Black Friday for Classic Car Shoppers

Black Friday is the American discount shopping day that follows Thanksgiving, which is always on a Thursday. The word "black" in Black Friday refers to the term "in the black" meaning making a profit – although analyst predict that this year “black” may refer to “in a deep black hole” due to the lack of consumer spending.

While some people head out on Black Friday to just window shop, others insist they will not shop on Black Friday at all, citing overcrowded parking lots and wall-to-wall shoppers. For car enthusiasts, we have a few suggestions for those who want to avoid the crowds and get a great bargain.

We have been reporting through out the year that car auctioneers haven’t been affected by the global financial melt down as badly as new and used car dealers. In fact, they have seen top-of-the-line collector cars keep or increase their value, and mid-range drivers have had their 2005 over-inflated price corrected.

Now is a good time to buy a collector car! So forget those shopping malls after Thanksgiving and get out to a car auction near you. Here are three that we suggest:

The International Classic Auction is expecting over 90 cars at their 31st Annual Autorama Classic/Muscle Collector Car Auction Friday and Saturday, November 28 – 29 at the George R. Brown Center in Houston, Texas.

Kruse International will present the Daytona Beach Thanksgiving Classic Car Auction on Saturday November 29th at 10:00am at the Daytona Beach International Raceway. 250 street rods, muscle cars and cruising classics are expected to come up on the block.

Mecum High Performance Auctions will be at the Kemper Arena - American Royal Center, in Kansas City, Missouri, and they are expecting to have over 500 cars up for auction starting December 5th though the 7th.

Happy Shopping!