Projects I know, not another whats it worth....

Here's the deal:I am anxious to get going on a new project. However, I have two cars that I need to move out to make room. As of yet, I am having zero luck selling/trading either. One is a 58 Del ray more door, the other a 51 Dodge Meadowbrook more door. I realize I'm not talking about some real desirable cars. What I'd like is some opinions on parting them out. Both are complete, both run. The Dodge has a super clean interior, nice body, runs drives, 230 flathead, fluid drive trans, etc. The Chevy is a project, needs floors. The body isn't bad, interior is pretty beat, has a running 235, 3 speed.

I appreciate the help, I'd really like to move these things

 

so put them on ebay with no reserve and sell them. It is just that easy

 

How much do they weigh?

 

Absolutely not. In the past when I have had a hard time selling motorcycles, I stripped em and parted them and made far more than what I was asking for them outright. I've never parted a car, and these are a fair bit bigger than any bike I've owned. Just looking to see if it would be worth my time

 

Throw a pix or two of the Chevy up.

 

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what are you looking to get for the 58

if/when you decide on a price?

 

Yah, might be the price.

Easier to sell a running driving car than parts, unless you have the land to store the parts, the time to take it apart, and a couple years to sell them.....

 

Trade me the '58 for any of the **** I have floating around - parts, cars, whatever.

It's not a big money car, to be sure, but I like them. Guide book says around $2000 for it.

The Dodge, about the same, ***uming it's in about the same shape.

 

parting out a car for maximunm profit is a ****load of work. if you think parting out a car is selling the bumpers hood and fenders then you will not get enough money to justify destroying a 55 year old car.

before ebay and the economy took a **** I parted a 53,52,and a 1960 Chevrolet. sold every part that was still good in seperate auctions, like don't sell a door with all the guts, sell the shell, then the gl***, then the locks on and on. do the whole car like that. I bet I had 150 auctions for each car. the only usable part I s****ped was the frame from the 52, though I did sell the trans crossmember from it and everything that unbolted.

 

I went back and forth through email with a guy I swore was you about this car. Finally I asked, he said no but that you used to work there. The dodge is in considerably better shape, it's in my avatar. If the rear suspension was ****oned up, it's a decent cruiser.


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Yep, wasn't me. I still have stuff I have to get out of there, though.

Sent you a PM, though, if my old buddy is interested in this, it would be an advantage for me to maybe even buy it outright, he has a car I need to put one of mine back together.

 

No, my idea is selling every part of the car that will sell, then s****ping whatever may be left. I've parted bikes right down to nuts and bolts. But I've never attempted to part an entire car. I do have space, and I guess I have time, but until both cars are gone I can't start anything new. I'm just not sure if it's worth doing, once you start there's no going back. I'm ok with selling parts on ebay, however I will not sell an entire car. Too many issues over the years.

I put both cars on craigslist, hoping to trade the pair for one decent project, and have had no luck. People are insane, their idea of old was an 87 fiero I was offered. I thought for sure I could trade them far easier than selling.

 

You never said what kind of money you were asking for them, maybe that's why you still have them.

 

I am aware, that's because I never tried to sell them. I tried to trade them. That has gotten me no where, and I'm wondering what they're worth if I parted them. Then I can decide if selling outright is the way to go, or part them.

 

The Dodge is probably worth more as a drivable car.

The Chevy, well, it's the low-end model with the base engine - while it's probably partable, the big money parts aren't there. Which leaves you with a lot of slow moving parts and either the car sits there as you take it apart, or you spend a weekend taking it apart and it ends up spread all over the shop taking up even more space.

 

Dodge,hands down! HRP

 

A little research will answer your questions.Check completed listings to see what sells and for how much.Then decide what your time is worth parting,marketing,shipping is worth.

 

I do appreciate the input guys, although I still am not sure what to do with them. Maybe I'll throw a price on them on craigslist and see what happens. This is why I generally keep ****, I can't stand the ******** you have to go through on there. It's mostly people wasting time.