|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
08-21-2016, 08:16 AM | #41 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: NE Iowa
Posts: 1,661
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Quote:
|
|
08-21-2016, 08:25 AM | #42 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Conifer, Colorado
Posts: 2,421
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
I can honestly say, when I am driving my car, I never think of any of this!
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|
08-21-2016, 08:47 AM | #43 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Suth'N Maine
Posts: 1,996
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Quote:
What is priceless and helping the "hobby" are the people I have met along the journey from "scrap" to "shine", when I'm driving I'm glad all those folks were there to help me get to this point. The only thing killing any "hobby" is attitude! Scott |
|
08-21-2016, 08:56 AM | #44 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Near Rising Sun, Maryland
Posts: 10,856
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Quote:
__________________
John "Never give up on what you really want to do. The person with big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts". Albert Einstein |
|
08-21-2016, 11:20 AM | #45 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Raleigh, NC 27616
Posts: 208
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
It's all relative! Thank goodness there are sources/suppliers/vendors that keep the old Fords alive and driveable. As long as the government stays out of the way, and people can drive their own vehicles, the hobby will still be with us. I thank the internet for bringing out parts and vehicles out of the barns and back on the market. I know it used to be fun and adventure to search through endless flea markets looking for non-existant parts, but it sure got old and expensive to come home empty handed. The days of J. C. Whitney and Warshawsky's auto catalogs are long gone. We have great vendors and availability of parts that were impossible to find at any price in the 50's and 60's. I frequently buy and sell individual parts that exceed the original price I paid for my '37 Coupe. Keep those Fords running!
|
08-21-2016, 12:42 PM | #46 | |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: North Pole, Alaska
Posts: 2,646
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements)
Quote:
But I have spread the word around to all the car club guys, tool truck owners and anyone I meet who is admiring one of my cars in a parking lot that I have many extras and they are available for sale, of sometimes free. I've been told " hey I know a guy who's looking for some of that stuff" but I never seem to get any phone calls, so my stash keeps growing. I did have one kid come over looking for some model A parts, I gave him a new wood header that I couldn't use. I had to bite my tongue when he started talking about what he was building, but to each his own. |
|
08-21-2016, 12:47 PM | #47 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Lake Elsinore, CA.
Posts: 411
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
I think of this hobby somewhat differently. The cars and parts I have sold over the years have been relatively cheap. My profit has been, and I imagine will continue to be in the use and enjoyment of the car itself. The privileges of stewardship to me FAR outweigh the transient benefits of profit. The ability to connect with strangers through these wonderful time machines cannot be quantified solely in dollars.
Vendors are somewhat different. It is their obligation to turn a profit as with the rest of us in our personal lives. But I'm not in the business of selling cars or parts. My interest is sharing American history and some of the artifacts that have made America unique in history .....which seems to bring me and others joy. |
08-21-2016, 12:53 PM | #48 |
Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Bensenville Illinois
Posts: 32
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Check out my original vintage 1941 original Ford short coupe doors for a mere $125.00 for both RH & LH doors ! Much less expensive than that reproduction Mustang rag top!
|
08-22-2016, 05:09 AM | #49 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Georgia
Posts: 606
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
What is bad is shipping and waiting for the supplier to get parts to you.Order a top wood kit for my 35 Chevy(I know a Chevy but I had same with my 40 floor when I did it) in Feb suppose to be here 2 months still no top wood.Just run around.Problem with this and that.Received my door handles last week after 3-4 months and shipping was $41 for them to send it USPS.Just added more dollars for part.
|
08-22-2016, 06:49 AM | #50 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Edgefield, SC
Posts: 809
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Since I retired in 2010 I have sold a lot of the NOS and good used parts I accumulated, most being sold for my cost to people in the hobby. Some I gave away, some I made money on by selling them on the auction site, but there is no way that I ever made any money when you throw in all of the trips, all of the swap meets, the cost of the storage building, the cost of my shop, and on and on. I have some projects that are "done" except for putting them back together and one I would need a box that is otherwise "done" except for assembly. I even have the interior for a couple. I doubt that I will put any of them back together...Somewhere along the line I just lost my motivation. I never even put the 4-post lift together that has been sitting in the shop for several years. Maybe next year, maybe when it gets cooler, but these days it is taking naps, walking the dog, and taking my wife on trips.
