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Dennis H

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Put them on your wall or call Worman. Most are getting greedy. I’ll use Repops or salvage my busted stuff. Hurts the hobby. Shame on you. Many examples.
 
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Not sure how someone’s else property they acquired with their own money hurts the hobby........NOS parts are not regenerated and are scarce and prices reflect such......It is their parts and they can ask what they want for them as they see fit.....just move on and keep searching, you will eventually find one......

I have lost out or bypassed parts for years due to prices. In time I eventually acquired those parts for a decent price.

What hurts the hobby is all these junk reproduction parts and high shipping costs.........

Worman does not build correct cars and has no need for real NOS parts. Unless you have a headlight switch etc......I still can’t believe people are so naive to buy into his nonsense of building gold level OE cars, which he never has.
 
Paying big dollars for a NOS part from the financial point of view isn't the best thing to do if you don't have a high dollar car. That said if you want the high priced part buy it. As Moparnation74 said just keep looking. I looked for years for NOS headlight bezels for my 66 Satellite. Saw a pair on ebay advertised as used $225 but ad said they could be NOS. I looked them over magnified 300% and bought them. The blackout paint was factory and the screw holes where the black paint wasn't nicked or scratched.
Guy on ebay selling restored Hemi carbs $4295 for a pair. To buy a pair for that price isn't financially a good move for a 66 Hemi car MO 7% of the value of real nice 66 car. If you want to buy them it's your money.
 
Supply goes down, prices go up.
I collected parts for almost 30 years. The value of some parts went up 10-20Xs what I paid.
I ended up selling most everything and it funded the purchase and completion of my Bee.
The funny thing is most of my stuff sold to parts dealers who just wanted to resell for a profit. That tells me I sold it to cheap. Some complained my prices were to high but most everything sold in just 2 weeks. Again, tells me I sold it to cheap.
I often complain about the cost of parts I need and how hard they are to find due to horders.
Sometimes you’re the windshield, and sometimes you’re the bug.
 
NOS parts guys put in the homework. They took the time to locate and gather the stuff up.
They speculated that, in time, they would sell at a profit.

Some of this stuff has been held for decades. The market could have easily gone the other direction.

Sounds a lot like capitalism to me
 
I blame part of the shortage on short sighted enthusiasts using NOS parts on clones.
 
Who pissed in your Wheaties this morning Dennis? I know it wasn't me!
 
I blame part of the shortage on short sighted enthusiasts using NOS parts on clones.
Also don’t forget about all of the so called “future” restorations that may never come to fruition. Where the owners hoarded NOS parts for them.

I know of a few cars Like that and I believe they will never get restored....sad......

I have tried to buy a few parts they have that I will never find and always get the “not for sale it’s for my future project”....ten years currently and the cars haven’t moved.....
 
What moparnation74 said. Myself I will take something less than perfect if it is an original over a repop anytime
 
I have an eccentric friend who is into mopars. He owns several examples. A few are big dollar cars (F6 Daytona 4 speed).
Over the years I’ve watched him buy up a ton of NOS second gen charger parts (grill, headlight parts, tail pipe tips, quarter panels, etc.....)
He’s a strange guy and absolutely refuses to sell anything, and he will die with this stuff on shelves

Also don’t forget about all of the so called “future” restorations that may never come to fruition. Where the owners hoarded NOS parts for them.

I know of a few cars Like that and I believe they will never get restored....sad......

I have tried to buy a few parts they have that I will never find and always get the “not for sale it’s for my future project”....ten years currently and the cars haven’t moved.....
 
I have an eccentric friend who is into mopars. He owns several examples. A few are big dollar cars (F6 Daytona 4 speed).
Over the years I’ve watched him buy up a ton of NOS second gen charger parts (grill, headlight parts, tail pipe tips, quarter panels, etc.....)
He’s a strange guy and absolutely refuses to sell anything, and he will die with this stuff on shelves
Same type as I described......I would pay whatever they asked but it won’t be available until after a dirt nap...
 
In the end its your car do what you can afford to do. To the average person a nice chrome door handle looks just like a nice chrome door handle. They would never go, Wow thats a chinese knock off.. Hell if it works im just going to use it. The guys who have the high dollar cars will swallow up the NOS stuff because they can afford it. Ill stick to what I can afford to make it look as good as possible.
 
