ClassicCar

I'm not a truck guy. Love them, spend a lot of time admiring them and funny as it may seem, I have only wished once or twice that I had one. (I do own a first edition elCamino--but, that does not count--it is just a car with a big trunk?)

This is not my bag, but I saw a number of items on this truck that I would not call original. I will not start mentioning them, but you can start with the rear bumper. I would expect also that some of the items are original after market. I am not sure that Hudson ever installed a sun visor at the factory but they are considered original option items--but, on a truck? Fender skirts--out here on the farms of Northern Utah, that is why most folks in my home town bought a truck--fender skirts would only get in the way. If it was original, Utah farmers would have thrown them away or hung them on the walls of the barn. "Form meets function."

Now "Value." There is two ways to look at "value at auction." My experience is that it only an issue of the moment. You can say that it is worth less than the last bid. Otherwise, the person that did not win the bid would have bought the vehicle. I do know that buying a vehicle at auction often means (65% of the time) that you are going to pay a bit more than the vehicle is worth. The thrill of the competition at auction can drive a price more often than true value of the vehicle.

Wow, a lot of opinion on this one......