Autoblog-Advice: invest in a pre-war classic
Posted on 13-01-2016 at 14:00 by Dizono – 22 Comments”
And to make it easy, we get a relatively tight lowest trumpet note of 15,000 euros. Or 33.0556,50 guilders, as our coin was still called then. We dive into the wonderful world of pre-war classics!
Martijn is an entrepreneur and must at the same time of his retirement think. Entrepreneurs now think once like out of the box and instead of money in a pension fund, to deposit, see our Martijn prefer to retire in the garage. As a car enthusiast, he looks with mixed feelings to the significantly rising prices of classics. They are becoming more and more expensive, but now boarding can agree, however, for a nice return ensure. Now I am of the opinion that you have a classic for more reasons to buy than investing alone. But since Martijn indicates a car enthusiast, is that be good.
Then Martijn’s wishes – and eisenlijstje, given the special circumstances this time for once not in a table. The budget is a bit tight to 15,000 euros and must be in driveable condition used classic can be found that the potential value increases, in the original state and if possible, built for 1940.
The challenges
Invest in classics seems to be interesting, especially if you have the huge price increases look at that the market is currently experiencing. Only in this case, there are a number of challenges. First of all, the period in which we search. Pre-war classic cars are a bit less popular than their post-war brothers, who are currently mainly purchased by men that the car’s familiar from their youth and now have enough money to have bought one. The pre-war classics to rise, then less hard in value, they will in the event of a bursting bubble also less likely to lose. Further, the supply is anyway very small and the budget is 15,000 euros for a good condition used car is relatively low. For that money you can buy especially the Ripples and Astra’s of that day. Fun, but not very particular, and therefore also a potentially interesting investment.
Although it is of course just guess work continues, make the most of the opportunity with a car that has a story. Cars of a brand with a rich history, or models with a particular story. Since the number is very small, I have in the search is not limited to models in general, but to specific cars. And also the borders of the country proved to be too restrictive to make a nice row of four cars to arrive, so the whole of Europe was searched. But the four options are the inside, piece by piece, nice cars for a Sunday ride, and with the potential for more value increase than many other cars from that era and price range, with the latter as a personal favourite of your advisor.
German voorwielaandrijver: DKW F7 (1939, €15.400)
In 1931, DKW, the first brand that a car with front wheel drive in series production are willing to take. This F1 is the starting point for a series of minor model year cars, of which this F7 from 1939 one of the later copies. A genuine station wagon, and thus suitable for the whole family. If your family consists of not-too-busy people, because with 18 hp from a 600 cc tweecilindertje you should not in a hurry. The top speed of a whopping 80 miles per hour, but that is probably measured with one occupant… Found on Mobile.de, in Denmark.
A bit of haggling: Chrysler Airflow (1937, £13.995 / €18.634)
If you have one car must designate who has played an important role in the design of modern cars, then this is the Chrysler Airflow. Although also in Europe already was experimented with streamline, it was Chrysler that here, from 1934 as the first full on disposal. This copy is from the last year of production, in which the Airflow, a slightly more conventional faceplate was fitted. In vain, because a success, it was the Airflow never. But a good story and low production volume are fine ingredients for an investment. Found on Car and Classic, in the United Kingdom.
Mini-Airflow: Peugeot 202 (1939, € 10.000)
The Airflow was not a success in terms of sales numbers, other manufacturers had by that Chrysler has something special had created. Not only concerngenoot The Soto went Airflows build, among other things Toyota and Peugeot copied the design for their own models. Peugeot did that in all kinds of different sizes, of which this 202 is the smallest. They copied only the way in which the doors open, went exactly the wrong way around. This neat-looking copy in Spain, but for 5 mille must transport this side on the desk. Or you paste a vacation to drive him back… Found in Antequera Classic, in Spain.
Post-war, but perhaps your best option: Alvis TA 14 Saloon (1948, €14.900)
Alvis, you could for the war easily compare with Jaguar (already was at that time the S. S.). A brand with particular sports cars and sporty four-door cars built for the well-heeled Brit who is not a Morris or Austin wanted to move. The TA 14 was the first post-war model of Alvis, but also shares virtually all of its technology, with the 12/70 of the war. Also the body looks classic, with a long hood, separate fenders and two-tone paint jobs. It is a brand with history and for 15 mille is probably the most exclusive and potentially most interesting that you as an investment can buy. Plus that it’s simply a beautiful car. Found on Marketplace, just in the Netherlands.
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