New Item on Never Do Again List: Car Parting!

[dieseldazzle]

Wait till Garlits and haul the entire hulk over there with your tools.

 

[patrick66]

I've done that before. Stripped a '65 Impala down to the quarters and frame at a swap meet several years ago. had it on my car hauler. It had a complete interior, glass, body, and 90% of the trim. The engine and trans were already out. On the way home, I dropped off the remains at a buyer's house for $150, as the quarters, roof, and frame were all good. Made a couple of grand on that $200 car!

 

[MarPar]

pick n pull party at Bru's house!! BYOB!!!

 

[jamie]

This would be a good idea 20-30 years ago but now everyone is sue happy and if someone got hurt well.Fill it full of scrap,take pics to show the cheapskates it's going to the crusher.

This idea just popped into my head. It's insane, but what the Hell.

Why not have a 'Parting Out' party/yard sale/garage sale. Put an ad on Craiglist or wherever that states you have the Wagon and it's going to be parted out. The catch is that the buyer needs to come to remove the part. That way you can just charge for the part and not factor in the labor or shipping. Kind of like a junkyard but for just 1 car. Who cares if people aren't super gentle with other parts, you were already going to toss the car already. Maybe do the 'sale' somewhere that's not at your house, a neutral site possibly?

You guys are smart, think about it as a concept. Maybe it can work? Would this be something that you can do at a Carlisle or the like? I don't think there are rules at the shows that say you can't work on things. Are there?

 

[petieg383]

I believe you. Have them sign a release form before letting them touch anything. That should be easy enough.

There's always a way to get around the morons!! It's just sad to make that kind of effort versus using violent force. That's more fun but frowned upon. Hehe.

 

[Cranky]

This idea just popped into my head. It's insane, but what the Hell.

Why not have a 'Parting Out' party/yard sale/garage sale. Put an ad on Craiglist or wherever that states you have the Wagon and it's going to be parted out. The catch is that the buyer needs to come to remove the part. That way you can just charge for the part and not factor in the labor or shipping. Kind of like a junkyard but for just 1 car. Who cares if people aren't super gentle with other parts, you were already going to toss the car already. Maybe do the 'sale' somewhere that's not at your house, a neutral site possibly?

You guys are smart, think about it as a concept. Maybe it can work? Would this be something that you can do at a Carlisle or the like? I don't think there are rules at the shows that say you can't work on things. Are there?

I used to do that and have done it recently but after morons broke other good parts getting to the stuff they wanted, I won't do it anymore unless it's on something that's already mostly striped down. One guy broke a piece of expensive rocker trim on a Cuda while trying to pull a fender without first pulling the trim off. When I noticed what he was trying to do, he snapped it just as I told him he needed to pull the trim off first. Then the moron wanted me to drop the price of the fender. Really? Not only will I not go down on the price but I should charge you for breaking the trim and if you don't like them apples, just leave the freshly pulled fender lay right where it's at. He bought the fender and I blamed myself for not pulling the trim before he got there.

Had another guy that needed a windshield that was still in the car and told him he could pull it but he's paying for it before hand. He was good with that and got it out without breaking it. And hurt yourself on my property....not happening. Car to be parted by others will be in the easement out behind the shop

 

[glassman]

What I do is strip the parts off the car that I think is sellable and store them away for a few years. Then after time goes buy, I will have enough parts from other cars , and take everything to the Mopar Nats. and get current pricing for the parts. The trick is to have somewhere to store the parts cheaply. Right now we are dismantling a 62 Dodge 330 and a 97 Dodge Ram 1500 with a nice 8 foot bed. I bought the truck for the rust free nose and air bag for another project.

 

[HT413]

I think you should sell the car as a parts car - done. Most of these guys who part cars out have plenty of room, so the fact that this parts car is in the way of your real project tells me you need to unload it ASAP.

 

[Budnicks]

Unfortunately IMO most forums are a bad place to sell stuff

Don't take what I'm going to say as personal...

Price point shoppers are the absolute worst...
Halve of them buy cheap & flip them, rape the next guy,
I really dislike them guys too, profiting & scamming off others...

BUT;
Cheapskates all over the hobby, your not alone or those trying to make money off others,
go hand & hand, seems you can't always have it both ways...

Plain & simple, they think their rusty ol crap/stuff/parts are worth it's weight in gold,
but yours is only Mostly Old Parts And Rust...

Seen it far too often...

