Did anybody saw this important video of Joe Zolper

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Bottom picture is of my son back when we put his 67 Cuda together. Top is his son recently about 30 years later. .
Here's one of when we raced together
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I retired moved away. Son and Grandson are into sports now and sold car didn't want to mess with it anymore
Offered it to me, but I didn't want to mess with it either. Sold it for cheap.
 
I know our boy doesn't want any of my cars or car related things.
Too early to know if the next generation does or not (ages 5 and 3).
However, The boy and his wife (and my wife) are smart enough to know how to price things for a relatively quick sale but not give them away.
I have no illusion of the value of my 60's and 70's 318 cars.
We just went through our assets and liabilities for a will/trust.
I valued my shiny, running and driving, super solid metal, with working AC '73 Satellite at $12,500.
I valued everything else car related, including a running, driving 440 four speed truck, and my project 67 original paint wagon, as well as all my tools except the 32 CFM air compressor and bumper air lifts at- $5,000.
Same with all my musical instruments and vintage audio equipment, and other hobby items.
 
Joe's definitely onto something. Neither of my sons have any interest in my cars. I plan on enjoying them until I don't, or can't work on them anymore. At that point, I'll sell them and enjoy the money. 65
 
A practical way of making someone's car look nice and be useful for their needs and wants is very doable. Many will not get into the hobby if they think they have to do things the way the last generation did . Many would not have the patience or money to spend more money on a car than it will ever be worth.

I think the interest is there, but we do a disservice to them if we don't present methods and actually show what can be done . No different in those regards than thinking an historic home must be maintained and repaired using the same materials and methods of when it was built.

And we would do a disservice to them if we didn't show and encourage them to do things the traditional way if they can afford to and have a desire to do that.
 
My opinion- Blah, Blah, Blah............. "I get phone calls all the time". blah, blah blah. Just have your affairs in order for when you die. The rest works itself out because you already know who may want what. If your kids or grandkids, dog, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend whatever gets stuck with your junk when you die and has no interest, sells it on the cheap or just gives it away who cares? I stopped listening to this guy when he folded his arms, leans back and started his smug lecture.
 
I helped my daughter and son-in-law find a car and we found a 1966 2 door Dart ,solid body ,170 slant 6,original paint light or medium blue metallic.
Ran great but threw a rod later on. I pulled the motor ,rebuilt it, detailed it and it looked almost as perfect as it did when new and ran perfect. I would set my coffee on the air cleaner to show how smooth it ran.

My son-in-law later hit someone and messed up the fender and did some other damage. Not overly serious and he asked me to look at it. When I did he asked me if I would help him fix it . I asked him if he was planning to keep driving the car or if he was wanting to fix it to sell.
He said he just wanted to fix it so he could sell it and thought it would bring more money if fixed.

I told him I would not work on it unless he was planning on keeping it and driving it. He gave me this look like I was being unreasonable and he never brought the subject up again and sold the car. If I didn't already have 7 cars that needed attention I would have acquired it myself.
 
Storage is expensive, maintenance is expensive, up here you can't drive them all year. If my kids do get into the hobby it'll definitely be a vehicle that can be driven all year, parked outside, cheap/plentiful parts. The older I get the more I wish I wasn't sentimental.
 
I've been retired for 2 1/2 years and had all these big plans to dive head first into restoring the cars I've had for years. That ain't working out like I thought! This crisis management company that I am apparently running keeps me hopping! :rolleyes: He ain't wrong, even if he does come across as a dick.
 
Just experienced this last weekend. At a local church benefit car show, a old friend comes up to talk a bit. Mentioned a very well respected restoration guy in our community and someone I have known for years, is on his last days with terminal cancer. Mopar guy, with a horde. A few cars that were his "some day" projects..... hes needing to sell, and its sobering to think about.
 
