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I get weekly emails from this company as I almost bought a 442 from them years go. They turnover a lot of cars. Check out the sold area.

https://www.rkmotors.com/vehicles/5040/1953-ford-f100-pickup-truck

I had a stock 72 El Camino SS bench seat with a 454. Was great at burning gas....

I've restored meaning "stock" exactly like off the factory line since 1978 mostly Corvette's 63-67 but have done a few much older even a 1932 V-16 Cadilllac. I've never lost money on a restoration but will not do anything in the past 5 years pre mid-1950's myself just cannot see much or any market increase with the rate of inflation ! If I find a car thats at a great price for what it is I'll buy it ! I like the hunt for the car and for the parts to turn it in to how it came from Detroit when it was originally built I've done it for over 47 years.

I get weekly emails from this company as I almost bought a 442 from them years go. They turnover a lot of cars. Check out the sold area.

https://www.rkmotors.com/vehicles/5040/1953-ford-f100-pickup-truck

I've restored meaning "stock" exactly like off the factory line since 1978 mostly Corvette's 63-67 but have done a few much older even a 1932 V-16 Cadilllac. I've never lost money on a restoration but will not do anything in the past 5 years pre mid-1950's myself just cannot see much or any market increase with the rate of inflation ! If I find a car thats at a great price for what it is I'll buy it ! I like the hunt for the car and for the parts to turn it in to how it came from Detroit when it was originally built I've done it for over 47 years.

The muscle car market is not going away because all the "boomers" are dying,tThat's ridiculous. If that reasoning was true then the market for Model T's and A's would have completely disappeared when all the folks that grew up with them died off and that market has not gone away, it continues to fluctuate. And the market for 40's-50's coupes would have significantly diminished as that generation is dying off.

I've got a 47 Willys CJ2A and a 71 F100 4x4, both nice, the Willys is not original but the F100 is. All my grandkids would love to have either one, and I've been teaching them to drive stick on them, my 11yo grandson can drive a stick when kids twice or 3 times his age wouldn't even know where to start.

As far as value, I have no clue what the Willys is worth, but for the F100 I've been offered 15K to 35K, and I've only got 7-8K invested in it.