Having a hard time throwing things out...
#1
Having a hard time throwing things out...
Should I keep the frame for the '55 88 Sedan I'm parting? Don't really have a place for it, but it's nice and someone must need it?? I can get the money for scrap - or give it away, but there's always that nagging voice saying "you may need it someday" - I have 3 '55s and all have good frames so unless I get clobbered....any thoughts?
#5
I would say if you don't have room to keep it, sell it or give it away to someone who needs/wants it or just plain has room to store it. The big problem with scrapping it is that they don't make them anymore and once it is scrapped, it cannot be brought back.
If no one on this board wants/needs it, try offering it over on the Antique Olds board: http://forums.aaca.org/#oldsmobile-clubs
If no one on this board wants/needs it, try offering it over on the Antique Olds board: http://forums.aaca.org/#oldsmobile-clubs
#6
Like I always tell my wife "It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it" and then she tells me to "throw that junk away cause you'll never find it in all that crap you save"
#10
Well my decision has been made for me... spent the better part of the day pulling his car apart and I realize now that the frame is bad over the reat wheel arches... so off to the bone yard she will go.
#11
One piece of advice for those who sell their frames:
If you sell your frame, make sure that the buyer actually TAKES it when he buys it.
A relative of mine once had a frame from an antique car. He sold it to a guy for a few hundred bucks.
The guy took the title and said he'd be back in a few days for the frame.
He never showed up.
The "buyer" seemed a bit "shady," and speculation was that he'd probably "built" a car with the "frame" that he didn't have, then insured it and had it "stolen," thus collecting a large return on his few hundred dollar investment.
Last thing he wanted was an actual rusty old car frame.
Problem was that without the title, my relative couldn't get rid of the frame, especially since there was a chance it might now be listed as stolen.
In the end, the frame ended up "going away," but it was an unnecessary pain in the behind, so it is for this reason that I give this advice: If they BUY it, they TAKE it.
- Eric
If you sell your frame, make sure that the buyer actually TAKES it when he buys it.
A relative of mine once had a frame from an antique car. He sold it to a guy for a few hundred bucks.
The guy took the title and said he'd be back in a few days for the frame.
He never showed up.
The "buyer" seemed a bit "shady," and speculation was that he'd probably "built" a car with the "frame" that he didn't have, then insured it and had it "stolen," thus collecting a large return on his few hundred dollar investment.
Last thing he wanted was an actual rusty old car frame.
Problem was that without the title, my relative couldn't get rid of the frame, especially since there was a chance it might now be listed as stolen.
In the end, the frame ended up "going away," but it was an unnecessary pain in the behind, so it is for this reason that I give this advice: If they BUY it, they TAKE it.
- Eric
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