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Muscle Car Appraisals - Always Recommended
Glad you clicked to check out muscle car appraisals. Now that you’ve done your homework (picking the right muscle car for sale, searching the best places to buy, and understanding the value of your dream car) and you think you might have found the perfect muscle car, a smart thing to do is double check yourself. Finding your muscle car is a great feeling but no time to let excitement overrule common sense.
This is especially important if you are purchasing a vehicle from an online auction or an online muscle car dealer and absolutely can’t see the car up close and personal yourself before you buy.
We can’t stress often enough – do whatever it takes to SEE the car before you purchase it.Another excellent reason to have a professional appraisal performed is to be able to provide evidence of the value of your muscle car for your selected car insurance company. Most traditional car insurance providers don’t know the value of a classic muscle car. Vehicles of this era are not listed in the guides that insurance companies use to assign values and coverage limits. If you don’t have a professional appraisal, you will need to copy receipts of all monies spent on the vehicle and that will be the limit of coverage you will have on your car. Some lenders may require an appraisal as part of the loan application process for your muscle car.
What Muscle Car Appraisals Provide
- Detailed inspection of exterior
- Detailed inspection of interior
- Mechanical inspection
- Frame and structural inspection
- Validation of fender tags, body plates,
other available documentation - Test drive results, if possible
- Significant number of photographs
- Value estimate
- Written report of all the above
SAMPLE MUSCLE CAR APPRAISAL

Note that scheduling an appraisal can take from a few days to a few weeks. So if you are thinking of bidding for a car on eBay, be sure and schedule your muscle car appraisal to fit within the auction time limit.
It will cost between $250 to $500 for an appraisal. Most companies do muscle car appraisals for around the mid-range, $350-400. Some also charge for the appraiser’s mileage to perform the service so look for that in the rate quote.
Some of the appraisal groups have sample appraisals on their websites for you to review. If you don’t see this, ask the company you are considering to send you a sample of what they will provide for the price. There is one appraisal offered for $29 but it only includes a value estimate based on internet and historical document research. While a value estimate could be good information for you, this may or may not satisfy the requirements of a lender or insurance company.
We have not had an appraisal done on a car yet so can’t make a personal recommendation. However, the
Cars Online Inspection service
has very high customer satisfaction rates. We have not seen one single bad comment on any of the websites, blogs or other areas that we do research. The sample shown above is from their service.
Auto Appraisal Group
seems to have been in business the longest and they attend and sponsor many of the popular national/regional car shows and auctions. Going with a company that is highly visible and has a reputation to maintain is always a good choice. The bottom line for a muscle car buyer is that a professional muscle car appraisal is good protection for you and is important information you will need when you try to get a loan or car insurance for your dream car. Start doing your research now and pick a company that suits your budget. When that dream car appears you can jump into action and will soon be driving it home.
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