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    Default Making Money off the parts

    So I haven't really used Ebay to sell stuff before but as I was gutting the 968 I did have the presence of mind to take a digital photo of anything looking somewhat valuable.

    I loaded up the shots on Flickr and then put my junk up for sale. Worked out pretty good:

    Porsche 968

    Parts sold off the car or came with the car:

    Seats $400
    Steering wheel $100
    Carbon fiber hood $300
    Rear wiper motor $95
    Door panels $250
    Harness bar $120
    Tool kit $40
    Exhaust $75
    Tire compressor $60
    Engine trim $175
    total so far $1615

    Spent $40 on Ebay ads and maybe $40 on shipping. Took me two weeks to sell this stuff and I put maybe 4 hours of effort into it.

    Anybody else have luck selling off the parts from your race car donor???
    Last edited by benspeed; 03-20-2009 at 04:42 PM.
    BenSpeed
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    few years ago I bought my Rabbit for $400 and when gutting the inside, basically did the same as you and paid for the Rabbit plus some change.

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    I offloaded a LOT of crap from multiple Golfs that went into the two Pablo builds on VWVortex - web loony land. The trick is to price stuff high and be patient. Someone will eventually come along who's willing do do the dumb thing for you.

    K

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    Anyone see the article in Modified about the NSX owner who paid for his NSX with the truckload of spare parts the seller threw in with the car? Guess where he sold his parts
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    Paid $400 for a donor Miata, with a hardtop (worth at least $800!) that will go on the ITA car-to-be, and have made over $600 back. None on ebay. Strictly web forums, mostly brownboard and GRM.

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    Getting more $$ back on parts then what you paid for the car? That's priceless :-)
    BenSpeed
    #33 ITR Porsche 968
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