List them locally & if they don't sell take them to a swap meet,
if they don't sell then take them to the scrapyard
or if your feeling generous, not really trying to make a buck,
actually trying to really help someone out, not make a buck, just get rid of stuff
offer them for free if the people come & pick them up...

Been there done that,
IMO unless you have room to do that stuff & hold out for your price &
a place to store them properly, just leave it to the weekly swap meet crowd...
Hardly worth the effort, too many cheapskates that are always trying to get a deal...
Compared to the rare few that need the parts & will pay what ever they need to, to have it...

I hate to say it but the Mopar crowd is the worst at being cheapskates,
when it comes to other peoples parts & then valuing their own stuff...

Not meant to offend anyone either, it's merely just the reality...

 

[flypaper]

I think you should sell the car as a parts car - done. Most of these guys who part cars out have plenty of room, so the fact that this parts car is in the way of your real project tells me you need to unload it ASAP.

Then he can't get b/e prices for the parts anymore! Lol

 

[Shorthorse]

I'm retired on the dreaded "fixed income". I support my racing habit by buying and selling parts. I'm not big time, just enough to fill a couple tables at a short list of Mopar swap meets each year. It's fun except for the occasional "expert" that tells you how high your prices are, how he can buy them all day long for $5 but still wants it and thinks you should give him the part. I'm never the highest priced guy in the building nor will I give my parts away. My prices are fair and I have done my research first. When I buy parts, I will try to deal on the price and as a result, either buy or walk. I do not belittle anyone's stuff. Profit and flipping are not dirty words. I'm not holding a gun to anyone's head. The art of dealing on price seems to allude some folks. The art of whining has not.

 

[mmissile]

Smash the items and take pictures, then send them to the offending cheapskates just to piss them off.

You and I think too much alike. I have a great cheap-skate story....but it's long.

 

[BeatersRus]

This idea just popped into my head. It's insane, but what the Hell.

Why not have a 'Parting Out' party/yard sale/garage sale. Put an ad on Craiglist or wherever that states you have the Wagon and it's going to be parted out. The catch is that the buyer needs to come to remove the part. That way you can just charge for the part and not factor in the labor or shipping. Kind of like a junkyard but for just 1 car. Who cares if people aren't super gentle with other parts, you were already going to toss the car already. Maybe do the 'sale' somewhere that's not at your house, a neutral site possibly?

You guys are smart, think about it as a concept. Maybe it can work? Would this be something that you can do at a Carlisle or the like? I don't think there are rules at the shows that say you can't work on things. Are there?

thats pretty cool.
bitd,the pa meet,the vendors and others used to just pack up on sunday and leave all sorts of stuff laying on the ground they didnt want to take home.
was Bizarre some of the treasures,i once got a corvette 4 speed laying there.
end of the day, a local came and picked up the rest of it all.

this could be the same concept,people take parts off all weekend and a local scrapper comes in sunday nite and cleans up?

 

[metaldad]

pick n pull party at Bru's house!! BYOB!!!

byob? what? the beer's not free????????

 

[Bb70charger500]

Well I understand the fact that some things arnt worth pulling off a car because after you factor time and materials you have to ask an insane price.
But.....
We do this because we're in the car hobby just think if you needed the smallest part to get your car finished.But you need to remove hundreds of parts to get to it . But the parts only worth .50 why would anyone waist there time right? Well usually a lot of parts come off in the removal of one you can't say I want $500 for a .50 part because you removed 100 other parts that's not fair to the guy who needs the .50 part I don't charge a lot for parts because I know there going to help someone finish another car. But I font give stuff away ether I find a happy middle packing and shipping is part of selling if you don't like it don't sell pull what you want from your parts car then scrap it or sell it to someone else to part out. Your not going to get rich selling parts it's more about making friends and connections I've bought and sold parts to many guys and we still talk to this day they look out for stuff I need and I do the same if someone needs something really bad and I have it I'll tell them to pay for the shipping cost and it will be on the way easy as that it's about the cars I look at parts cars in parts not as wholes .say I bought a car for $400 bucks I needed 200 worth of stuff out of it there's about $1000 worth of parts left so I put the cost equality on the remaining parts I know my brake even point then I just take offers buyers happy if it's over my brake even number I'm happy and usealy parts don't stay around long when I do it like this I make a little money they get parts they need and I get a connection in another state .

