Re: [DML] Parting Out Value?

[mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

There are a few used parts that are of great value, but
aren't needed very often.  Left front fenders is a 
good example, torsion bars is another.  There are a lot 
of parts that would likely never be used from a parts car, 
such as a tub, because any car hit hard enough to require 
a new tub probably isn't worth fixing in the first place.
Most everything else is available new at reasonable 
prices from vendors.

Another issue is how long are you going to have this 
hulk of a car sitting around?  Parting out cars takes space,
and if you are concerned about preserving the parts,
that means covered space.  Plus marketing, packaging, 
shipping, it's a hassle.  

Think of it this way - for every parts car, figure you can 
fix 3 other cars with the donor parts.  That's an aggressive
number - the actual number is probably much higher.  Now 
figure out how many damaged cars out there are in need of 
that much repair and have owners who would rather search around
for used parts rather than use the inventory of new parts.  I'd
be surprised if you could use up more than 1 or 2 cars in a year 
for the entire DeLorean population. 

--
Mike



> In a message dated 4/28/2004 6:22:46 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> stldrgn@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> As we all know, parts for Deloreans are natually rare in nature, 
> some more than others, i.e. Driver side front Fender. Sometimes you 
> can buy a car for a small price because its damaged heavly on one 
> side or something but the rest is just fine, however why don't these 
> people just part the car out, are they just not aware that its value 
> can be salvaged this way? 



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