a blessing and a curse

So a friend of mine recently bought a 64 MGB roadster, inspired by his brother in laws Alfa spyder. Now I'm looking at older neat and interesting European cars. And living in Arizona those that are here are almost always rust free, often totally rust free.... Like this 1953 Citroen. I don't have the space for a project or the superpowers needed to protect myself from SWMBO if it were to show up in the driveway.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/cph/cto/4434021393.html

Since I'm not gonna buy it I figured I would tempt you guys with it.

Those things are so loaded with awesome that I'm surprised they don't collapse.

$7k for a 69 mgb with 20,000 miles.

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/cto/4428248988.html

54 Nash Metropolitan $8700

http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/4422917306.html

Last I looked a decent driver Traction Avant was around $10k. That one seems overpriced for the work it needs.

I don't know of these prices are reasonable or over priced. I'm not really in the market, I've never seen one of those Citroens before, under 10k for a functional driving example seems like a deal for a unique older car. But that's from a person that doesn't follow vintage car markets, just wants one eventually.

A neat car, but not a rare one. My Hagerty Price Guide says 9100 for a #4 and 46,800 for a #1. These have huge following in Europe so parts are available. I've seen a few articles about people driving them across Huge expanses of the Earth just for fun.

Has anybody ever chopped the top on a Traction Avant? Just sayin...

In reply to Duke:

That movie rocked.

One day I will own a traction avant. After I buy a ds. hopefully their values don't skyrocket before I can afford one.

In reply to Streetwiseguy:

In reply to Lancer007:

That is horrible.