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I'll 30% disagree that cars aren't a good investment for making money. The cars of big number gains are out of the range most regular folks can afford, I will agree there. But there is a huge ebb and flow in the car market and requires a lot of tea leaf reading for sure, but there is money to be made. I don't think it's selling high dollar restored or restomod gems. Those enthusiasts are owners going to high end shops to restore/mod the car.
If it's a passion of the process, that's a little different and where I see the profit being most attainable for the regular working stiffs most of us are. I have a barber and a mailman that flip cars for a hobby. They don't do it exclusively for the money because they love to work on them and bring them back. The barber built a nice ford truck, added a 4 link, shortened the bed. Tons of serious mods. He did it with his son for the grandson, then went too far and made it too peppy to give to a teen like originally intended.
But they do make money reviving a vehicle they found for bottom dollar and put back in a good sorted working order and back into the market. But these guys like the build, once done, they never fall in love with the rig. They simply drive their revival and start hunting for a new project. The challenge/process is what they're after. They enjoy the rigs for a while, usually a few months, then sell them for seed money for another neglected good find.
The part I like of how they do this, is they often find a basket case and save it from crusher route. And once they build up their capital to better and better cars, they'll buy some niche rig in perfect condition from some literal grandma, enjoy it for a year, then just part with it and start another project.
So if that's the way to invest in cars and trucks, I'm game. Otherwise, I have no intention of building time capsules to be opened later. Love the premise, but don't have the room or coin to make those investments.
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