I have no regrets about the hobby and I value the friends I have made over the years. I got some of my money back on the parts I bought and later sold. I still have the projects, and as the saying goes "they don't eat much and they are paid for." There are not many things you can do as a hobby where you get a bit of your money back and I was far better off travelling around other parts of the country looking for parts, going to swap meets and the like than I would have been drinking up my money in bars or any number of other things that come to mind. |
08-22-2016, 07:11 AM | #51 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Palm Harbor, Fl
Posts: 137
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
We can piss and moan, but it's hard to disregard the passion. It all becomes part of the game and you can choose being in or out. I remain "in". I know the rules and it's pay to play, but sometimes you get a lucky break.
|
08-22-2016, 08:01 AM | #52 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Hancock, MA
Posts: 2,776
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
As a 55 year old, in the hobby 5 years and with a 32 (more inherited than bought), I feel I have a bit to offer. The prices are being driven up to some extent by people like me. I am still working, I make a good living, I have little spare time. I can't go to swap meets to find cheap parts. If I find one on the evil bay that I need, I will bid pretty hard to get it.
That said, it is supply and demand, if there were more out there, we wouldn't snatch them up when we see them. One difference is that everything I buy goes on my car, not on a shelf (well except for the couple of heads, a distributor, spare tranny.... oh hell! The definition of "The Hobby" may be the issue too. There are a lot of younger people jumping on the "Race of Gentlemen" trend. Basically real hotrods, cheap, build with cheap parts, but made to go and stop. The biggest thing I see is the trend to have these cars on the road. That said, these may not meet the definition of the restoration hobby. And what kils me isn't the parts....its the cost of a damn paint job.
__________________
Short URL: http://smu.gs/14g7eDW |
08-22-2016, 09:13 AM | #53 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Kingston NY
Posts: 2,863
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Hey Lanny,
Right back at you! It was a pleasure to put a three way deal together with you. Shows how powerfull the "interweb"can be! And the Barn is full of great people! I thought I was following this thread but evidently not.
__________________
Life is too short to restore every car, fix 'em and drive 'em the way that they are. |
08-22-2016, 09:16 AM | #54 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Kingston NY
Posts: 2,863
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Hey '39topless,
Thank you wery much!
__________________
Life is too short to restore every car, fix 'em and drive 'em the way that they are. |
08-22-2016, 12:18 PM | #55 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Posts: 2,787
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
We forgot to add, the effects of the TV shows flooding the channels today, the flip it and make big profits nonsense that puts people who don't know cars, in awe.
You know, it must be a lot easier to 'restore' (ahem) an old car today than before. Heck these guys are always doing it in a week or so to meet the ever present drama deadline, hurry up the truck is coming next Tuesday to take this car to the auction we gotta get it done. Yawn. Is it me or is it just that I can't take those shows anymore? There are house flipping shows doing the same thing. I never realized how easy it was to make big money, easily |
08-22-2016, 01:37 PM | #56 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: North Pole, Alaska
Posts: 2,646
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
I can't stand to watch any of those shows, too much drama and BS.
|
08-22-2016, 01:52 PM | #57 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Anchorage, Alaska
Posts: 9,109
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
My wife is hooked on the house flipping shows. Now she wants to "remodel" our house. It looks so easy on TV.
I told her I'd just as soon move to Waco and let Chip & Joanna do the job.
__________________
Alaskan A's Antique Auto Mushers of Alaska Model A Ford Club of America Model A Restorers Club Antique Automobile Club of America Mullins Owner's Club |
08-22-2016, 06:44 PM | #58 | |
Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: In my Recliner, Rockingham
Posts: 78
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Quote:
Original purchase price (quoted on show) 5000 Fat Man frame with independent front end, rear end, 4 wheel disc brakes (my estimate, not quoted during show) 10,500 to 15,000 New Ford crate engine and trans (estimate) 10,000 to 15,000 Paint (quoted during show) 10,500 New Interior (my estimate) 5,000 New tire/wheels/other stufff 5,000 Total Cost without any labor (my estimate) 46,000 to 54,500 The Boss Man said they had 30,000 invested in the build and sold it for 40,000. How is that for reality tv! I hate to think that some uninformed individual watching that show came away with the idea they could get a hot rod '40 Ford built at that price. And they still had to use a broom stick to hold up the hood. |
|
08-22-2016, 07:08 PM | #59 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Newington, Connecticut
Posts: 1,374
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Those shows hurt more than help. It's nice to have a backer with deep pockets, but to the average guy who works for a living, they are an illusion. I will not watch them because most of what they say about a car is wrong and the rest is BS. The "home" shows are a joke also. My wife watches them and I do not. It's not the love of the hobby, it's greed, plain and simple......
__________________
Barry 50 F-1 |
08-22-2016, 07:38 PM | #60 |
Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Suth'N Maine
Posts: 1,996
|
Re: Parts prices are killing our hobby
Hey Fellas, you just hit the root of another problem...We watch too much T.V.
Remember Dad used to call it the "Boob Tube", shut that thing off and lets get back in the garage and start driving that Flathead Scott |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) |
|