My Advice (not That Anyone Asked For It)

[Mstng93SSP]

You know that spare door you have been tripping over, or that stock hood that you are thinking "I should sell that because I don't need it for anything". Well, DON'T! Working on my newly acquired 1991 LX I have fixed countless things on it with what my wife refers to as "the junk in my garage" A year ago I parted out a car and for some reason kept the steering column. Wouldn't you know, today I needed a lot of little internal parts from said column. The other advice, when in the bone yard and you strip out a complete black interior EXCEPT the dash because you don't need it, TAKE THE DASH! You WILL need it. Trust me.....I need one now..

 

[billison]

To a lesser extent I'm
Going through that now. I had a spare column and scavenged parts to get my cruise and horn working again.

Also been able to clean up the interior with my box of screws and nuts I've kept. Half my inside screws are either missing or for drywall ,

 

[Boosted92LX]

You know that spare door you have been tripping over, or that stock hood that you are thinking "I should sell that because I don't need it for anything". Well, DON'T! Working on my newly acquired 1991 LX I have fixed countless things on it with what my wife refers to as "the junk in my garage" A year ago I parted out a car and for some reason kept the steering column. Wouldn't you know, today I needed a lot of little internal parts from said column. The other advice, when in the bone yard and you strip out a complete black interior EXCEPT the dash because you don't need it, TAKE THE DASH! You WILL need it. Trust me.....I need one now..

Been there. Done that. Used up all my parts, and two friends' rat holed parts, one being @hoopty5.0.

The rabbit hole:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/as-requested-project-horse-manure.882684/

 

[RaggedGT]

Been there. Done that. Used up all my parts, and two friends' rat holed parts, one being @hoopty5.0.

The rabbit hole:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/as-requested-project-horse-manure.882684/

I miss updates on that thread
lol

 

[RaggedGT]

I was going through random parts I have accumulated over the years not to long ago. Lol it's amazing how much junk one can stash away in totes and tool box drawers

 

[hoopty5.0]

Been there. Done that. Used up all my parts, and two friends' rat holed parts, one being @hoopty5.0.

The rabbit hole:

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/threads/as-requested-project-horse-manure.882684/

Between you and another buddy also with a 16 yo son with a first fox, my parts went fast hahaha.

I'm glad too. Less stuff for me to have to mess with.

 

[bentley429isBAC]

Last time I moved, I threw out, gave away, scrapped all sorts of parts. I can't tell you how many times I have said to myself "I used to have that."

 

[Boosted92LX]

Last time I moved, I threw out, gave away, scrapped all sorts of parts. I can't tell you how many times I have said to myself "I used to have that."

Ugh. Me too. It was painful. Whole engines, blocks, heads, transmissions, body parts. Given away. Some just scrapped.

 

[Mustang5L5]

I remember Ebaying a bunch of parts over the years. No more. Even though there are plenty of repros for things like interior trim and such, I still find the OEM stuff to be slightly better quality.

I save everything now...even broken stuff. I've amassed quite a few OEM parts just collecting dust now.

 

[hoopty5.0]

I gave away a heater tube last night to the aforementioned buddy with a 16yo kid. As he drove off, I remembered what I was keeping it for.

Oh well.

 

[CarMichael Angelo]

I did the same.....Sat on a Volvo head to convert a 2.3 over (That I paid 300.00 for) for years, the same on set on P.I. heads for a 2v 4.6, A column out of a 89GT, and a dash out of the same All that junk got stood out at the curb for scrap hounds. After trying to sell the Volvo head on CL for a month, and knowing that I had mis-matched the upper cam saddles on the P.I. heads, I got tired of that crap cluttering up an already unworkable garage space.

Too much junk. That's the problem. It's time to let that crap go, instead of stepping over it, waiting on the day (10 years from now) that you may need it.

 

[A5literMan]

I've done both(still do). I scraped a bunch of stuff a few years ago. Now I'm accumalating junk again. May need another "yard sale" soon.

 

[Mustang5L5]

Problem is some of this stuff is appreciating in value. I picked up an exploder intake for $75 years ago just because I wanted to have the lower ported and then swap it out with my current lower. Now I see them selling for $200-300 with shipping on Ebay.


I still have my original AOD (car now a 5-spd) and couldn't give that thing away on CL. No wi just might hold onto it for a while

 

[02 281 GT]

Problem is some of this stuff is appreciating in value. I picked up an exploder intake for $75 years ago just because I wanted to have the lower ported and then swap it out with my current lower. Now I see them selling for $200-300 with shipping on Ebay.

Makes me feel pretty good about getting one at a local yard for $54 last month.

 

[hoopty5.0]

Problem is some of this stuff is appreciating in value. I picked up an exploder intake for $75 years ago just because I wanted to have the lower ported and then swap it out with my current lower. Now I see them selling for $200-300 with shipping on Ebay.


I still have my original AOD (car now a 5-spd) and couldn't give that thing away on CL. No wi just might hold onto it for a while

Makes me feel pretty good about getting one at a local yard for $54 last month.

Must be regional. I paid $30 for an explorer lower a while back and most I see on the local fox page never really sell

 

[Mustang5L5]

Must be regional. I paid $30 for an explorer lower a while back and most I see on the local fox page never really sell

Flip them on eBay


EDIT: Screenshot didn't work, but was showing completed (today) auctions of multiple intakes selling for over $200

 

[hoopty5.0]

Flip them on eBay


EDIT: Screenshot didn't work, but was showing completed (today) auctions of multiple intakes selling for over $200

Not a bad deal, but it's such a pain in the d*ck plucking intakes at the bone yard. Not sure it's worth the return... Is it?

 

[Mustang5L5]

if I had time I'd just buy them locally off CL or FB forums. Even if you pay $100-125, $100 profit for cleaning it up and listing it on Ebay sounds like a good deal.

Of course, I have no time to do any of that, and would probably hoard the intake anyway. I have a GT40 lower hanging on my tool room wall as we speak

 

[deathb4dismount]

Problem is some of this stuff is appreciating in value. I picked up an exploder intake for $75 years ago just because I wanted to have the lower ported and then swap it out with my current lower. Now I see them selling for $200-300 with shipping on Ebay.


I still have my original AOD (car now a 5-spd) and couldn't give that thing away on CL. No wi just might hold onto it for a while

HMMM, I want to go the other side of the swap, how long do you really want to hold on to it?

 

[deathb4dismount]

Must be regional. I paid $30 for an explorer lower a while back and most I see on the local fox page never really sell

I would say so. I am from the same area as Mustang5L5, lowers for about $75-125, complete for $150+. Funny thing is that every time tubular GT40s come up they seem to be hundreds less than on the forums.