Spring 2017 Collector Car Value Report by Cars-On-Line.com
Spring 2017 Collector Car Value Report
In the recent Cars-On-Line.com Market Trends Report, prices on collector cars have done something we have not witnessed in the 25 years our website has been in business on the internet. Collector car values this year have failed to move up or down by even one percent. That is the definition of a flat market, in our view. The report covers the sales prices of collector and specialty cars during the early months of 2017.
Cars-On-Line’s market analysis shows that classic Jaguars are in the fast lane for accelerating values. Our statistical test models for Jaguar XK AND XKE series cars show prices are up 28.7 percent in just the past five months. Whereas, the average value of a 1967 Jaguar V12 E-Type Roadster in 2016 was $71,904, the same car today would be worth $138,600 today. In this case the XKE Roadster is up almost double what it was averaging at auctions last year. The highest price paid for a 1967 Jaguar V12 E-Type Roadster in the past five months was a whopping $213,000. Many are predicting that the rarest of the Jaguars, D-types and classic racing Jaguars will be commanding prices similar to the popular 1960’s Ferraris.
Among classic American cars, Pontiacs and Studebakers are continuing to increase in value. However, what is driving Pontiac collector car values now are not the GTO prices, but the prices on Firebirds and Trans Ams. Fords and Mopars are continuing to move slightly upward in value as well.
Here is the sample group of collector cars which change hands frequently in the collector car market. Compare average values between 2015 and 2016. The column 2008 shows what collector car values were in 2008 at the height of the collector car market prior to the economic recession when prices took a tumble.
| Year, Make Model | Condition | 2008 | 2016 | 2017 |
| FORD | ||||
| 1928 Ford Model A Roadster | No. 2 | $23,100 | $19,900 | $25,267 |
| 1955 Ford F100 | No. 2 | $23,100 | $24,267 | $28,800 |
| 1956 Ford Crown Victoria | No. 2 | $33,500 | $33,500 | $35,325 |
| 1956 Ford Sunliner | No. 2 | $49,800 | $52,400 | $47,400 |
| 1957 Ford Retractable | No. 2 | $53,700 | $44,500 | $44,333 |
| 1957 Ford Thunderbird | No. 2 | $55,500 | $44,625 | $51,320 |
| 1965 Mustang Convertible | No. 2 | $33,800 | $31,313 | $37,550 |
| 1966 Shelby GT350 | No. 2 | $164,100 | $172,688 | $185,750 |
| 1967 Shelby GT500 | No. 2 | $191,000 | $161,000 | $137,625 |
| 1967 Mustang GT Fastback (S CODE) | No. 2 | $26,500 | $66,300 | $65,713 |
| 1969 Mach 1 Mustang (M CODE) | No. 2 | $37,400 | $46,817 | $40,981 |
| 1969 Mach 1 428 CJ (R CODE) | No. 2 | $81,000 | $67,578 | $61,380 |
| 1969 Boss 429 Mustang | No. 2 | $269,500 | $281,375 | $282,850 |
| 1970 Boss 302 Mustang | No. 2 | $85,000 | $72,433 | $69,655 |
| 1970 Ford Torino 429 CJ | No. 2 | $45,900 | $63,300 | $77,300 |
| CHEVROLET | ||||
| 1954 Corvette | No. 2 | $111,600 | $72,025 | $78,856 |
| 1955 Bel Air Hardtop | No. 2 | $32,200 | $36,725 | $37,538 |
| 1955 Bel Air Convertible | No. 2 | $64,750 | $76,167 | $65,033 |
| 1956 Nomad | No. 2 | $77,000 | $58,600 | $54,350 |
| 1957 Bel Air Hardtop | No. 2 | $62,700 | $51,407 | $49,420 |
| 1957 Bel Air Convertible | No. 2 | $94,500 | $80,159 | $77,963 |
| 1957 Cameo Pickup | No. 2 | $26,250 | $43,933 | $51,600 |
| 1958 Chevy Impala Convt (348 Tripower) | No. 2 | $99,000 | $120,450 | $76,187 |
| 1963 Corvette Split Window Coupe | No. 2 | $71,400 | $93,107 | $93,760 |
| 1963 Impala SS 409 Convertible | No. 2 | $55,100 | $66,200 | $57,333 |
| 1967 Chevelle SS 396 | No. 2 | $54,400 | $46,308 | $50,178 |
| 1967 Camaro Convertible | No. 2 | $28,700 | $32,000 | $39,283 |
| 1967 Corvette 427/435 Convertible | No. 2 | $250,500 | $163,667 | $144,640 |
| 1969 Camaro Z/28 | No. 2 | $81,675 | $64,632 | $72,875 |
