sitting cars

[hemihead]

I don't really care    . Besides , there is so many of them ( as stated before ) that if you did let it rot , one less wouldn't matter . It would make the ones left a better investment , wouldn't it ? You could get more money on the flip .

[69charger2002]

I don't really care    . Besides , there is so many of them ( as stated before ) that if you did let it rot , one less wouldn't matter . It would make the ones left a better investment , wouldn't it ? You could get more money on the flip .

and so it all comes full circle.. i don't think there is a winning answer for you in this comversation? i am not a greedy self proclaimed car lover by the way, i am a  charger collector. i think the same goes for daytona 500, chad magee, hotrod98, sunroofsuperbird, hemi68charger, Troy, and others who have lots of them.. we will just have to agree to disagree on this one.. i think there is a huge difference between owning/hoarding 12 of them, and owning one or more mopars for 20 years and it sitting outside and rotting all that time. no car cover, no nothing. they obviously don't have a passion for the car.. so what if someone talked them out of it cheap? and so what if the new owner sells it to someone else for $1000-2000 more than they paid, and now the new owner has their dream car and won't let it sit and rot?
on a side note, you never did answer my question.. HONESTLY, if you had the time, means, space, and money.. are you telling me you WOULDN'T own 12 mopars if you could? project or not?

trav

[Chris G.]

NO DISCUSSIONS except about the cars PLEASE

Like that statement had any chance.   

[hemihead]

No

[dukeboy_318]

NO DISCUSSIONS except about the cars PLEASE

Like that statement had any chance.   

i knew it wouldnt last long, oh wel  learned my lesson, no hard feelings toward anyone though 

[69bronzeT5]

HONESTLY, if you had the time, means, space, and money.. are you telling me you WOULDN'T own 12 mopars if you could? project or not?

trav

I would definitely!

[69charger2002]

No

well good, i'll be sure and get a few more to make up the difference

[TheGhost]

No

well good, i'll be sure and get a few more to make up the difference

Feel free to send some my way.  I only own 2.

[C_stripes]

I like the part were he says "I would rather see it rot than have some greedy self proclaimed car lover shaft some guy who doesn't know the value and then flip it and stick it to next buyer.". In mu opinion, If the buyer and the seller make a agreement on price and they are both happy with it.  Then who cares if you sell it for $1000 more or $50,000 more.  It does not matter.  I once bought a 70 HEMI road runner out of a Field in Idaho. There was about 300 other cars there. It was a teton flood victim. The car had sit there since 1976 till 2002 when I bought it.  People had scavenged parts off of it and nobody ever looked at the vin. The Dana was gone. The 4spd was gone. The hump was cut out. The front clip was gone but the fender tag was there.  I got ahold of the guy that owned the field and asked what he was going to do with the 70 road runner. He said he was going to crush everything. I asked how much he wanted for it. He told me $50. I also asked about a 70 coronet 4 dr. He wanted $100.  I went up the next weekend and bought them both.  Three days later. I got offered $5000 for the Runner and took it.  Not one place did I offer any money. I asked how much. He told me. I bought it. I was asked if it was for sale. I said how much will you give me. He told me.  So how is that wrong???  Should I have said to the buyer, "well actually, I only Paid $50 for it and I had to go and get it. So I'll sell it for $200."? I don't think so.  Should I have told the Guy I bought it from what it was?  He didn't do his research. He owned the car for allmost 30 years. I told him it was a road runner and he told me the price. Should I have said, "well, You say $50 but since it is a real HEMI car. Here is $4000."?  NOPE!!   
I don't see anything wrong with flipping some cars to support your habit.   As for "HORDING" them.  It depends on the circumstances.  If you have 20 cars and you have no funds. Then I agree.  Sell some and build 1 or 2.  But if you have the funds and you have 20 cars. Why the hell not have 20 projects? There is nothing wrong with people collecting the cars, Unless it is purely for money.  But if you have a true passion.  Then own 500 cars.  Why should anyone care?  So what if you can only drive one at a time. Drive a different one every day.  I have a friend that collects cars. He has 10 that are done. There is nothing cooler than driving one of them to a show with the other nine somewere in the line.  I don't see why you have a problem hemihead. 
But I guess its not a perfect world.       

Sorry for the long post.  Hope it makes sense.  LOL

Jeremy

[Dave22443]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

[PocketThunder]

 

[69bronzeT5]

 

[69charger2002]

