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**basketcase** · 09-28-2002, 12:33 PM

This is always a tough area with restored or customized vehicles. Compare your truck with others and be honest with yourself as to your truck being better, equal to or worse than the others. what did they actually sell for and what were they asking? Check the auction sites like Kruse International and Barrett-Jackson to see what they were bid to or sold for. Read the discription they give too but beware that they are usually exagerated. An example would be a truck that was presented as a beautiful restoration but didn't bring a very good bid will tell you that the people who were there actually looking at the truck were not impressed.

Watch them on EBAY too. Also check the national publications like Roundup and Deals On Wheels, Hemmings ect. Vehicles in some publications seem to run higher than in others. Then, as you said, there are the price guides. They can be a big help.

If you want to invest some money or need documention for your insurance company, there is always the professional appraiser. Get one that is licensed and recognised by insurers. Also make sure he is knowledgable in older trucks.. The yellow pages, Hemmings and other collector magazines and papers are a good source to locate a competent appraiser. Also ask others at shows ect. who they used. Your insurer may have someone they prefer but that doesn't mean that you can't get a second independent opinion.

I guess how far you go depends on if you just want to know for your own info or you need documentation. A photo alblum with pics of the rebuild and finished truck goes a long way to establish your claim as to the trucks value too.

Tom

09-28-2002, 12:33 PM	#2
basketcase Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Edgerton OH USA Posts: 633	This is always a tough area with restored or customized vehicles. Compare your truck with others and be honest with yourself as to your truck being better, equal to or worse than the others. what did they actually sell for and what were they asking? Check the auction sites like Kruse International and Barrett-Jackson to see what they were bid to or sold for. Read the discription they give too but beware that they are usually exagerated. An example would be a truck that was presented as a beautiful restoration but didn't bring a very good bid will tell you that the people who were there actually looking at the truck were not impressed. Watch them on EBAY too. Also check the national publications like Roundup and Deals On Wheels, Hemmings ect. Vehicles in some publications seem to run higher than in others. Then, as you said, there are the price guides. They can be a big help. If you want to invest some money or need documention for your insurance company, there is always the professional appraiser. Get one that is licensed and recognised by insurers. Also make sure he is knowledgable in older trucks.. The yellow pages, Hemmings and other collector magazines and papers are a good source to locate a competent appraiser. Also ask others at shows ect. who they used. Your insurer may have someone they prefer but that doesn't mean that you can't get a second independent opinion. I guess how far you go depends on if you just want to know for your own info or you need documentation. A photo alblum with pics of the rebuild and finished truck goes a long way to establish your claim as to the trucks value too. Tom __________________ '69 swb stepside in progress. '59 Corvette lifetime project Last edited by basketcase; 09-28-2002 at 01:10 PM.