2 x L31 , M21 Sandman vans on offer....which one gets your rose?

[wbute]

I thought it was beyond stupid at 30K, which is where it was when mysandman started (I was about the third person to join this site). People thought you were mad paying $5K for a restorable wreck then (about 2005ish). I paid $600 for my rolling Ute and was given my XX7 van that Sandaro now has.
It’s completely unsustainable

[Valencia]

I thought it was beyond stupid at 30K, which is where it was when mysandman started (I was about the third person to join this site). People thought you were mad paying $5K for a restorable wreck then (about 2005ish). I paid $600 for my rolling Ute and was given my XX7 van that Sandaro now has.
It’s completely unsustainable

Totally agree some people are going to lose a lot of money in the coming years mark my words

[Innuendo]

Totally agree some people are going to lose a lot of money in the coming years mark my words

Problem is it's affects us buying parts now. Got quoted $550+ for a Brass/Copper radiator for a 6cyl HG yesterday. Questioned the price and was told "have you seen what these old cars sell for today?, it's all relevant to that!"
Much like chrome plating some years back. Take 2 bumpers both roughly the same size and shape. One cost say $300 and the other $700. One was to fit a common car and the other an expensive luxury car. Same job in hourly work and materials. It's all just a rip off!

[Valencia]

Yeah I would hate to tally up the parts i have bought over the last 10 years in the beginning i was getting some great NOS parts at reasonable prices
Now if its NOS its going to cost triple

[NickyG]

A scroll through FB marketplace will show some very expensive panelvan shaped rust piles.

[wbute]

A scroll through FB marketplace will show some very expensive panelvan shaped rust piles.

Yeah it sure does. Wait till the rust re-appears in half the restored vans being sold for big bucks. There will be the sale line, older restoration, some small bubbles under the paint. Not to mention the handful of rust free ones that have sadly been moved from rural areas to the coast in the last ten years.

[NickyG]

I've been out of the market for a good 10 years so I haven't been tracking sales trends but I've seen some crazy prices indeed. Always good for a laugh. Makes me wish I brought that HZ in Corio years back that I was one big end bearing away from buying when I was a teen.

[Wombat7051]

I believe it is generational
Think about the prices for say an e type or even a willys jeep. I got stupid money for a jeep 20 years ago now i can buy the same for half the price. It is good old supply and demand and demand will slow as people get older. Think about a Brock commodore they dropped in the 90s now look at them
just my 2 cents
see even 2 cents don't exist anymore no demand

[wbute]

Yes that is exactly how it goes. You never see any of these cars on the road so the younger generations just don’t know them or care about them. The market just shrinks eventually. Jeep’s are a great example. They went mad in the 80’s and 90’s, especially if you had a Ford one. They then just stagnated in price and look to be going no where now.

[NickyG]

I'm 30... I'm into them. I just think maybe I'm not the younger generation these days haha