Should I toss or does it stay ?

[Dakar Timm]

Along with inheriting a the gorgeous '66 Coronet ,my father in law (who threw out nothing ever ) left several starter motors ,alternators ,rims and taillights behind.
We've had an animated discussion over keeping these ,versus selling them to someone here.
Worth my time ? Thanks

 

[DeltaV]

Do not toss.

 

[Rat Rod Al]

I have learned to not toss anything. As soon as I did, someone was looking for it.!

 

[Takoctopus]

I don’t understand people that toss stuff. Every bit of junk I have I sell on eBay. The word is a lot smaller and if you can get it on eBay somebody will buy it. For car parts I’m sure somebody here could use it or somebody on a Facebook group. Either way old parts are not being made just Chinese made reproductions is various level of quality. Somebody somewhere needs it. The rims sound interesting to me lol

 

[BAFRAID]

Keep them, sell them. Others want date coded stuff, OEM stuff even if it’s not perfect.

 

[747mopar]

I don’t understand people that toss stuff. Every bit of junk I have I sell on eBay. The word is a lot smaller and if you can get it on eBay somebody will buy it. For car parts I’m sure somebody here could use it or somebody on a Facebook group. Either way old parts are not being made just Chinese made reproductions is various level of quality. Somebody somewhere needs it. The rims sound interesting to me lol

Go into my dad's garage and you'll be saying WHY DOES HE KEEP ALL OF THIS!

I always research the value then post for sale at a great price, I hate clutter.. if I know I won't use it it's gone.

 

[dadsbee]

Determine what are spares for your car and keep a set, like a starter, alternator and tail lights in case you back into something! Photograph the rest, with part #'s and date codes and list them here for others to finish their projects. Otherwise you'll be like me and moving this stuff house to house for 40+ years! LOL

 

[70chall440]

I don't throw out anything that is usable but I also don't sell anything online because I won't deal with the A holes of the world and don't want to mess with shipping. That said, you have to be honest with yourself as "usable" is a subjective term.

 

[YY1]

Murphy's law clearly states that as soon as you sell the last starter, the one on your car will fail.
EDIT- there's even an extenuating circumstances clause that states that any replacement starter you find will cost three times what your profit was on selling the ones you had (and be of far inferior quality).

I have a shelf full of starters, alternators and distributors.
I'm working on a collection of ballast resistors, ECMs and conversion ECM wiring.

About the only thing I don't keep a stock pile of is master cylinders as I've had them go bad sitting. I do have shoes and hardware, though.

They all cost money to replace and are somewhat hard to find (OEM) if you need one.

 

[Ron H]

Not being far from where you are, I try to make the Jefferson fairgrounds meet in spring & fall have gone for years when weather has been reasonable. Pretty big show and swap meet I think you might know (not held this year of course). I've sold some stuff there...bought ahh...more. Have sold a lot on ebay; but as posted, can be a pia. Shipping anything of size isn't worth the trouble or people don't want to pay understandably; though have posted for pickup only and a few times having had something people really wanted they asked about shipping it and paying the cost despite being - costly. And I won't do pickup at my house not wanting some with bad ideas wandering around the place. I have a spot where I'll meet them. Yeah - I also have TONS of parts and have been dumping a lot of it being tired of the clutter. Still I'm particular with what I hang onto as also posted. Just got done with a chore that I used some extra stuff laying around saving me one of the many trips to a store. Sense of accomplishment when ya can do a project using stuff laying around, lol.

 

[JimCoronette]

If you have a 67 alternator (late 66 date code), I would be interested.

My rule of thumb is nothing over 3' or 30 lbs stays in my house.

 

[Dakar Timm]

If you have a 67 alternator (late 66 date code), I would be interested.

My rule of thumb is nothing over 3' or 30 lbs stays in my house.

I may well have one . Where might the date code be found ?

 

[Ron_M]

Off topic but somewhat related... My parents had a charcoal grille that was damaged in a storm a couple of years ago. When I tossed it, I kept the axle rod and wheels and set them aside in the garage and bought a new grille for them. Not long ago, I was over my parents and my dad commented that a cheap plastic wheel had broken. I said "no problem" . I retrieved a wheel and repaired the grille. My dad couldn't believe it. A week later, the rubber maid trash barrel had a wheel failure. I pulled the same stunt. My dad was quite impressed that a garage filled with crap actually had useful items.

 

[Budnicks]

if it's junk get rid of it
if it's viable keep it, or clean it up & sell it
or even better yet give it away to someone less fortunate
that truly needs it

that won't just turn around & flip it

good luck

 

[Cranky]

Go into my dad's garage and you'll be saying WHY DOES HE KEEP ALL OF THIS!

I always research the value then post for sale at a great price, I hate clutter.. if I know I won't use it it's gone.

It ain't clutter if it's organized....

Determine what are spares for your car and keep a set, like a starter, alternator and tail lights in case you back into something! Photograph the rest, with part #'s and date codes and list them here for others to finish their projects. Otherwise you'll be like me and moving this stuff house to house for 40+ years! LOL
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At one time I had so much stuff stored away that I was spending more money on a storage building (even though it was cheap) than the stuff was worth at the time so I sold off 75% of it and brought the rest home so I could get out of the monthly storage charge.....and that made my shop so bad that I could hardly walk through it and it took about 2 years to get it where I could easily walk through lol

If you have a 67 alternator (late 66 date code), I would be interested.

My rule of thumb is nothing over 3' or 30 lbs stays in my house.

I know some people here have acres of stuff. I have a 1/2 acre but the X wasn't about to let me run a wrecking yard out of it but in my little section of the property including the shop, I managed to have 12 vehicles parked and that included the daily drivers. She was happy with that so long as her car had a place inside and she didn't have to squeeze in and out of her car....

 

[JimCoronette]

I may well have one . Where might the date code be found ?

on the back there should be a starburst with a number in the middle. Each segment is a month.

I'm looking for around 6 or 7 segments filled in and a 66 in the center.

On the side, I'm looking for the top number 2642635, 2098535, or 3000011 and the second numbers to be (between 30 and 40) 66

 

[gdrill]

Check the width of the rims and 66 tail lights don’t grow on trees!

 

[YY1]

I actually literally have a warehouse filled with parts grouped into "keep" and "sell".

To some, it appears as clutter. However, I can tell you where 99% of the parts are. Even ones that have been in place for decades and not with the others. I can also tell if someone other than me has moved anything.