ClassicCar

I agree with Bud. Just because a car reaches the magic age of 25, it does not suddenly increase in value. (The '25 year' designation comes because most states in the U.S. now issues "antique car" license tags for cars at least 25 years old. These tags are cheaper than the normal tags BUT you are only allowed to drive the car to antique car functions. Otherwise you have to get regular tags, have the car inspected, etc. By the way (for what it's worth, the term "classic" is bandied about a lot nowadays; a true "classic" is an antique car (pre-1948) that was rare or high-dollar when new, and is now recognized as such by the Classic Car Club of America. "Antique" is the catch-all phrase for any car over 25 years old.)



Staion wagons have, at least up til now, not enjoyed increased value among colletors unless they were the old type of wooden-bodied wagons. However, any station wagon with as little mileage as yours (and I'll bet you've treated it well!) would definitely have an appeal to a certain segment of the antique or collector car market out there.



So I'd say, sell it now, but DON'T simply advertise it in your local paper or Craigslist. For about the same price as an ad in your local paper, you can advertise it in a collector-car magazine like Hemmings Motor News or Old Cars Weekly. These are read by hundreds or thousands of people who are specifically interested in older cars and trucks. You ad dollar will go much further there. Just type either or both periodicals into your Google or other search engine to find their websites.