We value the car — and the culture that made it matter.
Parclines is a forensic valuation database for collector vehicles. A price guide tells you what a car costs; we think that’s half the story. Every value we publish weighs three things — condition, authenticity, and cultural significance — across every era, from prewar coachwork and rare Porsches to dune buggies, JDM legends, and modern restomods.
Parclines Launches Forensic Collector-Car Valuation Platform That Values the Exact Trim — Not the Average
A founder-led platform values nearly 20,000 individual collector-car configurations against real comparable sales — and checks whether a car is what the seller says it is. Free to search; full forensic report $5.99.
SEATTLE, Wash. — October 12, 2026 — Parclines today announced the public availability of its forensic collector-car valuation platform, built on a simple conviction: two cars that share a badge and a model year can be worth an order of magnitude apart, and only the exact trim, engine, condition and documentation tell you which is which.
Where many valuation tools return a single figure for a whole model line — or assemble a number from whatever listings happen to be online — Parclines holds one valued row per trim, engine, body and generation, then positions a specific car against real comparable sales by its mileage, condition and history. Every value carries its supporting range, a confidence level and an as-of date. Where a defensible value cannot be sourced, Parclines says so plainly rather than inventing one.
The platform spans nearly 20,000 individually valued configurations across 34 countries and six continents, and pairs its valuations with a forensic layer that reads a car’s documentation for matching numbers, re-bodies and clones, abuse history and other markers of authenticity. By design, those forensic findings inform the condition and risk a user sees — they never set the price.
“The collector world runs on the line between smart and lucky. I didn’t come to this from finance — I studied cultural anthropology, and I’ve spent my life around these cars. What I kept running into was a market where the number everyone quotes is an average that fits almost no actual car, and where a seller’s claims go unchecked. Parclines is my answer: value the exact car, show the evidence behind it, and tell you honestly when the evidence isn’t there.”
Searching any car and seeing where it lands — with its range and the forensic scope Parclines covers — is free. A full forensic valuation report is $5.99, and membership plans add always-on values and a personal vault for documenting a car’s build and history. Parclines values are evidence-based, positioned estimates with a range; they are not qualified appraisals, and a professional inspection is recommended before any sale or purchase.
Parclines is also building a data-partner program, inviting auction houses, clubs, registries and appraisers to strengthen the public record together.
About Parclines. Parclines is a forensic collector-car valuation platform that values the exact trim, engine and condition of a vehicle against real comparable sales, with a documentation-based forensic layer for authenticity and risk. Founded by Andrew Diehl, Parclines LLC is based in Washington State. Learn more at parclines.com. Media contact: info@parclines.com.
The essentials, for a caption or a story.
- What it is
- Forensic valuation database for collector vehicles
- Category
- Automotive · valuation & appraisal · data
- Status
- Live at parclines.com
- Differentiator
- Scores cultural significance as its own axis, alongside condition and authenticity
- Use cases
- Estate & probate (IRS Form 706), insurance / agreed-value, pre-purchase, forensic authentication
- Website
- parclines.com
- Contact
- info@parclines.com
Condition · Authenticity · Culture.
Most guides price only the metal. Parclines measures the meaning too — neutral and data-driven, never hype.
Graded, evidence-based, and consistent across eras.
Original-vs-clone, numbers-matching, and build identity.
Cultural significance scored as its own axis, not an afterthought.
What Parclines is built to value.
Collector Vehicle Valuation
Forensic, defensible values for collector vehicles of every era.
Estate & Probate Support
Evidence-based market data for estate settlement and IRS Form 706 — a defensible Market Data Appendix for the appraiser of record (not itself a certified appraisal).
Insurance & Agreed-Value Support
Evidence-based figures and clear condition grading for coverage.
Pre-Purchase Valuation
Market-anchored values with original-vs-clone and provenance checks.
Forensic Authentication
Original-vs-clone, numbers-matching, and build-identity analysis.
Provenance Research
Ownership history, documentation, and cultural significance.
Restomod & Modified Valuation
Values that credit the work and the shop behind the build.
Market Analysis & Trends
Where collector-car values are moving, by marque, model, and segment.
Colors & type.
Type: Fraunces (display) · IBM Plex Sans (body) · IBM Plex Mono (labels & data). Mark: the crosshair medallion — use as provided, resize only; gold is reserved for the mark.
What the download contains.
- Profile logo — 800×800 (dark & bone), circle-safe
- Channel / cover banner — 2560×1440 (dark & bone)
- Video / image watermark — transparent PNG, 150×150 & 300×300