I was drivin around the my hood killin time waiting a callback and found a yard sale ,turns out this guy had 3 boxes of harley parts some manuals and history books also a 60/70s van book also threw in a set of 4 wheel aluminum 15" disc s that he said were a pain to take on and off of his car ,got the whole lot for 50 buckeroooos!SCORE .see i guess ya don't always need the big swapmeets after all . Anybody else get good stuff at yardsales ? I may just go back and get the 350 motor he had for 40 bucks too . Happy hunting
Got a set of new in the box, high quality (not the crappy junk Taiwan ones) chrome/stainless type 14 inch beauty rings (like for GM rally wheels). I have no real need for them now but they are good trading material. Got them for $5.00. The guy also had a set of tires from a pro steet pickup he wanted 100 bucks for, an insanely wide pair of rears with about 80% tread and a set of narrow Mickey Thompson fronts with about 20 miles on them. He would not break up the "set"...would have liked to grab those nearly new MTs.
i can't stay away from garage sales,i see one i have to stop,you never know what's there. and it gives you a chance to snoop around and see what else they have stashed away.i've bought three old motorcycles in the last several years at real cheap prices this way,there seams to be a lot of old bikes in garages not being used or wanted...greg
In the last 2 years I have scored lots of hand and power tools. I also got a trailer from the looks of it built in the late 50 to early 60 it has a 48 ford front axel with all parts ie hubs brakes etc $ 25. Several sets and single wheels from one dollar to 50 for a pair of new looking raiders lots of sm block chevy parts from haul them off to 100 for a nice pair of 461x heads.A 254 low gear Muncie that needed a set of sencros and seals for 75.a trailer made out of a early 70s ford truck for 50.a 3 rail motorcycle trailer for 65. a box of assorted caster wheels from 2in to 10 in for 45.the crt or screen I am useing now 5 dollars.chairs and a desk for the shop 50.a about 1953 maytag wringer washing machine perfect for shop rags and to pre wash shop clothes 100 dollars a little high but well worth the money.Ammo boxes from 1 dollar to 10 for big ones.73 dodge running 360 engine 200 bucks and drove it home and made a enduro racer out of it. A lot of deals out their I have friends who are not car nuts call me when they spot something I might want. Good Luck happy hunting and I hope you find some good deals.
Garage sales are great...I've bought all kinds of cool stuff that way, everything from wheels and tires, to mini-bike parts, to car parts, cars, and even my old Honda chopper! I drove by one today...not really a garage sale, but a garage where this old guy sells fixed up lawn mowers and tractors and stuff. Figured I'd ask about used carbs for my mini-bike. He said he had a brand new carb at home (it was his daughter's house he sells out of) and that I could have it for $12! I'm going back Monday to get it, of course! We got to talking, and he really doesn't know much about internal engine repairs on these things...but he quickly gathered that I did! He said he could float some work my way on stuff that was over his head to fix! Hey...that's extra funds...cool by me!
i found this ,this morning. ol dude wanted 9 bux! i talked him down to 7 tho... ..i did tell him he "drove a hard bargin" he was proud that i told him that
I saw a '69 Camaro grille at a garage sale I drove past today, other than that, I never see car stuff at sales. WWS
'couple weeks ago I stopped at a yard sale and scored a pair of old schoolbus brake lights that say STOP, and a set of Porta-Wall style white walls, all for $20.00, and the pile grows.. Paul
I go to garage sells when I can. my mother-in-law is the garage sell guru. She called yesterday and told me she bought one of those car club thingies that go on your bumper. It was a "Hi-Timers of Houston " plaque. It was a Houston club in the 50-60 area. Got it for five bucks. I'm starting a collection as I can find them. Got about 10 now.I found a 'shifters" form whitchta for 3 bucks. TP
Sometimes I let Mrs Rocky talk me into going to garage sales. I always act like I'm really doing her a favor by humoring her. I tag along while she looks at worthless shit like curtains and stupid furniture, while constantly asking me questions like, "Do you think this would look good with our [blank]?" I always say no.. I usually find a good score on car parts. I bought a new, in the original box, Hurst shifter for my old sedan delivery, for 5 bux. 35 ford wheels are a common item at our garage sales too. I usually pay about 3 dollars apiece for them and I get a a bent one on occasion. Out of the last 6 I bought, one was a gonner. The biggest seller is tools and tool boxes. I must have 4 or 5 small toolboxes with rusty, greasy wrenches. Every once in a while I come across snap-on tools in these boxes. I printed out the Snap-on date chart posted here on the HAMB a month or so ago and I take it with me to I.D. the snap-on stuff. Don't tell my wife I enjoy garage saleing. She'll have our house full of old furniture and worthless shit. Wait! She already does.
