players.” With more jobs in the economy there will be more people entering the collector car market again.
Each quarter Cars On Line.com sticks a thermometer into the collector car hobby to measure its temperature. Those who follow our Market Trends Reports may remember that in July of 2014 prices had dropped to 8.3 percent below 2013 numbers.
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 in general has been stagnating, up or down a few points each quarter, not up 10 percent in any year since the 2008 recession. The numbers shown here in the Cars On Line Market Trends report come from high-profile auctions, well-known valuation guides and private sales with known results.
Just purchased a perfect barn find 1953 olds rocket 88 4 door sedan. I paid $2500 this car is an 8 out of 10. Will the value increase on this car?
Charlie,
Have not heard back from you still interested in trying to buy without selling my car.How much you said you could lower the price now we can talk
Joe
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I have a 1964 olds dynamic 88 for sale one owner excellent shape 5096286990