RE: Mopar Swap Meet additions

[Sean B <polecat2@xxxxxxxx>]

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I wouldn't mind one bit paying these crazy prices for parts, if the end 
justified the means.  Our cars, finished and complete, do not even 
remotely justify the cost of the individual parts.  My '64 Plymouth 
isn't worth as much as say, the '69 Road Runner my buddy is restoring.  
Yet the parts for his car are almost always a lot cheaper than mine.  
Why is that?  That's what troubles me about our hobby.  Now, granted, 
I'm not in it to make money on the car--I do it out of love for the ol' 
girl.  And yes, I do pay through the nose when I just can't find a part 
anywhere else, and I needed it yesterday.  But that doesn't mean I have 
to like it.  The bottom line:  If I can't get the car insured for even 
close to what I have in it, then where does that leave me?  Oh, well...

Sean
Dennis wrote:
> 
> Well put, no flaming from this end. :-)
> 
> --- Skagdrager@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>  
> > Sorry, Guys. But this is America. It's capitalism.
> > It ain't perfect, but it's 
> > better than any other plan around.
> > Granny isn't "crazy for getting $1000 for an old
> > crappy 4dr; she's stupid if 
> > she passes it up if she can get it. And just cause
> > she asks for $1000 doesn't 
> > mean she'll get it. The market determines that.
> > Available used parts will get more and more scarce,
> > until there just aren't 
> > any at all. And prices will go up and up. Has it
> > ever been any other way, 
> > during your lifetime? Why expect anything else. We
> > are American men. We learn to 
> > deal with adversity. If this hobby were easy,
> > everyone would do it. It's the 
> > difficulty that makes it great! That's why we get
> > the "thumbs up" on the highway 
> > from passersby.
> > The guy who owns a wrecking yard with old Mopars in
> > it has limited choices. 
> > He has to show a profit or he has to close his
> > doors. Pay him what he needs and 
> > it will be worthwhile for him to hang on to and part
> > out the Mopars; refuse 
> > to pay him what he needs and he will either crush
> > them and make room for 
> > something that has profit in it or he will hang on
> > to them so long that they will 
> > cut his profitability and his business will go
> > under. And if he (or the people 
> > on Ebay, or the guys reproducing parts) are greedy
> > and overprice their parts so 
> > they never sell, then they are the losers again. And
> > in any of the above, you 
> > lose; you don't get the parts.
> > I don't mind your complaining about it. I don't like
> > paying more either. I 
> > look for bargains anywhere I can find them.
> > But let's not lie to ourselves and say that because
> > available parts are high 
> > priced, or because we'll never get to buy the car we
> > had way back when, then 
> > somebody out there is a dirty scum bag. 
> > The older I get the more convinced I am that God
> > allowed man to invent the 
> > automobile to teach him patience on multiple levels.
> > Let's not miss the valuable 
> > lesson.
> > If I can't afford a Max Wedge (and I can't), then
> > let me find my joy in the 
> > cool Valiant slant 6 within my reach. Heck, have I
> > forgotten that Thanksgiving 
> > was only over last week?
> > Come on people now.........smile on your
> > brother.....everybody get together, 
> > try to love one another right now.
> > 
> > Sorry. I'd better end my sermon now because my
> > tongue is now poking all the 
> > way through my cheek!
> > You guys are the best and I need you and appreciate
> > your help. May God bless 
> > you all and may He help us all to find what we truly
> > need.
> > Paul
> > (For the flaming I am about to receive, may God make
> > me truly thankful.)
> 
> 
> 
> Dennis
> 
> '04 Ram Hemi
> 
> 
> 
> 
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