Both re-pops & NOS have their places

anything parts wise helps keep interest in the hobby

I've bought both, some stuff only Org.
or NOS will do or can be actually found/had in many cases too

Unfortunately some people live off overpriced parts
I guess if that's how you make your living, well OK
I'm all for the market justifying the prices, I'm OK with that too...

Rare doesn't always equate to mean, high dollar either

I think the people that sell their ol' rusty or worn out junk,
for NOS or Near NOS prices
or blatant greedy whore-mongering Flippers, hoarders
they won't pay ****, for good used parts,
then will try to get them for near next to nothing,
that take advantage of some folks...
but;
then turn around & sell their parts for 'way over top dollar'
don't get me started on them guys/gals, it's not all the NOS stuff...
IMO that's what hurts the hobby...

I'm not in the hobby to make a living off it or huge profit,
Like some do...
I do it for the love of the cars, not value or $$$$ gouging my fellow man...
I've given away most all the parts I had, to people that needed them
for reasonable prices or gifting them, over the years...
Usually some young dude/gal, that was interested,
showed real interest in cars, that didn't have a lot of $$$...

Just like old car dudes did for me, when I was young...

Passing it along to the next generation...
 
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Also don’t forget about all of the so called “future” restorations that may never come to fruition. Where the owners hoarded NOS parts for them.

I know of a few cars Like that and I believe they will never get restored....sad......

I have tried to buy a few parts they have that I will never find and always get the “not for sale it’s for my future project”....ten years currently and the cars haven’t moved.....
The NOS parts I've bought will be sold with the car. I can't see putting them on my car, its a driver.
 
Over time you will see the NOS parts dry up,and once the decent reproduction parts go out of production, you will see sellers asking rediculous prices for those parts too.
 
The NOS parts I've bought will be sold with the car. I can't see putting them on my car, its a driver.
Fran...yours is a different situation than what I am referring to......Your parts are spares for a car that moves under its own power. I am referring to cars that require a full nut and bolt restoration to use the stored NOS parts.....That after ten years and going have not moved an inch.....
 
Over time you will see the NOS parts dry up,and once the decent reproduction parts go out of production, you will see sellers asking rediculous prices for those parts too.
The reproduction parts ending has already been going on for awhile......Just recently Mopar ended production of the 68-70 Charger sail panel emblems......Since that happened those emblems have tripled in price......

I have been telling people here for several years to get all they need for their restorations now. Certain parts may not be available when you call in the future...
 
Over time you will see the NOS parts dry up,and once the decent reproduction parts go out of production, you will see sellers asking rediculous prices for those parts too.


yup
good orig sheet metal parts are mostly dried up already
go find me a mint set of doors for a B body
or a really nice 69 coronet fender.
there are next to none out there anymore
Carlisle is a wasteland,you will find it there but its mostly rusted out junk
I walk there every year and I see less and less good stuff worth buying.
to the point its almost not even worth going if that is what you are after
you might find it out west but around here good luck!
I've been collecting nos/nice oem parts since the 80's and I know
I paid pennies on the dollar for a lot of stuff.
almost makes me hesitate to even use some of it as
I could sell, buy repo and put a shitload of money in my pocket.
I know I couldn't find half the stuff I have today even with a unlimited check book.
the thing is the hobby is not really about the money to me
taking something that was driven hard and put away wet and getting thrown away and bringing it back to life
is what i'm into
but like was said above
the parts I have will go with the car, if I build it or not.
that is why I bought them in the first place
and that is who holds the possession of those parts as long as I own them.
and I have the most rusty project you ever saw, rotted to the bones
to a driver that has been on the road since the 80's
 
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You know old saying - “pigs get fed hogs get slaughtered”. That’s for the hoarders that “never” sell because they’re going to restore “someday” or won’t sell until parts become completely unobtainable. I’ve never quite understood that mentality. It’s not just in car parts it’s in anything collectible. If you enjoy the finished product that’s one thing - but if you simply hang on to parts until you are ready for the boneyard that’s another. Your heirs will be having to dump it all at fire sale prices just to get rid of it all. It’s also another thing if you’re a buyer and seller at least you’re running something that has oxygen flowing in and out. Hoarding - just don’t get it. But that’s just me....
 
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