Buying car then selling parts

[Sully]

Anyone ever bought a car then sold the parts and made any money off of it? I'm wondering if it would be possible to make a little extra cash by doing that. It's just an idea I've been toying with. Thoughts/opinions welcome.

[RyM3rC]

I've never seen that plan work out for anyone that wasn't unemployed/bored off their ass. It just takes too much time to strip things down, especially if the car is old and things are seized/corroded.

[schmuckingham]

I do it and it works fine, but be prepared for shit heads and whiners with some pretty cool/lame excuses

[Sully]

I do it and it works fine, but be prepared for shit heads and whiners with some pretty cool/lame excuses

 

 

Meaning?

[schmuckingham]

Meaning?

 

I want it but I dont have cash until 2013 or my dog ate my wallet, things of that nature.

 

 

I buy parts/cars with parts I want or can use and if it does not pane out I sell them, kind of like the rear suspension setup I have for sale right now. I picked it up for the notch and along came a good roller with parts more suited for my goals

[Sully]

I want it but I dont have cash until 2013 or my dog ate my wallet, things of that nature.

 

 

I buy parts/cars with parts I want or can use and if it does not pane out I sell them, kind of like the rear suspension setup I have for sale right now. I picked it up for the notch and along came a good roller with parts more suited for my goals

 

Sent you a pm.

[wnaplay1647545503]

I have done it a few times and although it starts out decent with the more popular parts gone quickly, after the first week your over it and after a month of bullshit from shady people and tripping over what now looks like a pile of shit to you, your looking for a gun to shoot yourself.

[nurkvinny]

I have done it. I made a few bucks, but I won't do it again. It just takes so much time... remove parts, make ads, DEAL WITH IDIOTIC dead-beat buyers, meeting up with legit buyers... not enough time or patience now.

[Flybye]

Yes, several times. The last car I did this with was Dover's old white foxbody. I traded a Truck that I got for free for it. After all was parted out and chassis sold I made around $4k or so! It was a little more beat when I got it though.

[TimTaylor751647545500]

I parted out a totaled '95 z28 a couple years back. I made my money back from the 6 speed alone. Everything else was extra. I didn't make a TON of money off of it, but if nothing else, it helped me get familiar with another car as well as learning more mechanical techniques.

[Versluis]

my buddy is doin it right now, bought the car for dirt cheap, parts are worth more than the car and they are all pretty rare too. set up pretty nice. i think it could work if you get the right car and the right parts to sell

[Green Bastard]

if i were to do it, i would list the car and say its a parts car and to call for the parts needed, but always have the whole thing for sale for more than what you picked it up for (or less if the parts sold make up the differance), that way if someone wants it you wont take a loss

[2loNslo]

Ive done it multiple times. People are always looking for parts.

[SRTurbo04]

meh honestly yes and no... no in the aspect that even after its said and done your going to sit on these parts FOREVERRRRR. i still have srt parts form a parts car from like 08 but i bought a wrecked srt4 for 500 bucks form ahamdi(on here hes selling a husky in the fs) and ended up making easily over 4k for it by parting it out to bare frame... if you sold parts off a car that was popular yes...

 

pics for awesomeness...

 

guy claimed he went around a corner at like 35..yeaa ooook the door frame was at the shifter lol

 

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll162/04srturbo/CIMG0675.jpg

 

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll162/04srturbo/CIMG0676.jpg

 

wtf face?

http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll162/04srturbo/CIMG0691.jpg

[downingracing]

I do it all the time. Easy way to make good money if you purchase it right. And just the opposite if you purchase it wrong...

[BIGGU]

Im doing it right now, but im going to be keeping most the car.

[Rally Pat]

Not worth it even remotely.

[smokinHawk1647545499]

one of my friends would do it for jeeps guess it worked for him

 

buy my car, part it out and make lots of money.............

1. buy turbotransam

2. sell parts

3. ???????????

4. Profit

[kirks5oh]

you're better off mowing yards to make money, with all the time/effort you will have wrapped up in dissassembling, advertising, and hassling with buyers. unless you do it for a living, and can handle it on a large scale, i would only reserve parting cars out to necessity (when you wreck your car beyond repair, and must part it out)

[Flybye]

I found it to be fun and not take up as much time as some of you think. I just wrenched on it when I had free time and the parts all sold very quick. So I guess it just depends on the car and demand for the parts off of it. I also tend to sell parts pretty cheap rather than ask a lot and sit on them for months. Although there are some parts that you just can't give away.

[Sully]

A lot of good responses here. I may try it with one car and see how it goes.