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Aussie utes – 2022 Market Review

2022 Aussie Family & Sports Car Market Review - Aussie utes

If you built cars for a living in 1940s-60s Australia you needed a commercial version to satisfy rural buyers and urban tax dodgers.

These ‘utility’ vehicles came with locally designed and built bodies and big ones like the Chevrolet and Ford Mainlines would legally carry 750kg. In the real world they were loaded with a lot more and that is one reason why so few survive.

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This year among the Brit-based utes were a couple of nice Austin A40s, a restored Vanguard and Vauxhall with solid money placed on quality vehicles. The range of side-valve V8 Fords offered decent pickings for buyers in this specialised sector but OHV Mainlines were hard to find.

The biggest surprises were some restored but heftily priced Austin 1800s which we hope did find owners.

Austin A40-A50 $16,465 (3)

Austin 1800 $21,585 (3)

Chevrolet 1946-54 $37,500 (2)

Ford ‘Spinner’ 1949-52 $35,125 (4)

Ford Mainline 1952-59 $41,000 (2)

Vanguard 1948-63 $16,000 (1)

Vauxhall 1951-57 $25,000 (1)

Zephyr $9000 (1)

[*] = number of recorded sales

(Note: concours & special cars may demand more.)

Numbers from our 2022 Aussie Family & Sports Car Market Review.

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Understanding our Aussie Family Car Value Guides 2022

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From Unique Cars #469, Aug/Sep 2022

 

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