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I Think I Found Some Rare Parts - Need Some HONEST Advice

I ain't bitchin';could have been filled with mouse turds...:yes:

A glass half full guy:rolling:[/QUOTE]


I've decided to be less of a curmudgeon as I advance in age,and take a more positive outlook on life. Like I'm positive that if I ever run into the prior owner of my car...:black_eye:

Sorry,rant halted.:yes:
 
LOL...
I just listed pretty much everything, except the car, on ebay.
 
Any item #'s for us? I have a STR 14 dual quad with carbs and would be intersted in the six pak set up. Dissapointed you didn't ask for offers here among your friends first.
Small Block
 
I'm new to the forum. Wasn't quite sure how to do that. This is all sorta new to me.
Let me see if I can post a link.
 
I'll say that find is better than a trunk full of mouse turds! I'll give you $60.00 for everything :rolling: Guess not, huh?

Contrary to popular belief STR stands for Street Tunnel Ram but one thing to know about it is there are different mods that must be done to the bottom depending on which top you run. Ideally you don't just swap tops and expect good results. I'm sure one can be clever and have the various dams removable if there are multiple tops for one base, but aside from that you have to pick one combo and stick with it.

The single 4 setup by itself will probably be the easiest to sell and that should bring $300.00 - $400.00 alone. I just bought a -4 a couple of months ago for $300.00 and it came with a dominator top as well. The six pack top will bring $125.00 by itself all day long. I recently bought a set of 70 six pack carbs for $200.00 but they need major work. Nothing broken but really ugly and a frozen throttle shaft. Having them restored through Holley is something like $500.00 (maybe more).

For cleaning start with some good soap or a solvent wash. You will be surprised what that will do. Sometimes it best to leave the original finish on the intake to preserve originality. As mentioned, they don't make these anymore so do what you can to preserve it.

I ran a -4 briefly on a built 440 over 20 yrs ago and it was amazing. Never got it to the track but I plan to duplicate this engine sometime in the near future as I still have the parts.

If I didn't already have two STR's I'd make you an offer!
 
Just curious - why does the Ebay ad say the items are in Florida when your signature here says you're in Wisconsin?
 
I'll say that find is better than a trunk full of mouse turds! I'll give you $60.00 for everything :rolling: Guess not, huh?

Contrary to popular belief STR stands for Street Tunnel Ram but one thing to know about it is there are different mods that must be done to the bottom depending on which top you run. Ideally you don't just swap tops and expect good results. I'm sure one can be clever and have the various dams removable if there are multiple tops for one base, but aside from that you have to pick one combo and stick with it.

The single 4 setup by itself will probably be the easiest to sell and that should bring $300.00 - $400.00 alone. I just bought a -4 a couple of months ago for $300.00 and it came with a dominator top as well. The six pack top will bring $125.00 by itself all day long. I recently bought a set of 70 six pack carbs for $200.00 but they need major work. Nothing broken but really ugly and a frozen throttle shaft. Having them restored through Holley is something like $500.00 (maybe more).

For cleaning start with some good soap or a solvent wash. You will be surprised what that will do. Sometimes it best to leave the original finish on the intake to preserve originality. As mentioned, they don't make these anymore so do what you can to preserve it.

I ran a -4 briefly on a built 440 over 20 yrs ago and it was amazing. Never got it to the track but I plan to duplicate this engine sometime in the near future as I still have the parts.

If I didn't already have two STR's I'd make you an offer!

Thank you for the info.
 
Just curious - why does the Ebay ad say the items are in Florida when your signature here says you're in Wisconsin?

Winter, summer.
Summer, winter. :grin:
 
I can't say as I blame you for that! I hate the winters here more and more the older I get.

Only YOU can do something about that.
Life is short. Get's shorter every day. :yes:
 
Wow, I WISH I had found mouse turd in my trunk. I found where a raccoon had taken up residence and had eaten/shredded the boxes for the new mufflers that were in there. I found about 15 pounds (not exaggerated) of dried raccoon poop and a nice green shag blanket wrapped around my chrome trim work and then peed upon by the same raccoon which bonded the shag to the chrome in a rusty mess. Of course he must not have been a nice raccoon as his wife moved out of the trunk and into my passenger compartment and proceeded to leave another 15 pounds of fecal material on the floors and in the seats and then ate the cardboard glovebox.

