QuestionHello I was wondering if you might be ablr to tell me how much a 1932 Dodge Two Brothers Rodster in mint condition would be worth in Canadian $? Thank you
AnswerI can tell you how to get this information, but I wouldn't just tell you the value without inspecting the vehicle myself. I don't want to upset you, but your definition of "mint" might be quite a bit different than what a potential expert buyer might think.
You need to obtain (either from a good bookstore or from a good library) a copy of a publication called "The Old Cars Price Guide". Make sure you accept ONLY the one published by a company called Krause Publications of Iola, Wisconsin, USA. This is the most honest and widely used old car price guide in the world.
Take it home and read it carefully, paying special attention to "how to evaluate your car" - it is right in the front of the book. Don't fudge on this, take the book and do a careful inspection of the vehicle, inside, outside, underneath, and in the engine compartment. Come up with what you think is a fair estimate of the "condition code" - a number from 1 to 6, with #1 being a car which never left the factory, or has not been driven more than a few feet since it came from the dealer, and has been preserved since new in a sealed controlled environment such that it is in every way the equivalent of a brand new, just manufactured vehicle. You think I'm exaggerating right now, I know, but just read the book, please.
A typical show car that you might see at a concourse or other car show is a #3 car. Sometimes a spectacular, professionally done restoration that is freshly done comes up to a #2, but for every one I have been told is a #2 car, on inspection it turned out to be between a #3 and a #4.
Now, once you have evaluated the car, look back in the pages of the book for Dodge Brothers, find your model exactly and it will give you the average selling price at auction for a car in the condition you assign to it, of course this will be in US dollars. You can get the conversion factor from your local bank, or even by doing a Google search on "currency converter". This number changes every day.
Now, you know what the car might bring at auction. If you want to sell your car, you will have to find a buyer, and the only buyers out there looking right now are dealers looking to find a bargain, so take that into consideration. They need to be able to see a profit from your car, or they won't be interested.
There is another way, if you don't want to invest that much time and effort into it: Run it on eBay with at least 50 pictures and all the information you can dredge up on the car's condition, set the minimum bid at $100, and let the wide world of car collectors bid on it - the last bid will be the fair market value at that instant - that's the best you can get anywhere, in my experience. eBay is a vast and honest market place, with all the protections from scams and fraud they can devise - I have done many (almost 1000) transactions on eBay, and have yet to regret it.
Dick