Big stuff I don't deal with unless it's valuable rare where someone is willing to ship if not it go's into storage till a local buyer comes around
Good luck with your parts car remember someone needs it to finish there car sometimes as long as you brake even it's ok

 

[ws23jrt]

I'm with the group that is here because we like to play with cars. I make my living in another way.

Over the years I have accumulated parts that I could not bring myself to toss. I also know that if I don't do something with my stash someone else will do it for me.
I am always on the lookout for the "parts wanted" sections on these forums. My thinking is that is where the parts need to go.
If a flipper of parts advertises for wanting a specific part to make their living good luck to them.

 

[Bruzilla]

Have you discussed this with anybody over on FCBO? What the consensuses and attitude over there on this subject? You might be putting your cart before the horse. Plus, what do you think the demand is for something like a tailgate for a 73 T&C? I bet it's lower than looking for a set of points! Don't forget that times are tough all over, you should see some of the super lowball numbers that get thrown to me for some of the stuff I have listed on the fleabag. It's like they want you to pay them to take it off your hands.

Once again... if someone offered me the parts I've been looking for and can't find anywhere, and at a great price, I wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth and gripe about the price. But that's just me.

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Well I understand the fact that some things arnt worth pulling off a car because after you factor time and materials you have to ask an insane price.
But.....
We do this because we're in the car hobby just think if you needed the smallest part to get your car finished.But you need to remove hundreds of parts to get to it . But the parts only worth .50 why would anyone waist there time right? Well usually a lot of parts come off in the removal of one you can't say I want $500 for a .50 part because you removed 100 other parts that's not fair to the guy who needs the .50 part I don't charge a lot for parts because I know there going to help someone finish another car. But I font give stuff away ether I find a happy middle packing and shipping is part of selling if you don't like it don't sell pull what you want from your parts car then scrap it or sell it to someone else to part out. Your not going to get rich selling parts it's more about making friends and connections I've bought and sold parts to many guys and we still talk to this day they look out for stuff I need and I do the same if someone needs something really bad and I have it I'll tell them to pay for the shipping cost and it will be on the way easy as that it's about the cars I look at parts cars in parts not as wholes .say I bought a car for $400 bucks I needed 200 worth of stuff out of it there's about $1000 worth of parts left so I put the cost equality on the remaining parts I know my brake even point then I just take offers buyers happy if it's over my brake even number I'm happy and usealy parts don't stay around long when I do it like this I make a little money they get parts they need and I get a connection in another state .

Big stuff I don't deal with unless it's valuable rare where someone is willing to ship if not it go's into storage till a local buyer comes around
Good luck with your parts car remember someone needs it to finish there car sometimes as long as you brake even it's ok

I quit selling parts all together three years ago because of all the problems associated with it. What I started doing was trades only, but the problem is most guys who want C-body parts have nothing to trade that I can use.

 

[Bb70charger500]

Yeah the trade thing is not the greatest but I stay with 71-74 charger stuff and not much else you'll find a few duster parts,2001-2005 spider or 46-48 Buick parts but that's about it anything I've owned more then 4 of I've stored parts I don't like selling my stuff as it comes in handy when I know I have enough spair parts to build 3-4 cars but when someone is in desperate need for a hard to find part or even a .50 part if I have it I always offer it up as I know how it is looking for a specific part to finish a car.
On one of my builds I was extremely close to finishing the project ,I just finished the interior and was installing the glove box door and found the catch was missing I looked everywhere so I decided to just buy one so figured a matter of seconds I'd have one on the way . No! It took 3 months to find one and I had to buy an entire dash setup to get it . That's why I save every little part because someone will need it one day. And I do all I can to help and save as many cars as I can.

 

[Bruzilla]

Yep, I used to do that too. And after about ten years I discovered I had no room in my garage because it looked like a PWH storage depot. I think we all have a good idea of what's unobtainium for our cars and what's junk, so I get rid of the junk. I gave away a bunch of parts from my Roadrunner build to a kid working on a 73 in Georgia because by the time I write and post all the ads, go through the sales crap, box and ship, and then hear the whining about refunds because they made a mistake and the part won't fit... it just wasn't worth the effort to sell them. Just easier to find someone who will come take them or junk them.

 

[RT SE 440]

not the same but sort of the same when i go duck hunting i ask if anyone wants a few ducks and i get bring me as may as you want. then when i bring them they say what that's the whole bird .so these jokers want me to go out with my car fill it up with fuel with my shells shoot them.then pluck them gut them and cook them as well & how did i get to this point :iamwithstupid: