Hitch

I just got done with rebuilding and replacing almost everything in the running gear from the rearend forward.. So I have a bunch of stuff that I pulled out of this ole girl... I pretty much have held onto almost all of it b/c I really don't know what is junk and what's not... I have two copper brass radiators (one new and one of unknown age), 65 rad support that I cleaned up the other day only to find that the lower aft section looks like swiss cheese.(what a downer just glad I didn't sell it to someone not know it..) A 65 engine bay harness in good condition... And lots of other odds and ends.. I know I won't make much money but I would hate to throw something away that someone else might need or such.. Just wondering what everyone else does... Dave...

Nowhere Man

you can store it in your garge, you can ebay them, or you can take them to Carisle

62fuelie

Keep it. Someday you'll need it. I still have parts left over from the '58 I restored in 1975. From time to time I find something I need for another car.

Vetterodder

If it's something that you're sure is original to the car, save it just in case. If it's not, sell it or trash it.

Allcoupedup

How about original bolts? I have a pile of 'em with various head markings - A,M, etc.... The are all pretty rough and need plating IF they can be reused.

Brian

six-T-six

I just keep stockpiling. I don't know what to do with it either.

ctjackster

I tend to keep it too - as for my old dash harness, it was a little bubba-d but I have hacked off a connector here and there for fellow C2 owners in need. I suppose I could ebay such things and make some $$ but these are parts from MY car and if I sell it someday to some NCRS top flight seeker he/she will enjoy having the orig. parts. Of course I will never sell it, but ever time I say never I end up eating my words later on.

JohnZ

I keep just about everything that isn't junk and either sell it to other Chapter members, eBay it, or take it to our annual NCRS Chapter Swap Meet; peddled over $1300 worth of stuff I had no use for at this year's swap meet. Even if harnesses are junk, I save ALL the connectors and keep them in my electrical stash.

Hitch

Thanks guys, I figured I was doing the same as everyone else. I just pulled stuff off and labeled then boxed it this winter.. I just went up to my junk room and saw all that stuff and was thinking out loud when I posted. Good stuff..

Brian I know what you mean about a box of bolts.. Lots of em.. Wifey's running joke this winter was... Going to get more bolts again.. Did ya buy any bolts today?? Whatcha got in the bag... bolts.. She's a real comic.. all the out of work comics and she's been taking there jobs... Dave...

dejavu67

When a part is discovered in the garage,
look out! as I snag it up for Ebay sales
(probably why the title is in the safe that
I do NOT have the combination to.


Don't have any parts on right now but Ebay has
been a great place to help our extra parts find
their way to another Corvette home!

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...&since=-1&rd=1

Allcoupedup

DAve,
I stopped at Ace Hardware almost every day on my way home from work and pretty much cleared out their 3/8" bolts. Ace has a substantial collection of grade 5 and 8 and Stainless steel bolts. I probably dropped $300 on bolts - one of those things you don't think about when you're planning. Live and learn.
Brian

Hitch

LOWE's also has a great selection of SS bolts.. yep 1/4, 5/16, and 3/8 bolts were very popular this winter for me..Dave...

jeff batchelor

I would give all of the good stuff to my friends that have 66s. Ill take that set of hubcaps hanging in your garage.
Jeff

Hitch

Jeff you are around still.. oh you know your like father.. I mean brother.. But those hubcaps will go back on one day... You and Garner are lining up.. the line forms to the left...

67wave_saver

I keep everything I replace. Some day if I sell the car the buyer will probably say "you are asking too much for a car that is not original". My reply will be: "Not so, you are not only buying the beautiful car you see, but also all the matching number parts I took off of it that you can have fun replacing if you wish".

Cliff63

Same here. I have the original nose emblem, dimmer switch, rims, hubcaps and such. Keep that stuff for the next owner. You know you will replace the vette with another one.