Mystic interior desirable?

[tophat36]

Yes, I get it. Just my opinion how I’d look at it to make it nice while minimizing expense.
Lots of good square cabs around here. I had a guy cutout some cab metal on a cab he was scrapping. For like $30 after I bought a few other little parts from him.
You could likely get floor pan metal cheap and local. Rather than ordering patch panels which aren’t horribly expensive but expensive shipping.

Oh that’s an interesting idea to use metal from a cab. Local would probably work well, there are some metal suppliers I use for work in Kent that would probably be a good option. I do have some other areas around the rocker panels, probably inner and outer…so I may have to order those anyways though. That’s a ways off before I’ll tackle that tho.

 

[Grit dog]

I didn’t mean “metal suppliers”. I meant someone parting out or scrapping out old trucks. Cabs are not very marketable around here because there is not much rust (comparatively). Guy I got parts from said most all of his cabs go to the scrap yard. He cut chunks out of a rust free damage free cab for me because he was scrapping it anyways.

 

[TotalyHucked]

I didn’t mean “metal suppliers”. I meant someone parting out or scrapping out old trucks. Cabs are not very marketable around here because there is not much rust (comparatively). Guy I got parts from said most all of his cabs go to the scrap yard. He cut chunks out of a rust free damage free cab for me because he was scrapping it anyways.

He needs to buy a trailer and bring those to the NE or SE

 

[Grit dog]

He needs to buy a trailer and bring those to the NE or SE

That’s what I thought. Of course I’ve thought that about more than just parts. Me and my buddy have sold a few old vehicles that we loaded onto a transport straight back to the rust belt.
But I’ve (kinda) run the numbers and it doesn’t really work. As evidence, if it was that lucrative I feel there would be more of it happening.
Only way it even remotely penciled out for me is if I, say , lived part of the year back there and could actively market and sell the parts or vehicles. Or a really motivated buddy back east but then you’re splitting profit on something that isn’t really a gold mine.
This will really make your stomach turn. You’ve heard me say how low valued Burbs are and especially 2wd burbs. The guy I mentioned said he never flipped a good 2wd burb when he’d find one. Always parts only because the vehicle was not worth near as much as the parts.
He had a really nice C20 burb out front once. Same colors as our blue trucks and about the same shape as my 86 when I bought it.
Parts only….
That 4000 or more miles round trip, deadheading one way with a trailer costs some $ both in capital expense, mileage and fuel etc.

I have been finding car(s) for my family in WI for a while though.
Got my sis a 2010s F150 last year. She should have kept it but was able to flip it for a lot of $ and paid off some significant debt.
Just found this for her husband. He flew out drive it back. Cost him about $500 on top of the $2k for the car.

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In WI, the only parts left to a daily driver of this vintage are the plastic and aluminum pieces….and the tires!
Looking at a 25 year old SUV for sis currently. She’s blown through 2 local rust bucket POSs since the F 150 last year.
I see the “no rust” vehicles for sale back there that made their way to the rust belt recently after living a better life somewhere else. They fetch more $ for sure but in general it’s not a whole lot more than the cost of shipping.
Part of it is, for daily clunkers anyways, if someone is limited financially to “cheap” cars, those same people don’t necessarily have an extra few grand laying around to spend. And same folks aren’t generally going to be super resourceful like I’m doing for my family. They wouldn’t even know where to start or understand the actual difference because that’s all they know and they aren’t traveling 5 states away for, well, anything.
Back to classics, yes the expensive classics, those folks know where to find them. No one is spending 6 months replacing rusted out parts on a desirable Chevelle that got drove in MSP for 10 years and finished rotting in a cow pasture. they find one from a nicer place.
But the guy who has “$5k” to find a squarebody to “restore” is less likely to pay double and if he did, the roi doesn’t seem to be there.

 

[Grit dog]

I didn’t mean “metal suppliers”. I meant someone parting out or scrapping out old trucks. Cabs are not very marketable around here because there is not much rust (comparatively). Guy I got parts from said most all of his cabs go to the scrap yard. He cut chunks out of a rust free damage free cab for me because he was scrapping it anyways.

I needed A pillar and window frame metal for the 86. Both front and back was rusted through in a couple dozen spots hidden under the gaskets. Before I realized it rusted outside -in and wasn’t as bad as expected, I might have taken the whole top half of the cab. And he’d have given me the whole cab for scrap value. But I didn’t want the hassle of all that. So when we were cutting out chunks he cut around the vin so he could legally scrap it. Like leaving the nuts attached to a buck when you field dress it!

 

[Grit dog]

@tophat36
Get ahold of this guy for parts.
Told me he was clearing out his junk and getting out of square body parts a few years ago. Apparently not!
Ted Stanton on FB. He’s in Tacoma area.

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[TotalyHucked]

That’s what I thought. Of course I’ve thought that about more than just parts. Me and my buddy have sold a few old vehicles that we loaded onto a transport straight back to the rust belt.
But I’ve (kinda) run the numbers and it doesn’t really work. As evidence, if it was that lucrative I feel there would be more of it happening.
Only way it even remotely penciled out for me is if I, say , lived part of the year back there and could actively market and sell the parts or vehicles. Or a really motivated buddy back east but then you’re splitting profit on something that isn’t really a gold mine.
This will really make your stomach turn. You’ve heard me say how low valued Burbs are and especially 2wd burbs. The guy I mentioned said he never flipped a good 2wd burb when he’d find one. Always parts only because the vehicle was not worth near as much as the parts.
He had a really nice C20 burb out front once. Same colors as our blue trucks and about the same shape as my 86 when I bought it.
Parts only….
That 4000 or more miles round trip, deadheading one way with a trailer costs some $ both in capital expense, mileage and fuel etc.

I have been finding car(s) for my family in WI for a while though.
Got my sis a 2010s F150 last year. She should have kept it but was able to flip it for a lot of $ and paid off some significant debt.
Just found this for her husband. He flew out drive it back. Cost him about $500 on top of the $2k for the car.

You must be registered for see images attach

In WI, the only parts left to a daily driver of this vintage are the plastic and aluminum pieces….and the tires!
Looking at a 25 year old SUV for sis currently. She’s blown through 2 local rust bucket POSs since the F 150 last year.
I see the “no rust” vehicles for sale back there that made their way to the rust belt recently after living a better life somewhere else. They fetch more $ for sure but in general it’s not a whole lot more than the cost of shipping.
Part of it is, for daily clunkers anyways, if someone is limited financially to “cheap” cars, those same people don’t necessarily have an extra few grand laying around to spend. And same folks aren’t generally going to be super resourceful like I’m doing for my family. They wouldn’t even know where to start or understand the actual difference because that’s all they know and they aren’t traveling 5 states away for, well, anything.
Back to classics, yes the expensive classics, those folks know where to find them. No one is spending 6 months replacing rusted out parts on a desirable Chevelle that got drove in MSP for 10 years and finished rotting in a cow pasture. they find one from a nicer place.
But the guy who has “$5k” to find a squarebody to “restore” is less likely to pay double and if he did, the roi doesn’t seem to be there.

That's very true. There's a guy out of Texas I believe that hauls several huge trailer loads of cabs/beds/tailgates/hoods/sheetmetal up to Carlisle 2-3 times a year, been doing it for several years now and it amazes me that he makes enough money to justify the trip. He probably has to pay 5-6 other guys to make the trip, plus fuel and whatever else for the trucks. There's a market if you wanna hustle, but maybe not quite from one far end to the other of the country lol