Here is the glass half full part... I once again realized why I love my wife so much... :blush: She was right next too me wearing gloves sifting through varmint dung helping me look for trim screws and chrome corners for moldings that used to be in a box that was now scattered by little paws across the voluminous rear cargo area of a 69 Charger. :mad:


Ok, my take on the carbs needing "rebuilt" is I am betting if someone is willing to spend that much on the carbs they would probably be happier if you just left them alone (no blasting no rebuilds) and left it up to them. I know I would want to rebuild them MY WAY and not have to redo what someone else has done to em. Also if those are all original (never previously rebuilt) it would probably help them to know how it was done in the first place.
I mean you are not going to use them anyway, right?? Why not just hit them with some cleaner, forget the blasting and the rebuilding and let the guy buying them do that and use that valuable time to work on the car and not the parts that are going away? You may be out a buck or two cause they are not sparkling but hey, you cannot get your time back.
 
Wow, I WISH I had found mouse turd in my trunk. I found where a raccoon had taken up residence and had eaten/shredded the boxes for the new mufflers that were in there. I found about 15 pounds (not exaggerated) of dried raccoon poop and a nice green shag blanket wrapped around my chrome trim work and then peed upon by the same raccoon which bonded the shag to the chrome in a rusty mess. Of course he must not have been a nice raccoon as his wife moved out of the trunk and into my passenger compartment and proceeded to leave another 15 pounds of fecal material on the floors and in the seats and then ate the cardboard glovebox.

Here is the glass half full part... I once again realized why I love my wife so much... :blush: She was right next too me wearing gloves sifting through varmint dung helping me look for trim screws and chrome corners for moldings that used to be in a box that was now scattered by little paws across the voluminous rear cargo area of a 69 Charger. :mad:


Ok, my take on the carbs needing "rebuilt" is I am betting if someone is willing to spend that much on the carbs they would probably be happier if you just left them alone (no blasting no rebuilds) and left it up to them. I know I would want to rebuild them MY WAY and not have to redo what someone else has done to em. Also if those are all original (never previously rebuilt) it would probably help them to know how it was done in the first place.
I mean you are not going to use them anyway, right?? Why not just hit them with some cleaner, forget the blasting and the rebuilding and let the guy buying them do that and use that valuable time to work on the car and not the parts that are going away? You may be out a buck or two cause they are not sparkling but hey, you cannot get your time back.

Hmmm.....I've got it all on ebay right now. I might change the intake manifold auction around a bit (separate the tops). I'm gonna sleep on it.
I've also decided to list the new 6 pack air cleaner I have.
 
$3,900 is a fair deal for that car minus the parts found in the trunk, I don't think it's worth anywhere near 6k. A freshly built non original 440 doesn't really meen anything with out a fresh stack of receipts, do you have any receipts for it?, it doesn't really look freshly built. If your looking for an honest opinion, I would say $4,500 tops.
 
YA THINK??????..and now you want $6000 for it, minus the $1400 6-pack setup?
http://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/showthread.php?t=11665
Tidy profit, I'd say...at the expense of....



You probably told them you were gonna keep, and restore it, right?...so they gave you a great deal.

So much for the "Honest" part....



And you problem with all of this is WHAT???

The vast majority of people in the hobby fund, support, or help defray the cost of our obsession by buying or trading cars, parts, and extra parts from other cars. Some people refer to these people as "flippers" as though it is a negative thing, I STONGLY DISAGREE. Even with people that simply root out cars from barns, garages, and backyards for pure profit and are not interested in the hobby are to be commended for their efforts of bringing these lost cars to the surface for those of us interested in buying and restoring them.

Also, you have no idea what transpired between the buyer and the seller, so please don't make assumptions as to the honesty of the buyer. We don't need this type of additude here.
 
I can easily see both sides of this, where the "flipper" is to be commended for offering a nice car for sale at a fair price. After all we all deserve to get compensated for our efforts. Then on the other hand where someone is trying to defraud and get over can leave a bad taste of the whole thing. I'm not insinuating anything here but I suppose the greed factor decides where the line is drawn. Let the market speak.
 
Sorry, but I disagree. Free country and all, I'm allowed to express my opinion, just as you are allowed your opinion as well.

An opinion is one thing, but when you start questioning someones honesty that you know nothing of personally or what the true circumstances are THAT is an entirely different thing and there is no place for it here.
 
I'm feeling much better about the site today.
 
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