Thread: Price of parts
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Old 04-27-2019, 09:25 PM   #13
Tim Ayers
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Default Re: Price of parts

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Originally Posted by Krylon32 View Post
I'm as guilty as anyone in pricing the cars and parts I have for sale. The cars are priced at a loss and the parts I'm offering are about what I paid for them or less. I think Tim is right, lower priced entry level traditional cars are selling as are vintage parts to build the traditional cars but higher end cars are tough to sell. I think interest in the kind of cars I'm selling has sailed and I will be force to sell them at giveaway prices.
Gary:

It's funny. I'm about two months away from finishing my '28 AV8 on '32 rails. The car will be a knock out with mostly original paint on the body and some killer patina.

I've stopped adding up the receipts on this build for I truly don't want to know. I could have bought a similar car that was done for much less, but I didn't. Unless you don't charge the hours you but into a build, you'll come out ahead, but time is money. Doesn't matter if you paid someone to do it or you did it yourself. Someone put time in and that time is valuable.

I will have a very cool car that is done exactly how I want it to be done and I will have an monster of an engine (297 c.i.) built exactly as I want.

I just hope my son's like the choices I've made when it becomes theirs or a potential buyer likes the way it was done too down the road if they pass on it. Haha.
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