Re: [FWDLK] These CARS

[Ray Jones <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The parts you save are the ones that go to the junk yard with the car at the
end. All the stuff your remove for later use will sit in your shop and the
part you need will always be one you left on the car.

The answer is to get outa town and get some acreage. Build a shop big enough
to swing a cat by the tail in....No, wait, not the cat. You need the cat to
catch the mice! Anyway, keep the cars behind a fence or a tree row, or in a
chicken house if it had one on it when you bought the place, and let your
kin worry about what to do with all the junk after your gone. Save it ALL!!
Ray Jones in AR


> From: Brad Werner <finsrus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Brad Werner <finsrus@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:40:30 -0400
> To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] These CARS
>
> When someone mentions parting out a car,what in general does this means??
> What is worth saving ? What is worth removing for resale? Time is money and
> if it takes xx amount of time to remove a part ,what parts would be worth
> the time to take apart?What should be trashed? How much of the carcass is
> worth saving?? My thoughts for items worth saving without too much hassle
> would be engine accessories,intake manifold,tail lights lenses,radio, in
> general parts easy to remove and transport ,but only if there is any market
> for those items.
> Better to take the whole car if beyond restoration at bottom $ and remove
> any worthwhile items. What is important to save from our Forwardlook cars
> ?????
>
> More opinions please.
>
> Brad Werner
> '57 Dodges
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "eastern sierra Adj Services" <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 11:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] These CARS
>
>
>> I just 'looked@ this Plymmie for the 1st time, so, I'm getting to the
>> part 'late'.
>>
>> That car IS "worth"  PROTECTING/saving, NOW (IF someone has the space to
>> do so) .
>> The car, is just now begining the terciary-stage
>> of returning to the 'earth'.
>>
>> Issue #1: who has the space/capability to protect/preserve it, as is?
>>
>> #2: Purchase price: in its present condition, (& with cost to transport
>> it to a point-of-protection)
>> it is worth no more than $500.00. Emotion is nice (in being able to save
>> it, for a LOT of good-reasons), but ECONOMICS  (basic cost -vs- benefit
>> , to buyer and/or to the 'restorer')
>> states :"Hewho wants "it" more: LOSES" If the B.S.'ing seller
>> wants/needs the $1500.00 more
>> than the altruistic-buyer wants/needs to buy it, then, then the seller
>> gets 'real'; if vice-vesa, the buyer comes 'up' w/the cash.
>>
>> #3: Restoration/parts selling (use OF the 'car'):
>> There is no MONETARY profit in restoring the car to 'stock'. The 'best'
>> use of the car is as a
>> owner/family-utilized restoration (learning/hobby) project. THe
>> Scandinavians
>> are FAMOUS for being willing/able to restore "mundane" cars,  in worse
>> condion, than this one. The car Could "easily" form the basis of
>> a "hot-rod" project, too.
>> The car could economically be parted-out, but that is a time-consuming
>> process, & it would be NICE if the seller would/could sandblast the
>> parts, before shipping them, & mebbe fill/prime
>> the metal, to make it more presentable.
>>
>> Conclusion: the car is "worth" saving ONLY to
>> someone who is ready/willing/able to conform to one of the (3) options.
>>
>> ME? no way, Hose-say!  The more cars/wives
>> you have, the less time/money tyou have to
>> 'spend' on them, I say.
>>
>> Neil Vedder
>>
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