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Today’s car market is filled with generic styling of cars. Detroit has rarely got it right when it comes to performance and style. In the 50’s men would take the old 30’s cars and rip the fenders off to give their cars more personality. The paint jobs were wild with most sporting flames.

This is where the term hot rod came from was a fast car with flames on it.  One thing all hotrods have had done to them is to have modifications done to the engine. The suspension was picked for the type of driving the car was intended to do, usually straight-line ¼ mile runs.

The big three from Detroit did make advances in the 60’s with the Shelby Cobra, Mustang, Camaro and Barracuda.  Big engines that performed were the way they went until the gas shortage in the mid 70”s, then it was back to blah. Cosmetic look a likes was the name of the game.

General Motors was the worst at this with four of their brands putting out cars almost exactly the same just different names. In the early 80’s I was working in an Oldsmobile dealership and found a new car with a dashboard from a Buick, name and all. These were made at the same factory as the Olds, it was just a different name and slightly different non-performing engine.

But back to hot-rods. Today car enthusiast can build the car of his dream with the help of the web. This just makes finding that certain part necessary to finish the car easier. Take the old family car, strip it down, put performance parts in the engine, jack up the rear, put fat tires on it with a wild paint job and you will have the distinctive car or hot rod, that gets the heads turning.

Keep watching this blog as we will be having some nice hot rods for sale this summer.

The sign: “Collector Car Sale” is one that gets all of our hearts pumping a little faster. When we see this term in a classified ad in the newspaper or on a website there is always a mad scramble to be the first caller. How many times have you heard the stories about having just missed that 1963 split window coupe that sat in a barn and sold for a few thousand?

I have never really found a classic car that I did not like. Yes I know the Edsel was a bomb but compare it to a new Kia and I would prefer the Edsel.

That is a dramatic statement but I had to drive a Kia for a few days and I felt like I was in an aluminum foil car the sheet metal was so thin. Instead of a thud when the door closed it went twang. The can of beans I ate last night had thicker sides on it. The engine was fuel efficient to the point that it could not get out of its own way. I won’t admit I was scared but there were times when an 18-wheeler was next to me on the highway and I was a little uncomfortable.

When you see a collector car sale advertised and it is a newer Viper or a Shelby Cobra you had better find some way to buy it and hold on to it for several years as these cars will become the classics of tomorrow. There are banks and finance companies that specialize in collector car financing and will give you a good rate. A couple of classic car financing companies that we know of and suggest you look at are hagerty.com and woodsidecredit.com.

When you find these advertisers you will do well to contact them directly as the reason they provide special rates for collector car financing is that they know you will take good care of your baby and that if you are in this field of collecting than you are no doubt a responsible person and a good risk for them.

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Along with financing you will need to have special car collector insurance as this is very specialized also. The average automotive insurance will not be sufficient to cover your new ride but these specialty insurance companies have studied the risks and they come up with plans that will be perfect for your needs. Some companies that we can refer you to that have car collector insurance are; hagerty.com, heacockclassic.com, lelandwest.com and americancollectors.com.

Here in the states we are coming into the cold weather season and many of you will be putting your collector cars up for the winter and you will be making plans all winter long about what you will want to do to your car for the coming car shows and events next summer.

You had better keep watching out for the collector car sale ads all winter long because some of the best deals to be found are during the off-season periods that other collectors might not be looking for.

Please let our readers know when you purchase a new classic and we will publish pictures of it and your story if it meets our requirements.

If you have a classic car, muscle car or antique car for sale contact us using the contact form at the top of this page and we will advertise it here on American Classic Car Sale. Our advertising rate is ridiculously low and you do not have to pay anything at all until you sell the car. If we don’t sell it for you, there is no charge.