What do you guys do with your old parts???

[spirockp]

I have just upgraded my complete suspension and I'm not sure what to keep and what to get rid of? Rear leafs, shackles, front springs, upper and lower contral arms, complete old steering, drum brakes, ect .......



Any thoughts?

 

[70vert]

I try to keep 'em

I keep them for the perceived value to the next owner, even though I don't really believe there will be a "next owner" except for a family member or if I decide to get multiple personalities.

I believe our hobby is going the way of the "hot rods". It went through the "concours restoration" bit, and if you have a very rare model that might still be the way to go to get a higher value, but I think a tastefully done restomod would retain its' value.

I don't know WHAT I'm going to do with my C-4 when it's replaced with a TKO, though. I imagine if someone wanted to "get back to stock" it wouldn't be hard for them to find a "correct" C-4? I have no space to store a tranny or, for that matter, an old 302 when I get around to replacing it.

It would be interesting to see more experienced guys chime in - do you keep your old parts for their value in resale, or just sell 'em?

 

[spirockp]

A motor and or trans I would never get rid of, those parts could be reused, but all that old suspension?? What is anyone going to do with 40 year of front and rear springs?

 

[Sicarius428]

Toss it... well I did... I am not interested in value though.
Kevin

 

[1320stang]

I'm a packrat, I hang onto everything for some damn reason.

I'm going to be Ebaying a bunch of little stuff one of these days, maybe my habit will pay off.

 

[Cannoball888]

fleabaY

 

[mustangdave]

Yard art: tranny fountain or block planter.

 

[5.0StangRacer]

I plan on building my car up, and everything I take off that can be rebuilt or reused ill keep in the barn, just in case the off chance i ever wanna go back to stock and brag about how its got lots of orginal parts...well thats not really the reason, im really just a packrat lol

 

[krash kendall]

I use them as key components to the obstacle course in my garage untill I get ruthless and scap them. I do have two four barrel manifolds for a SBC that I trip over every other day just in case I ever get another '67-'72 P/U.

 

[steel1212]

Put them on ebay. if its a straight 6 then drag racers would love those front springs. the upper and lower control arms somebody might buy. I got my steering off of ebay due to my I6 to v8 swap.

 

[Opentracker]

I get out the saws-all and the welder and make new parts out of 'em.

John

 

[jerry S]

On my 1969 Mach 1 with a 351W, I replaced the cylinder heads, exhaust manifold, camshaft, lifters, tappets, pistons, springs, UCAs, LCAs, steering assembly, drum brakes, radiator, motor mounts, and other stuff I am prolly forgetting.

I threw everything in the trash with the exception of the cylinder heads, thinking there was a market for them. Turns out nobody wants those either, even at $200 for the pair. Those are most likely going to end up in the trash too. "Send them to me if you are just going to toss them," they say, to which I reply; "Sure, for $200. Otherwise they go in the trash. you can fish them out of the garbage if you want after I have pitched them."

 

[D.Hearne]

30+ year old suspension parts ? Sell em for scrap. That's what they are after that length of time. Nobody in their right mind would put them back on a vehicle they intended to drive.

 

[4MuscleMachines]

Toss it... well I did... I am not interested in value though.
Kevin

I agree completely. The old original suspension parts I took off my two Boss cars were sold on eBay for very little money, just as much as any other old Mustang parts would fetch. I regretted it because it was not worth the hassle of boxing the items up.

The 71 Boss has 44K original miles but the suspension was still too sloppy for road use. They had no real value. The only items I kept were the spindles and a few other parts specific to Boss cars only. I also sold the old brakes except for the rear drums which are wider on the Boss.

 

[mustangdave]

I had some mid 70's 351W heads, (completely rebuilt stock), that I advertised for $300, the two weeks later dropped to $200, then $ 100...then they met the trash. Those heads would have cost $400 or more through NAPA.

 

[bnickel]

i generally keep everything for future use or resale, i threw a bunch of old stuff away once. an original 4-core radiator with a bad core but perfect tanks, a perfect rim blow wheel from my old 70 cougar (would bring about 400 bucks now), an original tach dash for the cougar (already had one for the couga, didn't need the spare and didn't have room for it) i had a map light for the 69 deluxe interior that got scrapped somehow, an extra 3.25 geared 9" from a 69 stang, too much to list of course this was all mostly back in the late 80's early 90's when some of this stuff was common enough it didn't have a whole lot of value.

 

[TBP]

Make jewelry for the wife.

 

[cobains_dad]

hey guy we have a old cam and i would like make a lamp anyone got any ideas ?

 

[latamud]

I get out the saws-all and the welder and make new parts out of 'em.

John

Haha, John beat me to it!

 

[brianj5600]

Where are you located? I have been looking for some parts to cut up and make new ones. What year?