Mopars in junkyards

[Bill Parker <hemirr@xxxxxxxxx>]

In past years I've bought the following whole cars from junkyards (those with a dealer certificate in Indiana can sell whole cars if they want to):

62 Belvedere 2 dr sedan, 318 poly and 727, drove it home, 1968, $150. Owned it until 2012. 

70 Challenger RT/SE, non running, $250, sold it pretty quick for triple what I paid. 1985 or so. Got it back in a trade in 1993, got it on the road, and traded for 72 Cuda 340 I still own. 

Pair of 69 Barracuda fast backs and a 63 Belvedere 4 door from a yard in the next county in about 86. Paid $500 for the three of them. I made the deal sight unseen and found on arrival with my wrecker that one of the 69's was the car my mother bought new, then I owned, I sold to a brother when I was sent overseas in the army and he lost it in a financial deal and its whereabouts had been unknown. I parted out the other cars but our re-found 69 is now owned by my son. 

75 Dodge ISP trooper car. $250, 1988. The 440 and 727 along with smaller stuff went into a 1970 Challenger RT I bought for $250 with a blown engine from a wrecker operators lot. Sold it for $1400 real proud of myself until the guy flipped it for $3500. I hadn't a clue that Mopars were suddenly in demand and skyrocketing in value. 

1971 Barracuda SE from another wrecker lot. Paid $150 in 1989 and again misguidedly flipped for $300. 

Quick venture into Chevydom, from another wrecker I picked up a 72 or so Nova SS with a 350 and 4 speed for $75 and drove it home. Quick little car I found out at home it also had positrac. Flipped that one for 150. 

85 caravan for $1100 with a smoking 2.6 (yep) for my girlfriend of that time, '94. Ran and drove and a head gasket fixed the smoke. Nice little car which I signed over to her when we split up in 96. 



> On Aug 5, 2016, at 10:09 AM, <62-65-mail-list-club@xxxxxxxxxxx> <62-65-mail-list-club@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Good points. People can ask what they want, it is the buyer that makes the real price. That 1968 Roadrunner is still there I suppose.
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> When I think back about some cars I saw in junkyards...  I'll start a new thread on that.
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> Gary H.
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>> as to the 63 dodge 330  station wagon, its a good thing its not close
>> to me or i would be rummaging up cans and bottles to get it. At 1500
>> bucks , and it runs  too, thats a  rare thing compared to the rotten
>> parted out rollers around here people are trying to sell for 5k.-  a
>> guy here a bit back tried to sell me a  parted out 68 roadrunner for
>> 3800.There was nothing left- ALL parts were gone , it was a tub, with
>> a vin tag and title, and even the quarters had been hacked off.and no
>> it wasnt a 4 speed car..
>> neal
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