Rupunzell
Bernice Loui
Market Values, Fake Parts..
Stopped by the machinist a few days back to pick up a set of rotors that needed some speciality work ( when the parts are too big for the machine tools in the shop, they get sent out). As were were chatting, there was a mention what has happened to air cooled Porsche market prices. He does an awful lot of machine work on VW & air cooled Porsches..
One of his customers had a set of old 36 hp VW engine cases which turned out to fit the Porsche serial number progression for Early Porsches. Turns out, Porsche pulled parts off the VW line and modified them some what as they became "Porsche engines". With a some minor machine work and knowing what needed to be done. These old VW engine cases suddenly became collectable Porsche engine cases. This customer took delivery of these modified VW cases and sold them to one of his customers for $20,000. This is for an engine case, no other oily engine bits. It held water since the production serial numbers matched what should have been Porsche engine production.
This is what the upped value of collectable cars have done, caused the scraping up of very questionable parts to be sold off as rare and collectable parts.
-Value by brand association with collectors willing to "pay" for the trophy and the bragging rights and bloated ego that comes with the trophy.
The market value for the exxe will never rise to these levels due to it's association with Fix It Again Toni, and all the related market beliefs that have been built up in the world of car folks.
Still, why does any of this matters. What really matters is what one gets from the experience of ownership. If one looks at any of these motor cars with the belief that they will have any monetary return on investment, there are far better places to put your dough.
Better to "Enjoy The Ride" than to worry about all that market value blather...
Bernice
Stopped by the machinist a few days back to pick up a set of rotors that needed some speciality work ( when the parts are too big for the machine tools in the shop, they get sent out). As were were chatting, there was a mention what has happened to air cooled Porsche market prices. He does an awful lot of machine work on VW & air cooled Porsches..
One of his customers had a set of old 36 hp VW engine cases which turned out to fit the Porsche serial number progression for Early Porsches. Turns out, Porsche pulled parts off the VW line and modified them some what as they became "Porsche engines". With a some minor machine work and knowing what needed to be done. These old VW engine cases suddenly became collectable Porsche engine cases. This customer took delivery of these modified VW cases and sold them to one of his customers for $20,000. This is for an engine case, no other oily engine bits. It held water since the production serial numbers matched what should have been Porsche engine production.
This is what the upped value of collectable cars have done, caused the scraping up of very questionable parts to be sold off as rare and collectable parts.
-Value by brand association with collectors willing to "pay" for the trophy and the bragging rights and bloated ego that comes with the trophy.
The market value for the exxe will never rise to these levels due to it's association with Fix It Again Toni, and all the related market beliefs that have been built up in the world of car folks.
Still, why does any of this matters. What really matters is what one gets from the experience of ownership. If one looks at any of these motor cars with the belief that they will have any monetary return on investment, there are far better places to put your dough.
Better to "Enjoy The Ride" than to worry about all that market value blather...
Bernice
