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Time to lower prices? ....Scrapping any vintage auto parts is just a waste in my eyes....Im 32 going on 33 and hate to think what will be left for the younger generations...mabe finding a fiberglass car will be all the rage?!?!?! Times are tough, work harder.
 
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the real discouraging picture is times are extremely bad and it's time to hang on because the ride is gonna stay bumpy for some time to come. with the failure of 128+ banks last year alone so buckle up guys. i personally just sold 2.68 commercial acres with 100 vehicles that 99 went to the grinder. one step closer to being cured of the dreaded disease "TITLEITIS"! too many dreams,too many dreams.
 
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I put stuff for sale and the onle responce was I was too cheap on the stuff but no buyers I know times are hard for the hobby
 
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You guys are just being exposed to the numb nuts attitude, for the last two plus years Ive had all these wanksters beating on my pricing telling me how I should work for free its tax deductible, dont get discouraged by the cheap plunks out there trying to talk you out of your stuff, I have 4 car stalls worth of plumbing equipment and materials, Its business, if you have 4 stalls worth of car parts its business, Ive been through 5 cycles of recession in 30 years, if I junked all my plumbing stuff every time the housing market crashed Id be the laughing stock of the city, if Im slow I pound the street, if Im old I hire a young helper, If I lose my mind and scrap all my operating material and equipment and go to the Irish tavern on the green and tell my buddies that I just junked my stuff they are gonna laugh their goolies off and wet themselves and I will be a public arse, so please do yourself a favor and the next time you take a load of antique auto parts that are cherished by me and all of my fellow cash strapped enthusiasts to the junk metal guy for 50 bucks, stay out of this local public watering hole with that story, it just pisses me off, if I lived by you Id stop by your places and give you scrap value for all your junk, I could always just tilt the trailer at the yard if it was truly useless. And dont be cryin about being 70, my old man is 72 and he still gets up at 5 am,eats his 3 eggs sunny, drinks a case of Strohs, slings wrenches for 10 hours a day and pokes Ma 3 times a week, the more you cry about pain at 70 the more likely you gonna have pain at 90, the less likely you gonna die soon, thats my grandmas saying, she just passed at 97. Tough old Pollock.
 
Times are tough in California especially ....

Lower prices ? How can you go lower than FREE ? I asked , I advertised, NO CALLS, no emails. Don't worry there are tons of other sheet metal out there.

I am in full agreement :cool:

I have been on the road since September 2009 hauling thru the Winter.

There is a backlog of cars waiting up & down the west coast right now.
The economy combined with the worst winter in more than 30 years
and high fuel prices have created a shortage of transport from the west
to the east.

It is not realistic for folks to expect you to store parts you are just
about giving away :rolleyes:

Right now I am in Nashville, TN with an empty trailer getting reading
to heading to Savannah, GA tomorrow to pick up - then driving
cross country to Berkley, CA.


Jim :D
 
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how can you say no interest up here a decint fender or door will sell like hot cakes just go to heresy & see all the guys carying them out now if it,s rusted & smashed junk thats different. i seen fenders that look like window screens & they were woundering why no body wanted them.it took me 3 years to find a decent pair of 33 fenders
 
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I think we are dealing with a new generation that for the most part will never have the appreciation for the old cars that we find so appealing. I'm not that old yet but I remember seeing an occasional Model A on the road when I was a kid. I also saw later models from time to time & some at the time I did not like. Now I like them more. The kids of today see the cars of the 80's & 90's on the road & think someday they can afford one of their own. Our son grew up riding in Model A's but today he owns a 68 Cutlass. He's 36 years old. I think he has an appreciation for the older cars but they aren't his thing. Maybe some day I can get the grandsons hooked on the older cars.
 
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Lets see what you do when you get 70+. Most of us have been collecting for years so some of you can sit back and buy at your leasure. We have all the time, space and money *******. Then to top it off, most want you to give it away.
I'm not that far from 70 now and I have never and will never destroy anything of historical value. Plus I will always pay a fair price for anything I buy. Rather than just look at the immediate situation,think of future generations and the fact that whatever is destroyed now will not be available to them. I have spent money building sheds and paying taxes on them to store things that I will never use. But they are and will be available to collectors and restorers of the future as I try to preserve for others rather than just think of myself. I have served on the local historical society board for many years and have spent untold uncompensated hours working to preserve historical buildings and other artifacts. I do not receive or expect compensation for these efforts and only hope that someday others will appreciate my efforts as I do the efforts of those that came before me so that I may enjoy past history.
 
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