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01-11-2009, 07:39 PM
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Collector cars going over seas
I have noticed that a lot of our older collector cars are being sold to countries outside of N. America, quite a bit lately. I am not a "finance guy" but is it because of our weak dollar or? It looks like they are bringing strong money for them too.
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01-11-2009, 08:07 PM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
there is not much happening in the export market at the moment, and it always looks like the cars make strong money over seas but you have to factor in the shipping costs plus tax (a 50s chevy short bed pickup from az to uk $700 to galveston,$2000 to uk ,dock fees of $1000 plus 22% import duty add allthat up plus the value of the truck then add 17.5% tax on everything
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01-11-2009, 08:20 PM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
I noticed a lot of them going to Canada about a year or more ago with the low value of the U.S. dollar vs. Canadian $
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01-11-2009, 08:21 PM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
Hello Simon and welcome aboard. Whereabouts in AZ are you located?
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01-11-2009, 11:44 PM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
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I have noticed that a lot of our older collector cars are being sold to countries outside of N. America, quite a bit lately. I am not a "finance guy" but is it because of our weak dollar or? It looks like they are bringing strong money for them too. [/ QUOTE ] We have had a lot of cars coming in to New Zealand from the US over the last few years but that has slowed down a lot recently mainly because of the economy and our lousy exchange rate. One US dollar costs us about $1.80 NZ and by the time taxes etc are added a $40K (US) car can cost us about $85K NZ dollars. We have a very strong American car and muscle car culture down here and the cars are very well looked after. We have one of our biggest shows of the year this coming weekend. It is the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod festival, about 50-60,000 visitors are expected over the two days. John 
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01-12-2009, 12:08 AM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
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[ QUOTE ] I have noticed that a lot of our older collector cars are being sold to countries outside of N. America, quite a bit lately. I am not a "finance guy" but is it because of our weak dollar or? It looks like they are bringing strong money for them too. [/ QUOTE ] We have had a lot of cars coming in to New Zealand from the US over the last few years but that has slowed down a lot recently mainly because of the economy and our lousy exchange rate. One US dollar costs us about $1.80 NZ and by the time taxes etc are added a $40K (US) car can cost us about $85K NZ dollars. We have a very strong American car and muscle car culture down here and the cars are very well looked after. We have one of our biggest shows of the year this coming weekend. It is the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod festival, about 50-60,000 visitors are expected over the two days. John [/ QUOTE ] That is great. List some pictures later.
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01-12-2009, 04:05 AM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
I spoke with a classic Corvette dealer and he said that he has sold cars that were going to Dubai.
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01-12-2009, 05:24 AM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I have noticed that a lot of our older collector cars are being sold to countries outside of N. America, quite a bit lately. I am not a "finance guy" but is it because of our weak dollar or? It looks like they are bringing strong money for them too. [/ QUOTE ] We have had a lot of cars coming in to New Zealand from the US over the last few years but that has slowed down a lot recently mainly because of the economy and our lousy exchange rate. One US dollar costs us about $1.80 NZ and by the time taxes etc are added a $40K (US) car can cost us about $85K NZ dollars. We have a very strong American car and muscle car culture down here and the cars are very well looked after. We have one of our biggest shows of the year this coming weekend. It is the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod festival, about 50-60,000 visitors are expected over the two days. John [/ QUOTE ] That is great. List some pictures later. [/ QUOTE ] I will try and remember to take my camera.
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01-12-2009, 05:25 AM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
Ask Nils (NEW on this board). He will give you a good idea of the international car market from his area. My 27k mile '70 Camaro went to Norway along with my brother's old '72 Nova SS 350. Nils has some serious muscle but I do not want to say more without his consent.
-Dan
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01-12-2009, 06:11 AM
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Re: Collector cars going over seas
I have a customer I visit in Paducah, KY that has sold a few cars to a gentleman in Sweden. He sends someone with cash to pay for the car and have it put in a container for shipping. Another customer of mine in hopkinsville recently sold a 35 ford pickup to someone in Germany. The only emails I get from overseas are from some guy that can't type and wants to deposit several million in my bank acct....
 Tommy 
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