Most valuable?
Posted: December 5th, 2006, 6:51 pm
Hmmm... good question.
The most historicaly significant cars are probably different than the most valuable cars. Jeff Schmidt's original sprinters were historically significant, but not something a lot of people want to pay a lot of money for (there was one on the 'Bay a little while back, sold for $850.). I'd personally think that one of the most truly historically important cars would have to be a first generation RACO or WCM Grand National Car, as these would appear to be some of the first quarterscale race-quality cars that were actually produced in any significant numbers.
I have seen some multi-thousand dollar one-off cars, like at the Chicago Hobby show about 12 years ago there was a double-Conley'd rear engine dragster, no kidding... that had to be a $15K car even then. Then there's that red 32 Coupe running around SoCal... I've seen it a bunch of times, can't remember who had it last...
Nowdays, you'd have to value the offroad trucks (QRS, Rick's, New Era, Raco) above the similar-era Sprint and GTP cars just due to the amount of people who want one, and are willing to pay big bucks for one... the current "market value" is hot on those right now.
So, I guess you could get three different answers: 1) The most historically significant, 2) the most expensive cars to build or replicate, or 3) the ones that many people will actually pay top dollar for right now.
The most historicaly significant cars are probably different than the most valuable cars. Jeff Schmidt's original sprinters were historically significant, but not something a lot of people want to pay a lot of money for (there was one on the 'Bay a little while back, sold for $850.). I'd personally think that one of the most truly historically important cars would have to be a first generation RACO or WCM Grand National Car, as these would appear to be some of the first quarterscale race-quality cars that were actually produced in any significant numbers.
I have seen some multi-thousand dollar one-off cars, like at the Chicago Hobby show about 12 years ago there was a double-Conley'd rear engine dragster, no kidding... that had to be a $15K car even then. Then there's that red 32 Coupe running around SoCal... I've seen it a bunch of times, can't remember who had it last...
Nowdays, you'd have to value the offroad trucks (QRS, Rick's, New Era, Raco) above the similar-era Sprint and GTP cars just due to the amount of people who want one, and are willing to pay big bucks for one... the current "market value" is hot on those right now.
So, I guess you could get three different answers: 1) The most historically significant, 2) the most expensive cars to build or replicate, or 3) the ones that many people will actually pay top dollar for right now.