13-07-2018, 09:36 AM
(13-07-2018, 09:28 AM)Bob Culver Wrote: American prices are a puzzle.
I dunno about the UK but here interminable TV programmes about cooking have been replaced by American Pickers. The age of some programmes is uncertain, but the prices for old motor cycles are staggering, tens of thousands of dollars. Yet for old cars prices very modest. Here, a country formerly packed with old cars, interest is now low; the cars I am familiar with, Sevens and Jowetts, fetch half or less UK price. Being practicable in modern traffic and with spares cheaply avilable Ford Model A coupe would fetch $NZ15k-30K (half in UK pounds). Yet on the USA programme good but laid up Model A coupes go for a mere $US6000. ($NZ8000).
Bob, Get in and rescue some! I have brought 4 Sevens back. The only problem is that it costs almost as much to bring in a Seven as something ultimately more valuable (if you are looking top make money on it). The main difference is on import duty/VAT
David