JDMopar said:
I've been retired for 2 1/2 years and had all these big plans to dive head first into restoring the cars I've had for years. That ain't working out like I thought! This crisis management company that I am apparently running keeps me hopping! :rolleyes: He ain't wrong, even if he does come across as a dick.
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WOW, 2- 1/2 years already ! Time flies Jackie
 
JDMopar said:
I've been retired for 2 1/2 years and had all these big plans to dive head first into restoring the cars I've had for years. That ain't working out like I thought! This crisis management company that I am apparently running keeps me hopping! :rolleyes: He ain't wrong, even if he does come across as a dick.
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Hmmm.
I retired in November 2022. I seemed to get more car stuff done when I was still working. There is something about having all this time that lends itself to wasting it. It feels like time is unlimited so I'm not as good at time management as I need to be.
Zolper may be right but he does come across as a jerk there.
I was never a fan of street rods or really anything built before 1955. Even then it was only a few cars. My favorites are the 1968-1974 models though there are some outside of that range that are great.
I have no kids and of my nephews, only 1 has an interest in cars.
The value of the cars isn't what I care about but I agree that what pulls us in is in part, the history of the cars when we were young. Most young kids don't have the same connection to the cars unless they saw their dads working on them and were drawn into the hobby that way.
 
Some of my cars are just in case I get to them. I don't necessarily have to do anything to them to see my plans come through.
 
I think about those ridiculously priced, custom built, fat tire Harleys that were the rage sometime back. Where are they now? They were WAY overpriced then & now, no one want's them. People/Auctions have priced theses old classic cars too high also. Most of us who WOULD drive them & enjoy them as they are meant to be, can't afford em'.
I'm pretty happy with my little hot rod Dakota but, sometimes those good deals are still out there.
 
niceolddart said:
I think about those ridiculously priced, custom built, fat tire Harleys that were the rage sometime back. Where are they now? They were WAY overpriced then & now, no one want's them. People/Auctions have priced theses old classic cars too high also. Most of us who WOULD drive them & enjoy them as they are meant to be, can't afford em'.
I'm pretty happy with my little hot rod Dakota but, sometimes those good deals are still out there.
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I don't know the current prices but saw this from 2021 -
" If I win a bid at $30,000 plus my initial $200 plus the premium of $4500 then shipping at around $1500 -2000 it’s makes zero sense unless I’m just rich and dumb! "

https://www.v8buick.com/index.php?threads/mecum-fees-are-getting-ridiculous.368118/
 
My daughter will gladly take all my cars and parts. Not everyone has that situation, i just lost a friend, he has tons of parts and some cars, nobody in the family wants it.
 
Life is always too short to NOT do what you love and love what you do.
Just because I love classic cars does not mean anyone else does.
Just because I value a classic car at X$$$ does not mean anyone else does.
Love of the hobby for me is smiles per mile and per $ spent. I am grateful decades ago, when the so called "desirable models were cheap enough and easy enough to find, I had them. But I learned one thing. Just because "everyone" said in 1985 you need a '70 Cuda to be a happy guy, that meant squat!!
 
ValiantRacing said:
My daughter will gladly take all my cars and parts. Not everyone has that situation, i just lost a friend, he has tons of parts and some cars, nobody in the family wants it.
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Come to a Capital City Mopars club meeting. They are the first Tuesday of each month at the California Auto Museum in Front Street in Sacramento at 6:30. You may find some buyers there. We are having our annual show next month!
 
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I just turned 40 in june...drove the duster a bit this summer but not much , a 410hp car with a loose t.q , 3.91s in a light package is very fun...im not old , but im not 19 anymore , doing starts for me , reving the engine like a maniac , street racing and showing off is not really in me these days, i like simplicity and thats why i felt in love with my 68 fury and a good simple 2bbl 318 , my duster cost me 34k from 2008 to 2016 to build....im very surprised that when i put it for sale nobody wants it , its a beautiful car and its a fast street car ( high 11s / low 12s ) and totaly streetable , you couldnt really duplicate it for the same amount lf money im asking...and it makes me think , do people really want these cars in 10-15 years ? I pass by 15- 18 yrs old and they see this freakin lumpy aggressive beast..but they dont give a crap...trust me , dont want to part it out and sell it pieces by pieces..but i wont give it away either , ill never have my 34+k back , but if i can make a bit of money and put it for my daughters future ( school ) etc i will for sure, times have changed , parts are pricey , gas is a joke with ethanol and this hobby is getting very expensive , if i had to do it again , ill buy one like mine that was already done and solid, not the baaket case that i started with at 22 ( back in 2008 ) .

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I've got one kid of my own and 2 step kids, ages 8,10, and 15. I've got 3 Mopars one for each if they show interest in them. If not I'll just get rid of them when I'm too old to push in a clutch.
 
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