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Originally Posted by Interceptor
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The comment was made to attempt to refute the "wisdom" that as the older generation dies off, the market for the cars of the youth of that generation dies as well.
For probably 20 years, our best seller as far as carburetor rebuilding kits has been Caterpillar. The 1915 to 1935 Buick kits seem to be gaining in popularity. We sell more of them each year.
Yes, we still sell a fair amount of kits for Pontiac, but the percentage is less than it used to be.
Yesterday, received a request for a kit for 1912 Ford Model T; one of the few carburetors from 1912 up that we do NOT offer a kit.
The market, at least for parts, varies greatly from year to year. As I stated earlier, I do not know the market for vehicles, but as the market for parts is steady, it would seem there is also a market for vehicles.
We have complete sales records since 1974 on our sales computer. After doing this for so many years, I can look at the sales data for a five year sequence, and tell you which years were years with Olympic games. If the previous year was a presidential election year, I can tell which party won the election.
As someone posted earlier, stocks are doing relatively well at this time. Should the stock market decline, historically car prices go up.
Enjoy the hobby for the sake of the hobby.
Jon.
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Current caretaker of the remains of Stromberg Caburetor, and custodian of the existing Carter and Kingston carburetor drawings.