Lincolns and typical value

[mannye]

I want a fun daily driver for a year or two until used car prices go back down.

That is optimistic!

The current economy is operating on lots of demand (people want and are spending more) and lowered supply because the pandemic shut down capacity for a bit and some parts have still not fully recovered.
The supply side of the classic car world is rather stable. Yeah some new old car gets put out on the street. Or someone has the unthinkable a car crash.

So you are banking on demand. And demand changes with the economy.
If you are correct, I am buying too. No matter what my wife says

Action

I think that in two years, as long as the pandemic is able to continue the latest downward trend, the chip shortage will be over and we will be cranking out new cars again making the used car market more reasonable. If the shortage continues, well, I think it will be way easier and cheaper to maintain a classic car like a 77-78 Lincoln than a 4 or 5 year old Lexus. They almost never break, but when they do.... whoo boy. The alternator on my LS430 was a revelation. Toyota, probably to make it vibrate less, or make less noise, puts it in the V of the v-8. So the replacement is way more expensive because labor hours.

[mannye]

I want a fun daily driver for a year or two until used car prices go back down.

That is optimistic!

The current economy is operating on lots of demand (people want and are spending more) and lowered supply because the pandemic shut down capacity for a bit and some parts have still not fully recovered.
The supply side of the classic car world is rather stable. Yeah some new old car gets put out on the street. Or someone has the unthinkable a car crash.

So you are banking on demand. And demand changes with the economy.
If you are correct, I am buying too. No matter what my wife says

Action

I think that in two years, as long as the pandemic is able to continue the latest downward trend, the chip shortage will be over and we will be cranking out new cars again making the used car market more reasonable. If the shortage continues, well, I think it will be way easier and cheaper to maintain a classic car like a 77-78 Lincoln than a 4 or 5 year old Lexus. They almost never break, but when they do.... whoo boy. The alternator on my LS430 was a revelation. Toyota, probably to make it vibrate less, or make less noise, puts it in the V of the v-8. So the replacement is way more expensive because labor hours.

[overton]

I'm new here. I've spent the last few decades involved in the world of vintage Land Cruisers. I've owned and sold so many of them that these days I spend most of my time providing consignment services for these great old 4x4's. However it's not unusual for customers to ask me to sell other collectible vehicles for them. That is why I belong to so many forums including TheLincolnForum. Forums are a valuable resource. My very first car was 1949 Mercury 2DR so I have a soft spot for cars of this era.

I recently have consigned perhaps the finest example of a 1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Convertible. I need to cast a broad net so I'd like the to hear from the forum members on the best sites on the web for reaching the audience who would be interested in this car.

Best Wishes,
Greg Overton

[Dan Szwarc]

I'm new here. I've spent the last few decades involved in the world of vintage Land Cruisers. I've owned and sold so many of them that these days I spend most of my time providing consignment services for these great old 4x4's. However it's not unusual for customers to ask me to sell other collectible vehicles for them. That is why I belong to so many forums including TheLincolnForum. Forums are a valuable resource. My very first car was 1949 Mercury 2DR so I have a soft spot for cars of this era.

I recently have consigned perhaps the finest example of a 1951 Lincoln Cosmopolitan Convertible. I need to cast a broad net so I'd like the to hear from the forum members on the best sites on the web for reaching the audience who would be interested in this car.

Best Wishes,
Greg Overton

Your post is borderline spam.

[RacerX]

Your post is borderline spam.

Heh. That's what I thought as well.

That is why I belong to so many forums including TheLincolnForum.

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[overton]

I apologize for the post. I don't want to spam the forum. That's why I explained my goal here first vs. adding a "For Sale" thread. I'm not currently a Lincoln owner so it's doubtful that I can contribute much value on the Forum. I'll take this information to Hemming's. I appreciate your feedback. You may delete my account if you like.

Greg Overton

[Dan Szwarc]

I’m very sensitive to anything that looks like spam because of spammers. I delete a few accounts every other day. Their posts look a lot like yours being very generic and then may have a link to their business, product, etc.

If you want to post your lincoln For Sale, go ahead. If it benefits a member, good for them. I have no problem with that. I won’t delete your account, just be aware that we want contributions that justify having an account. Help or be helped.

[overton]

Thank you Dan, I appreciate it. I have purchased a 6 month listing on Hemmings and I will just put a link to the car in a thread to alert members. This car used to belong to Dan Dykema in Ill. It's rumored to have belonged to Kirk Douglas when it was new. It was featured in the May - June 1997 issue of Continental Comments. She's a really nice example. I'd buy her myself but I can't afford her!