Re: Survival rates of pre-war cars

Posted by fred kanter On 2011/1/15 6:50:43

Some points and figures to ponder.

The late Ed Blend of Irwin Pa was the roster keeper for '34 V-12 open cars. The survival rate for original (not rebodied) open cars is over 50%. There were approx 117 1930 model 734 speedsters made in all body styles and about 15% original cars survive, many more are replicas.

I would think that the attrition rate of cars is not linear as when a car reaches the end of its average " useful" life ( for arguments sake 60,000 miles on a prewar car) the scrap rate accelerates. Certainly a higher % cars get scrapped in the 10th and 15th year than in the 1st and 2nd years.