Larry Jaques responds:

I really wanted a 3000 when I was a youth.


I got to work on one a whole lot. Dad had the AH 100-4 and raced it
in gymkhanas and autocrosses when I was a wee lad. I even learned
how to tune spoke wheels before I was 10. A restored '54 is now worth
over $150k.

I wantd the 3000, too, but...I just got back from a car show. Any idea
how much an absolutely CHERRY 1957 Chev Bel Air hardtop is worth these
days? Never been restored, factory paint, the only replacements have
been tires. It has been driven about 1035 miles since 1969, and very
little before that. My first new car was a '57 Chev convertible, and it
was in rougher shape after a month than this one is after nearly 50
years.

Met another guy who claims to have a '63 up on stands in his garage. He
bought it, drove it home, and now runs it monthly, on stands, shifting
through the gears to keep it limber.