Re: Parts prices

Jeff: the problem with that is most of the guys that deal in parts dont
have cars to fix thus they dont want to trade for anything other than
dinero. I take parts in trade all the time but then again i always have a
bunch of cars to redo. JC

>From: speegle@pipeline.com
>Reply-To: speegle@pipeline.com
>To: Mike McCullough <mike@worldwidemusclecars.com>, ORLMUST@aol.com,
>rogerhol@willapabay.org, ShelbyMustang@carmemories.com
>Subject: Re: Parts prices
>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:33:47 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
>
>Just as an observation, I'm kind of surprise to see that more of us do not
>trade parts rather than sell. Especially within the "circles" This was a
>very common practice in other makes and years of cars during the 80's and
>90's. Seemed the guys involved figured they could always works a little
>more for $$$'s but couldn't always replace a part they had, so they would
>reather have another rare part of the shelf rather than a couple of more
>bucks in the wallet
>
>Jeff S
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike McCullough <mike@worldwidemusclecars.com>
>Sent: Mar 22, 2005 9:23 AM
>To: ORLMUST@aol.com, rogerhol@willapabay.org, ShelbyMustang@carmemories.com
>Subject: Re: Parts prices
>
>It really depends on whether you are the buyer or the seller. If you are
>the buyer, you want the parts but don't want to get raked over the coals to
>get them. If you are the seller, you know that when the part is gone,
>chances are there won't be any more to replace it so you need to get what
>you feel it is worth to part with it. Kinda works the same with buying or
>selling the whole car. A seller may think that if they sell their car they
>may not ever get another one so it will have to bring what he or she wants
>for the car. These cars are only as valuable as the parts that are in it,
>correct or incorrect. That's why correct cars will always bring more money
>and correct parts will always be highly sought after and expensive. I do
>agree that more people should try to refurbish existing original parts
>whenever possible and not strip a car bare just to replace everything with
>NOS parts.
>Thank you,
>Mike McCullough
>405-760-6732 cell
>405-330-4535 office
>www.worldwidemusclecars.com
>
>
>

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