Value through the roof!

[Gilligan]

Good grief! I'm going to have to stop playing with these and start storing them in a heated warehouse instead.


1971 FORD BRONCO Lot 939 | Barrett-Jackson Auction Company

 

[dave1959]

Nice truck, Although I'd be more impressed if it was stock.

 

[aps45819]

Nice truck, Although I'd be more impressed if it was stock.

Because if it was stock it would have worn out suspension, sloppy steering a crappy old motor and trans, holes in the seats, holes in the body and you'd need a tetanus shot every time you got close to it

 

[Gilligan]

Nice truck, Although I'd be more impressed if it was stock.

Then perhaps you missed my point. That it brought 70 grand and is not stock was my point. A typical more-or-less average street&trail build using very popular and readily available aftermarket products and components. Heck, it pales in comparison the '76 I'm building right now.....the next in a long line of 'em.


Odd thing was...a nearly mint stocker went for a good deal less. ?

 

[b23hqb]

Because if it was stock it would have worn out suspension, sloppy steering a crappy old motor and trans, holes in the seats, holes in the body and you'd need a tetanus shot every time you got close to it

Well, the thing is only about 42 years old. Wouldn't you have some physical issues at that age?

 

[Gilligan]

This awesome looking original roadster went for 44 grand, I believe. Can't get on the B-J site right now


Tapatalk

 

[aps45819]

Well, the thing is only about 42 years old. Wouldn't you have some physical issues at that age?

Damn straight I'd pay the $70k to knock 42 years off my age

 

[abcxyz]

BJ had some crazy high prices!!

 

[Gilligan]

BJ had some crazy high prices!!

A guy I know is part of a group that handles sales for collectors and buy/hold/sell a lot of cars themselves.

They had a rare Corvette on the block that brought something like 3.5 million bucks. He said they made a chit-ton of profit on that flip.

 

[GURPS]

Leno had one of these junkers on his TV show ...

$ 150-200,000 for a fully custom rig ..
... down to the billet alu. around the marker lights








for that kinda of scratch I'd build at least 5 or 6 ....

 

[mAlice]

We had one many, many years ago. It was a beast to drive, so I didn't.

 

[Gilligan]

We had one many, many years ago. It was a beast to drive, so I didn't.

The early ones had 3-spd on the tree, manual drum brakes and manual steering.

Yup..not very driver friendly. We upgrade the heck out of 'em to fix all that.

 

[kom526]

There's an old I-H Scout for sale up in Mechanicsville. Looks like it would be fun to build on that.

 

[GURPS]

There's an old I-H Scout for sale up in Mechanicsville. Looks like it would be fun to build on that.

Scout Value is getting up their as well ... small scout is even worse


I saw an early - read 50's 3/4 ton 3 door pickup on ebay that looked interesting last yr

 

[ArkRescue]

Damn straight I'd pay the $70k to knock 42 years off my age

We saw a guy driving an airplane-looking thing not long ago. You gotta just wave and say hi to anyone willing to do that and go out in public with a beaming smile like he had <G>. The guy was obviously happy and proud.