One of my clients has a 1916 Ohio Electric Car Co. car in new condition. This car has been in storage for about 85 years. It is in showroom condition, it has never been restored. I need to know the value of this vehicle.

Does anyone know the value or perhaps where I can find the value. Are there any web sites that I can consult?

Thank you for your help.

 

The only thing I can think of is try contacting someone at Hemmings Motor News. Good luck. I'm thinking some serious cash!

 

http://cars.hemmings.com/

 

Might try this number: 216-771-7655 Voss Electric Car museum in Cleveland. They might be able to give you some help.

 

I think it will be worth some serious cash also. Supposedly there are only 10 of these vehicles surviving and 6 of them are in museums.

The husband died and we need the valuation for the estate.

I tried Hemmings on the web but it only goes back to the early 1940's. Tomorrow I'll try the Voss Museum and perhaps a phone call to Hemmings. Thanks for your help so far. If you can think of any other places please post them. Thank you.

 

There is a guy who does a "Market" column for AutoWeek. He visits auctions and talks about the actual value of cars that have been sold. His name is Keith Martin. The web pages listed in the column is, http://www.sportscarmarket.com/

 

Believe it or not, there are actually 5 different models of the 1916 Ohio Electric car (model 62, model 42, model 12, single-drive cpe, and Roadster). Once you determine that, there is a wide range of value between a #1 condition car and a #2 condition rating. Part of the definition of a #1 car includes: a 95+ point car in national show judging, and "it has ceased to be an automobile and has become an object of art." (not driven) A #2 condition car is still a very fine car also: "an extremely well-maintained original showing very minimal wear".
With all that said, the values for a perfect #1 car vary between $12,000 for the Roadster to $16,000 for the Model 62 Brgm. In #2 condition the range is between $5800 to $7500.
If you need a source book, it's "standard catalog of American Cars 1805-1942"
You can find it on Amazon.com

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by CarCrazy
[B]Believe it or not, there are actually 5 different models of the 1916 Ohio Electric car (model 62, model 42, model 12, single-drive cpe, and Roadster).

 

You should be able to find a Hemmings Motor News magazine at barnes and noble or borders or any other realitively large bookstore. It is a big brown book looks almost like a phonebook. The magazine will have info dating back to 1800's. Good Luck

 

Robb

Thanks. I am going to look tomorrow.

I've gotten a lot of good info. Thanks.