What should I save??
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What should I save??
I've got a 66 F250 in my driveway that has to go. Every body panel is rusted and not worth saving. It has a 352 that used to run 'til I took the distributer out to use in my 65. A NP 4 speed and a dana 60 rear end with 4.11 gears I think. I'm going to take the windshield out for my 65 but that's all I need at this point. Is there anything you guys would recommend I keep before I call the junk yard? Actually, if it's a roller I can get rid of it for free. Otherwise it will cost me about $150 for somebody to come get it.
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If the rest of the glass is intact I would pull that since it can be stored without taking too much space. Not to mention the window regulators and division bars. I don't know the condition of the heater system and core but it might be a good idea to pull it as well to recondition and save or sell at a later time. Maybe the dash wiring harness and switchs since most people are looking for that stuff as well. If the gas tank is not shot that would also be an item to sell seperately. Think about little interior and trim items that some people need to complete their truck. Turn signal housings and covers, headlight trim or just the whole grill to make things simple. Tail lights are a easy item to be broken so pull those as well.
To be honest I am one of the most thrifty people known to man. I don't go buy new if it can be fixed or modified. Plus I have no way of telling how much stuff you can store so I don't want to go too overboard with little items to pull. The space you have to store stuff is the biggest determining factor. I also don't like the wrecking yards to get all the little parts. Bad experiance with an exwife who wold a 60 f100 for $200 after I restored it to the point of only needing a paint job to complete it. May she get paper cuts between her toes. So that is all the advice I can give for now. Good luck with it.
To be honest I am one of the most thrifty people known to man. I don't go buy new if it can be fixed or modified. Plus I have no way of telling how much stuff you can store so I don't want to go too overboard with little items to pull. The space you have to store stuff is the biggest determining factor. I also don't like the wrecking yards to get all the little parts. Bad experiance with an exwife who wold a 60 f100 for $200 after I restored it to the point of only needing a paint job to complete it. May she get paper cuts between her toes. So that is all the advice I can give for now. Good luck with it.
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How fast are you needing to get rid of it? Do you have time to strip it down? Do you have the room? Steering box, rear axle, front drums, spindles, wheel cylinders (if good), emergency brake cable, the list goes on. Honestly, you could ebay these things but yo might not get a fair amount of $ for them on there. I tried selling some of my many, many, many, many, etc. parts on there and because the buyer was paying shipping on used parts, it was a tuff sale. I had better luck posting a parting out ad at a couple of local car shows and local parts dealers. (The parts dealers would only let me list body, interior parts, and glass because it would take away their business. I also posted an ad on www.craigslist.com to let people know that I had parts for sale. I would only sell to people that came to look at the parts first. Too many scams out there to buy and ship without verifying the person is really interested in the parts. Once I got the word out there it was amazing how many people in my area had these trucks and needed some used parts. Most of them were willing to pay fair for the parts so they did not have to wait to get something shipped from somewhere else.
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Mike54
To add to the things listed above you may want to hang on to the radiator
support, lots of people are needing them and they don't make them, so even
if it has small rust holes,hold on to it! They can be repaired.
Wally Womack
To add to the things listed above you may want to hang on to the radiator
support, lots of people are needing them and they don't make them, so even
if it has small rust holes,hold on to it! They can be repaired.
Wally Womack
Last edited by Pro-Street/StateTK; Feb 3, 2007 at 01:51 PM.
