Used car ad from late 30's - Hudsons

lostmind

Did they hold there value?

Old Fogey UK

It all depends on the year of the ad.
If the ad is 1938 or 39, the answer is yes, 1934/35 cars were still a good investment in the USA - at least judging by contemporary British secondhand car ads that uniformly show that cars had lost 2/3 - 3/4 of their new price by the time they were 4 or 5 years old!
My Dad's first car, a 1927 Singer bought in 1938, cost him £2, the equivalent of $8 at that time.