There are fewer and fewer people interested in the classics. Having acknowledged that, the fellow who won best of show at the local section Show and Shine this year was early 30’s with an original 1953 sedan he was in the process of putting back together. Preservation, not restoration type work. He was doing it with his dad, who works at the MB dealer.
The other gathering of younger owners, not section members, but a FB grouping were doing the Ricerization of the more recent models. There were no stacks through the hood at the show clay > On Nov 15, 2019, at 8:26 AM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I fear the reverse situation - a dwindling supply of us old guys who want > cars like this. A bidder pays $15K or $20K for a car like this, and then > passes on in a few years and his family cannot give the thing away because > only the old fellow who died saw much value in it. Hopefully, the old fellow > enjoyed it and did not see it as an investment. > We are seeing this happen with a lot of things that our parents and > grandparents collected. The younger folks don't have any wish to have it and > the value plummets. > > My suggestion is, that if you have a dozen of these old Mercedes and you > think it is an investment rather than just a collection of toys that you can > afford, it is likely time to sell them and get the money out of them. > > Randy _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
