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2007 Price Guide

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Using This Price Guide

Welcome to the 10th annual Sports Car Market Pocket Price Guide. Like any predictive instrument, the SCM Price Guide is part science and part guesswork. The automotive alchemy we undertake to come up with these prices incorporates considerable research, tempered with a good dose of intuition.

The "pocket" in the title is there because it has been specifically designed to be easy to take with you when you're out looking at a possible acquisition. Not only are there prices in it, but also, on page 98, an inspection form that will walk you through the things you should be looking at when you rate the condition of a car.

Unique to our guide is a five-star short-term appreciation table, which rates the performance of a specific model compared to the market for the next 36 months, and the SCM Investment Grade, which rates a model's long term status in the hierarchy of collectible cars, using a letter grade from A to F.

The prices themselves represent a survey of our contributors, along with highly credible dealers and collectors who are trafficking in these cars on a daily basis. While there may have only been a handful of Porsche 917s, or Cord Sportsmen, or Hemi 'Cudas, or Daytona Competition cars built, we've found the right person in each field to help us establish a current value range.

We list our prices in a range because no two cars are alike-and no two buying and selling situations are the same either. A 1970 Boss 302 advertised in the Helena, MT, Independent Record is likely to bring less than the same car put on eBay Motors, or offered by RM Auctions at its Monterey sale.

Further, an enthusiast fresh to the collector car world with greenbacks bursting out of his back pocket will often pay far more for the "car of his dreams" than a seasoned collector who is buying his tenth, or hundredth.

So use this guide as a way to determine an approximate range of value, and let your own sleuthing skills bring you closer to an exact price. Let me give you an example:

An SCMer in Portland recently bought a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray coupe from a dealer in his hometown of Portland, OR. Sebring Silver with black interior, it had the base 327-ci, 300-hp engine, four-speed transmission, power steering and AM/FM radio. The SCM Price Guide lists it at $32,500 to $50,400, depending on engine and other options.

As this car has few options, it really falls into the $32,500-$35,000 price range.

He paid $35,500 for the car, and has put another $3,000 into it, for a total of $38,500. Now he's got a strong #2 car, with all the mechanicals sorted out.

He told us, "It was worth another $3,000 to $4,000 above "retail" to have the car right in front of me, where I could touch and feel it." By buying locally, he avoided having to fly and inspect a car, or rely on photos or third party inspections. Further, there were no transport costs.

And when the inevitable little things cropped up, as they always seem to do with an old car, he was able to work with the dealer to get them fixed.

Did he pay too much? By some measurements, yes. But as he told us, "I've learned that Price Guides just get you started. Passing on this car because it was $3,000 over guide price would have been a mistake. You have to buy cars taking into account all the costs, including transportation and reconditioning, not just the advertised price."

So let the Price Guide be a starting point for you in your journey. If someone is asking twice a price guide listing, find out why. And if they're asking only half the price guide value, be sure to find out why (rarely are huge bargains as good as they seem).

The SCM Price Guide is constantly evolving, and we invite your updates and corrections. Please send them to priceguide@sportscarmarket.com.

Thanks again for being a part of the SCM gang of enthusiasts. We look forward to seeing you at the next auction.