RECENT ASKING PRICES or ACTUAL SALES (*) OF AMERICAN
BANTAMS
(Last modified August 8,2000)
Pictures are for idendification only and are not
for sale unless noted.
COUPE
- '39 Complete, needs restoration $3,500
- 11-97 '40 Master Coupe older restoration $8,500
- 3-97 '40 "good condition" $6,500
- 1939 coupe, restorable, $3500 or best offer. 3-99
- 1940 coupe, restored, 3rd from last car made, national award
winner,
$8,500. 3-99
- 8-8-00 1940 Bantam national show winner, ground up resto
$12,000
ROADSTERS & HOLLYWOODS

Seems like a roadster or any of the other open cars that are complete
and have anything going for them at all will be about $5,000.
To that you will have to add transportation which is not cheap
even if you do it yourself.
- '38 needs restoration $5,000
- 1-98 '38 complete (in Argentina!) except fender skirts (which
it may not have had anyway)$6,000
- 7-97 '39 90% restored + trailer $13,000
- 3-97 '38 recent restoration $13,000
- '40 complete restoration $7,000
- 7-96 '39 80% restoration $6,000
- '39 $16,000
- 7-97 '40 Full ground up restoration $15,000
- ready for restoration $4.500
- '40 $18,000
- Older restoration $8,700
- '39 frame off rest '86 won a National show $25,900
- '39 basket case, mostly complete 5,200*
- 3-98 '39 Roadster restored runs excellent $16.000 (Hemmings)
- In April of '98 Christies sold a Hollywood (using the same
ancient picture as above) and a roadster, in the 10-12,000 dollar
range. No idea of condition.
- In 1997 a confirmed sale for $14,000 for a top condition
roadster was reported.
- 11-1998 Here's a Roy Evans Winning Hollywood w/3 main for
18.000$
- 11-98 If you want to go to Anchorage, here's a nice older
restoration, complete $11,000.
- 1940 convertible, recent excellent restoration, $15,000 3-99
- 1940 roadster, recent "Best of Class" trophy winner,
$13,000. 3-99
- 1938 Bantam roadster 12,000* at auction 5/99 engine - 61854
body - 63205
- 1940 Bantam roadster - ( Crosley engine & instruments
- fluid brakes - no
top) body - 63311 5/99 $ 9,000* at auction
- 1940 Bantam DeLuxe Roadster. Completely restored show winner.
13,ooo Can deliver (773 763-9155)
- 8-1-00 '38 Bantam rdster original and complete, Needs complete
resto $5,000.
SPEEDSTERS & RIVERAS
- 12-97 '39 Speedster full recent restoration $22,500*
- There's a very nice Speedster on the Buy Sell page for $9,000
Complete
- 5-99 1940 Bantam Riviera rough, headlights missing - no engine
(just a 2 main crankcase) or tranny. Top bows, but no top.
body 65358 Auction price - $ 1,750*
- 5/99 1940 Bantam Speedster ; rebuilt engine - solid body
- new interior -
top bows included, but no top) engine - 63736 body - 63777 Sale
price - $ 8,000* at auctio
- 6-1-00 '39 Riviera some detaile needed $12,500
- 6-1-00 41 Riviera. Resto in progress. Complete save uphols
& paint $12,294
PICKUPS (580 made'38, '39, '40: How many remain?40?)

(earlier square bed type)
(later, rounded bed type)
All pick ups (and other commercial vehicles)
had "innie" headlights.
- Unfinished '39 PU hotrod project...see the buy
sell section for details $4,500
- 7-96 "a nine on a scale of 10" $16,500
- 4-99 older restoration '40 $15,000*
- 4.99 restored '38 $12,500*
- 4.99 18 year old restoration exnt complete,wrong lites $12,500
- see the buy sell page for two very nice one's in the 15K
range
- 5-99 1940 Bantam pickup truck runs - needs full restoration
- has 2 main
engine no numbers auction price $ 3,250*
- 4-1-00 1940 Bantam. Completely restored $16.500
- 6-1-00 3 main.."real nice truck" $13,000 asking.
- 8-8-00 frame off resto, 3 main engine. $15,000
- 8-8-00 fully restored 1938 Bantam PU $18,000 firm(might be
the gray one pictured above)
PANEL TRUCKS
(lots of difficult wood work)
- 1-98 '38 Panel truck 1st palce winner at show ground up rest.
$27,500 (Hemmings)
- 5-99 '38 Bantam panel truck - (partly restored - needs painted
- chroming
finished -engine runs - radiator rebuilt engine - 64123 body
- 61297 $ 8,500* at auction
- 8-8-00 1938 Orange w/black fenders Natl 1st place winner,grnd
up resto, excellent and complete. $18.000
STATION WAGON

(Lots of wood of course)
- 4-98 Odd one here. A homeade roadster converted from a station
wagon. Was in a museum for years and has only 31,000 miles. $3,400
- 7-97 Full restoration $16,900
- 11-96 needs restoration $7,500
- 7-95 Excellent $21,500
- 97 $24,000
- 1939 home made roadster from station wagon, $3,400. 3-99
- 39 Woodie new engine . Needs work $10,646
BOULEVARD DELIVERY

A very classy service vehicle
Anyone's guess haven't seen one for sale...there were only
70 of them made
RECONAISSANCE VEHICLE
Only 25 35 are known to exist..The Cunningham article
said $28.000 for an excellent one.
(call me..:~))
3-97 '41 full restoration $21,000