[Tim Ayers]

Don’t agree with some of the posts here saying parts are worthless. Good, in demand parts are bringing absolute top dollar in the current market. Price a Pines winter front for a '32. $10-12K. Or an Alexander V8 intake. $5K. Original '32 grille shells, cool head lights, neat original speed parts, etc.

Verified and checked, non-cracked 239 c.i flathead blocks will bring $750-$1K all day long. Nice banjo rears that could be bought for $25-50 ten-fifteen years ago, now bring $300-$400. '39 transmissions? Same thing. Rebuilt transmissions with nice gears, etc. will bring $750-$1,000. Add some LZ gears, even more.

Hot rods are in demand more than ever. Yes, stocker parts may not be selling. If you’ve got some cool stuff from key model years, buyers (old & young) are chomping at the bit to get them.

I’m 48 and have been lucky to buy stuff years ago reasonably. Have you priced a nice ‘32 wish bone lately? A nice set of '32 pedals?

A poster on this very thread sold me a nice ‘32 axle that I paid top dollar for just 6 months ago. It is currently under my AV8. It was a nice one and I was glad to have it.

Junk parts like the one poster said he encountered will always be just that.

I would also agree there is certainly a decline in demand for totally stock vehicles, but that’s the name of the game.

Very few people ever wanted a 4 door anything, unless it gets them into the entry level ‘32-‘34 game.

I saw more young people driving around Model T’s at Hershey last year than I ever seen older dudes driving them. I've been going to Hershey for 39 years.

A lot of those "traditional" Model T guys still have that show car mentality and don't want to dirty their white tires by actually driving their Model T. Heck, I want a Model T Touring with a Rajo head, Buffalo wires and Ruxstal rear in the worst way. I'd pay for the right car if it came around.

TROG and other events have caused an explosion in interest in traditional hot rods. I don’t want to hear otherwise for it’s just yelling at clouds.