Old Cars Weekly

Small town Big success

Cody’s Classic Cars in tiny Stanley, Wis., has been connecting collector car consignors and buyers since its founding in 2017. Diehard vintage car enthusiasts Jonathan and Lauren Cody have quickly built Cody’s Classic Cars into a worldwide business out of the little hamlet of Stanley by maintaining a strong online presence and heavily advertising their inventory.

We asked Jonathan and Lauren how the collector car market and their business were affected by the pandemic and what they look forward to going into 2021.

OC: How would you describe business overall in 2020?

It’s been phenomenal — record-setting. 2019 was a record year for us and we surpassed what we did in 2019 by the end of August, first part of September this year. We started the year off and January had been a record month for us, February and March were right up there... we did have a two-and-a-half-week period in April where it got quiet and we were nervous, but by the

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