Vintage Cars
JLA Treasures can offer your modern, classic or antique vehicle as part of the estate or moving sale.
Automobile Appraisals
- Owned a Texas-licensed Independent Automobile Dealership from 1996-2005, most recently under General Distinguishing Number P45782.
- Authorized auction representative for Auto Group of Plano, Plano, Texas, 2005 – present.
Appraisals prepared since 1996 on both recent model and classic vehicles for insurance, litigation, diminished value, and Federal Estate Tax purposes. - Notable cars appraised include a 1923 Rolls-Royce 20HP Watson Roadster, a 1968 Shelby (Ford) GT500 convertible, and a 1973 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona.
- Testifying expert in Texas courts since 1999.
- As a dealer, bought and sold in excess of 400 motor vehicles of all types, from motorcycles to automobiles to one-ton trucks (gasoline and diesel), including a number of antique and collectible vehicles.
- Have represented clients at auctions since 1996, including the sale of a 1923 Rolls-Royce at the Bonhams auction in Scottsdale, Arizona – January, 2012.
- Antique and collectible vehicles were purchased and sold all over the USA, and also shipped to clients in the UK, Germany and Japan.
- Personally owned a 1970 Buick GSX that received a “Gold” Award (highest level) at the 1996 Buick Club of America (BCA) National Meet.
- Currently own a 1981 Chevrolet Corvette which has been awarded “Top Flight” status at the National Corvette Restorers Society (NCRS) regional meet in Frisco, Texas – October, 2012.
Have been collecting, restoring and racing automobiles since 1968.
- Quoted in a 1983 article on automobile repair together with noted professional IndyCar driver Lyn St. James, by the "Houston Chronicle."
- Was the subject of a 2001 feature business article in the "Plano Star Courier."
- Certified National Show Judge for the Buick Club of America, certification granted in 1996.
- Held an NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) Competition Driver’s License, 1999-2001.
- Member of the National Corvette Restorers Society, the Dallas Mopar Club, and the Lone Star Corvette Club.
- Former member of the Aston Martin Owners Club, the Pontiac-Oakland Club International, the Lone Star Performance Buick Club, and the Mercedes-Benz Owners Club.
- Invited to participate in the inaugural Concours d’Elegance of Texas, May, 2012.
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