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Thread: May be a future firesale on early cases

  1. #11
    Quote Originally Posted by Jim Breazeale View Post
    "The trick if you are in the parts business is to sell most of what you have when prices are good"

    After 50 years, I still haven't learned that lesson

    Jim
    Yeah, but you taught me the best lesson of all, I'm not running a F*&King museum!

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  2. #12
    Quote Originally Posted by Unobtanium-inc View Post
    In my experience repro parts don't make the original worthless, but they do level the playing field. Like 356 Pre-A/A rear glass reflectors, I can remember when prices were $1200-1500, but then perfect repro's came out. There are guy's who still want the original's but not enough to keep the sky high prices, a decent pair of original's will now bring $500-600. What you always have to remember is the restoration shops will order from Stoddard first and only hunt down original parts if a repro isn't available. So when a repro part becomes available, half your buyers for a real part evaporate. You are left with the guy's who are hunting down dated parts, and correct stuff, but they aren't enough to sustain prices in the stratosphere. The trick if you are in the parts business is to sell most of what you have when prices are good. Guess how many glass reflectors I have? 0. Guess how many Square door handles I have? 0.
    So when these cases hit the market they will affect the price of real cases, but they won't render them worthless.

    ---Adam
    First, he's not repopping mag cases. A mag case will always be a mag case and, therefore, essentially useless until you throw $3-5K of machine work at it on top of the original purchase price.

    Second, the only engine cases that are REALLY getting scarce are the aluminum ones. 2.0L aluminum cases have a small and specific market. The 3.0L and 3.2/3.3 cases are the most versatile and therefore the most desirable to normal folk like myself.

    The 3.6 cases are only valuable to the racers who are hanging on to the past in club racing, and Singer.

    You've gotta know your market...
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    What are 3.0/3.2 cases worth?

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