When a collector car owner passes away, the survivors often need to determine the value of his/her vintage vehicles in connection with establishing and distributing the estate’s assets. I can help! As a certified vehicle appraiser since 2002, I have assisted many estate administrators and executors. Here is a `32 Dodge “New Eight” eight cylinder…
More: Estate Appraisals — I Can Help!As a Certified Vehicle Appraiser, you just never know what type of car or truck you might be asked to evaluate. Recently, a client going through a divorce engaged me to appraise a professionally-built, high quality `99 Mustang “Outlaw 10.5” drag race car. Although missing its engine and transmission, which were both destroyed during an…
More: `99 Mustang “Outlaw 10.5” Drag Race Car – An Interesting Assignment!It’s rare to possess the same vehicle for 20 or more years, but imagine a European sports car that has been with its original owner for 57 years! This `62 Volvo P1800 was still a relatively new model when first imported from Sweden to the United States. My client fell in love with the car…
More: One-Owner `62 Volvo P1800 Sports Car!As a Certified Vehicle Appraiser, I approach each assignment with complete objectivity and don’t let any personal vehicle preferences interfere with my judgement. Still, it’s hard not to fall in love with certain vintage cars and trucks given their beauty and the quality of the restoration work and/or the customizations or modifications. One of my…
More: `38 Lincoln Zephyr Convertible Coupe — Just Plain Gorgeous!Unfortunately, this 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport HSE sport utility vehicle was rear-ended when it was just a few months old. As a result, despite having been repaired, it suffered “Diminished Value.” This is the amount by which the vehicle’s potential resale value was reduced for having sustained the damage. In the marketplace, dealers,…
More: 2018 Land Rover Range Rover Sport SUV: It Suffered “Diminished Value!”This forlorn wreck was once a pampered, much-loved, garage-kept, one-owner pristine 2003 BMW M3 coupe. My client, who ordered the car new, was fastidious in maintaining it. Unfortunately, another driver blew through a traffic light and totaled the Bimmer. Because that driver’s insurance company offered less than what my client thought his car was worth,…
More: 2003 BMW M3: What Was it Worth Before the Accident?It’s not often that I am engaged to appraise a two-owner vintage vehicle let alone an iconic American legend. This `62 Corvette was owned by the same family for over 55 years! Although the client replaced the original 327 CI 250 HP V8 with a crate 350 CI V8 in the early 1970s, he retained…
More: Two-Owner `62 Corvette!Thanks largely to my good friends in the Maryland Chevelle Club, I’ve had the privilege of appraising some of the finest 1964-72 Chevelles in the country over the past 16 years, which are regularly displayed at the club’s annual “Mid-Atlantic Chevelle Show & Swap Meet” in North East, MD. The show is held at a…
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