Not only that, none of the formulas take into account any non
registered cars, so any these how many are left deals trying to make a buck are
a waste of money.
John
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Sent: Sunday, August 04, 2002 3:08
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Subject: Re: IML: how many are left
[Since no one (or no company) has access to DMV records for
all the states, those percentages are, at best, only a
guess.
Bob]
--- Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: > Jim, > > Thanks for that info. Kind of sad,
to me, to think > that %90 of the 68s > are gone. > >
I do think while those statistics may be true in > general, some cars
are > exceptions. For instance, convertibles, and/or the >
first and last model > of anything. I think people tend to
preserve rarer > bodystyles, or if > they think the car will be
more valuable later on. > The reason I say > this is, there seem
to be an awful lot of '68 > convertibles out there. > > Jim
Gathmann wrote: > > > Actually, the '71 car would be about as
rare (if > not > > more rare) due to the rate in which cars
are > > destroyed. > > > > Once I had stats on the
% of cars which survive > after > > production. It basically
came down to a small > majority > > of cars of a specific model
(+/-65%) will be > destroyed > > within the first decade after
production. > > > > By two decades, that number is up to +/-
80% > destroyed > > since production date (also- destroyed
referes to > > being crashed, sent to a junk yard, recycled, >
etc.). > > > > By three or more decades, about 90% of the
cars > made > > since production date are gone. Fogret if
those > > numbers are right (going by memory- had it all >
nicely > > done up on a poster once). > > > > So if
you really think about it, your '83 is far > more > > common
then the 1987 Reliant KPL21 sedan (2 door), > as > > only 200
of those were made originally! (as seen @ > > www.allpar.com). > > >
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