| 1969 Camaro Pace Car | No. 2 | $67,000 | $65,500 | $62,467 |
| 1970 Chevelle SS 396 | No. 2 | $55,825 | $53,750 | $53,633 |
| 1970 Chevelle LS6 454 | No. 2 | $98,580 | $100,000 | $113,625 |
| EDSELS | ||||
| 1958 Edsel Pacer Convertible | No. 2 | $29,400 | $53,950 | $43,000 |
| AMERICAN MOTORS | ||||
| 1968 AMC AMX | No. 2 | $16,800 | $33,333 | $26,900 |
| NASH | ||||
| 1960 Metropolitan Convertible | No. 2 | $9,450 | $10,000 | $13,198 |
| MOPARS | ||||
| 1957 Chrysler 300 Hardtop | No. 2 | $60,900 | $55,900 | $59,197 |
| 1957 Desoto Adventurer Convertible | No. 2 | $170,000 | $205,500 | $246,000 |
| 1957 Dodge Sweptside Pickup | No. 2 | $15,400 | $49,625 | $45,500 |
| 1957 Dodge Royal Lancer | No. 2 | $24,500 | $26,600 | $57,445 |
| 1967 Dodge Coronet R/T | No. 2 | $22,400 | $32,300 | $31,767 |
| 1969 Dodge Charger R/T | No. 2 | $73,500 | $57,290 | $62,667 |
| 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T | No. 2 | $118,500 | $112,000 | $88,093 |
| 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A | No. 2 | $89,600 | $72,000 | $63,919 |
| 1970 Dodge Super Bee | No. 2 | $54,000 | $58,581 | $68,893 |
| 1967 Plymouth GTX | No. 2 | $51,500 | $36,133 | $39,832 |
| 1970 Plymouth Cuda AAR | No. 2 | $99,900 | $88,583 | $83,775 |
| 1970 Plymouth SUPERBIRD | No. 2 | $156,000 | $162,417 | $146,485 |
| 1970 HEMI Cuda | No. 2 | $261,400 | $242,688 | $240,225 |
| 1970 Cuda 340 Convertible | No. 2 | $49,000 | $73,000 | $65,590 |
| 1970 Plymouth Road Runner | No. 2 | $80,300 | $49,450 | $43,627 |
| CADILLAC | ||||
| 1957 CADILLAC S62 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $54,950 | $77,698 | $71,850 |
| 1959 CADILLAC S62 HARDTOP | No. 2 | $21,000 | $47,967 | $43,300 |
| 1976 CADILLAC ELDORADO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $16,800 | $37,100 | $34,938 |
| PACKARD | ||||
| 1937 PACKARD V-12 VICTORIA CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $103,600 | $275,000 | $247,500 |
| 1953 PACKARD CARIBBEAN CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,000 | $90,100 | $94,950 |
| PONTIAC | ||||
| 1957 PONTIAC CHIEFTAIN HT | No. 2 | $18,900 | $25,500 | $27,100 |
| 1965 PONTIAC GTO (389 TRIPOWER) | No. 2 | $35,000 | $62,233 | $53,667 |
| 1967 PONTIAC GTO CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $42,700 | $72,400 | $55,844 |
| 1968 FIREBIRD CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $19,600 | $33,133 | $39,350 |
| 1970 PONTIAC GTO JUDGE | No. 2 | $56,700 | $53,500 | $69,397 |
| 1973 TRANS AM SUPER DUTY | No. 2 | $45,000 | $80,000 | $97,667 |
| 1977 BANDIT TRANS AM | No. 2 | $18,000 | $35,800 | $47,150 |
| BUICK | ||||
| 1954 SKYLARK CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $72,450 | $136,000 | $118,550 |
| 1957 ROADMASTER CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $32,900 | $88,200 | $88,200 |
| 1970 BUICK GS STAGE 1 CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $89,000 | $135,000 | $113,500 |
| OLDSMOBILE | ||||
| 1957 OLDSMOBILE STARFIRE CONVERTIBLE | No. 2 | $62,500 | $105,000 | $107,833 |
| 1970 OLDS 442 W30 | No. 2 | $57,800 | $96,533 | $75,375 |
| AUSTIN-HEALEY | ||||
| 1967 AUSTIN HEALEY 3000 BJ8 | No. 2 | $35,000 | $84,500 | $80,250 |
| JAGUAR | ||||
| 1967 JAGUAR XKE ROADSTER | No. 2 | $64,050 | $71,904 | $138,600 |
| 1956 JAGUAR XK140 (MC) Roadster | No. 2 | $130,900 | $111,000 | $117,833 |
| STUDEBAKER | ||||
| 1957 STUDEBAKER GOLDEN HAWK | No. 2 | $19,800 | $51,500 | $79,633 |
| 1950 STUDEBAKER CHAMPION | No. 2 | $12,600 | $18,500 | $18,300 |
| 1953 STUDEBAKER REGAL | No. 2 | $16,100 | $23,600 | $23,200 |
| 1963 STUDEBAKER AVANTI | No. 2 | $19,600 | $25,850 | $33,933 |
| HUDSON | ||||
| 1946 HUDSON SUPER SIX PICKUP | No. 2 | $17,500 | $23,998 | $24,850 |
| 1951 HUDSON HORNET 2-DR | No. 2 | $18,200 | $28,400 | $24,950 |