I LOVE garage sales. you never know what you may find. i've bought everything from RT. 66 signs to complete motors I always stop and check them out. You never know.... Spike
COOL finds hahaha in my best forest gump voice garage sale ya never know what yer gunna get . Isaw one like 5 doors down and found a bitchin tiki guy ,got him for 50 cents ..
The wife and I went out this sat and hit a few.Picked up a couple boxes labled OLD CAR PARTS $10.00 for all, swooped on the without even lookin at the stuff.Got them home and started lookin thru them got 4 pairs of 30-31 A headlights 1 headlight bar, 4 A carbs 55 Ford radio, 30-31 A radiator a really cool Tillitson 2bbl carb with adj main jets kinda looks like a 94 and a bunch of other small 30-31 A parts and a pair of 26-27 T headlights missing the stands the guy has a 56 Victoria HT project car for $3,000 obo red primer lowered 292 auto great driver project I love garage sales!!!
I went to a DON OROSCO garage sale, although I didn't have very much money I walked away with a hard-on,, And then BRUCE MEYERS sold me his slippers and his gold dog whistle he wears around his neck, And I managed to get his chicks friends number and bone her after the oakland roadster show, she was 41 and looked hotter then most 21 year olds.. they were in the Bruce meyers entourage.. and I was in the Cole Foster entourage,,, She liked my hair and my green humboldt weed.. germ
<font color="purple"> I only find stuff when I have no money. Yesterday at a yard sale was a 37 Ford slantback project, with at least 4" off the top. </font>
My dad bought a gas pump at a garage sale for 150 bucks. Apparently it was pretty rare. He went to buy parts for it and the guy offered him 5 grand for it (think that was the figure, been a while). All I ever find is Ron Popeil products and 8 track players. Man I love my salad shooter from Ronco!
i went to the flea mkt today and scored a brand new mallory dual point dist for a chevy 350 for $25 a old ribbed chopper tank bobber style with kool old 70`s art work for $5 a set of old nash skateboard wheel`s new in the original package for $1 and a old trophy with a car on top also $1 at the garage sale on the way home I got a power supply the kool kind with reostat good to trade for tattoo work $1
Yeah- buyoin car shit from people who are not car people is the DEAL! - look at what I got in a free[57 chevy oil bath breather] for taking an el camino load this morning- guy was tearin down his old shop/barn and movin into a new shop! now I CAN go on vacation........
HEY me too germ ,teflon non stick what a great deal and a pan also .. Funny the last 3 auctions i bought all had crack pipes in them and one bong , one was hidden in a hollowed out book , gee wonder why they lost thier storage.
[ QUOTE ] i found this ,this morning. ol dude wanted 9 bux! i talked him down to 7 tho... ..i did tell him he "drove a hard bargin" he was proud that i told him that [/ QUOTE ] that thing rules , I have one similar that used to belong to my dad . old gys love it when you tell em stuff like " you drive a hard bargain " . I think they know how silly that really is , and they just get a kick out of having someone to haggle with for a few minutes . good score !
Garage sales are awesome. I always come home with random crap i will probably never use , but its still cool stuff. I like to go to auctions, and antique shops, they usually have a little car stuff( Model T tail lights, T wheels,) talked to a guy this weekend said he just got rid of a complete FoMoCo tool kit for an A for 35 bux, kicked myself for not going out the last weekend. I did find some pretty neat 19th Century wrist shackles fully functional with a key for 28 bucks, similar pair on Ebay going for 80.00.
I love G.S.....grew up with em...the problem is, the area I got stationed in, the garage sales SUCk....I've been going to the sales off and on for 6 years in this area and havent found anything really that I would want to look at....got some cool old shit for the house...thats about it though...I miss the New Mexico garage sales...
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