I like the part were he says "I would rather see it rot than have some greedy self proclaimed car lover shaft some guy who doesn't know the value and then flip it and stick it to next buyer.". In mu opinion, If the buyer and the seller make a agreement on price and they are both happy with it.  Then who cares if you sell it for $1000 more or $50,000 more.  It does not matter.  I once bought a 70 HEMI road runner out of a Field in Idaho. There was about 300 other cars there. It was a teton flood victim. The car had sit there since 1976 till 2002 when I bought it.  People had scavenged parts off of it and nobody ever looked at the vin. The Dana was gone. The 4spd was gone. The hump was cut out. The front clip was gone but the fender tag was there.  I got ahold of the guy that owned the field and asked what he was going to do with the 70 road runner. He said he was going to crush everything. I asked how much he wanted for it. He told me $50. I also asked about a 70 coronet 4 dr. He wanted $100.  I went up the next weekend and bought them both.  Three days later. I got offered $5000 for the Runner and took it.  Not one place did I offer any money. I asked how much. He told me. I bought it. I was asked if it was for sale. I said how much will you give me. He told me.  So how is that wrong???  Should I have said to the buyer, "well actually, I only Paid $50 for it and I had to go and get it. So I'll sell it for $200."? I don't think so.  Should I have told the Guy I bought it from what it was?  He didn't do his research. He owned the car for allmost 30 years. I told him it was a road runner and he told me the price. Should I have said, "well, You say $50 but since it is a real HEMI car. Here is $4000."?  NOPE!!   
I don't see anything wrong with flipping some cars to support your habit.   As for "HORDING" them.  It depends on the circumstances.  If you have 20 cars and you have no funds. Then I agree.  Sell some and build 1 or 2.  But if you have the funds and you have 20 cars. Why the hell not have 20 projects? There is nothing wrong with people collecting the cars, Unless it is purely for money.  But if you have a true passion.  Then own 500 cars.  Why should anyone care?  So what if you can only drive one at a time. Drive a different one every day.  I have a friend that collects cars. He has 10 that are done. There is nothing cooler than driving one of them to a show with the other nine somewere in the line.  I don't see why you have a problem hemihead. 
But I guess its not a perfect world.       

Sorry for the long post.  Hope it makes sense.  LOL

Jeremy

jeremy THANK you for that
trav

[dukeboy_318]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

[1FastCharger]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

If you hit the lottery you could buy a bigger lot too.

[69bronzeT5]

If I won the lottery, I'd buy lots of Chargers, lots of Cudas, lots of Challengers and every Mopar I could find

[The70RT]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

If I won the lottery, I'd buy lots of Chargers, lots of Cudas, lots of Challengers and every Mopar I could find

Then there would be people saying you are whording and they are going to waste just sitting there 

[Dave22443]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

If I won the lottery, I'd buy lots of Chargers, lots of Cudas, lots of Challengers and every Mopar I could find

Then there would be people saying you are whording and they are going to waste just sitting there 

Yes, but there's a second part of my dream.  Not far from me is a place called Old Dominion Mustang where this guy basically bought up a bunch of 60's and 70's mustangs and setup a store in an old house.  He sells everything Mustand, old and new.  And he's done so well at it, that now he does Camaro's too.  He's know throughout the Mustang world as a one stop shop for all your restoration parts needs. http://www.oldominion.com/

The reason I would want to buy up all those Chargers would be to setup a place like that for us. Imagine having a one stop, get everything you need, new and used, REASONABLY PRICED, Dodge Charger store where you could walk in, call in, browse in, and get anything you needed for your project that moment without getting raped in the process?  Heck, I could even do trade-in's.  Got three of those and none of these?  Trade me one of your spares for something you really need.  No cash required!

But hey, a guy can dream can't he? 

[hemihead]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

If I won the lottery, I'd buy lots of Chargers, lots of Cudas, lots of Challengers and every Mopar I could find

Then there would be people saying you are whording and they are going to waste just sitting there 

Yes, but there's a second part of my dream.  Not far from me is a place called Old Dominion Mustang where this guy basically bought up a bunch of 60's and 70's mustangs and setup a store in an old house.  He sells everything Mustand, old and new.  And he's done so well at it, that now he does Camaro's too.  He's know throughout the Mustang world as a one stop shop for all your restoration parts needs. http://www.oldominion.com/

The reason I would want to buy up all those Chargers would be to setup a place like that for us. Imagine having a one stop, get everything you need, new and used, REASONABLY PRICED, Dodge Charger store where you could walk in, call in, browse in, and get anything you needed for your project that moment without getting raped in the process?  Heck, I could even do trade-in's.  Got three of those and none of these?  Trade me one of your spares for something you really need.  No cash required!

But hey, a guy can dream can't he? 

That's a great idea but then greed steps in . You may not be that way but some people would have you bent over the counter in no time flat .

[Steve P.]

Yeah, the REAL GREEDY, money guy would buy up all the Chargers he could find at just about any cost. Build a few very elite Chargers and then crush all the rest of them to raise the value of what he kept..

Then he would go on ebay and say, (ONLY 31 LEFT)... 

[69bronzeT5]

If I won the lottery, I'd buy lots of Chargers, lots of Cudas, lots of Challengers and every Mopar I could find

Then there would be people saying you are whording and they are going to waste just sitting there 

Big woop, they can say what they want. It wouldnt bug me

[69charger2002]

Yeah, the REAL GREEDY, money guy would buy up all the Chargers he could find at just about any cost. Build a few very elite Chargers and then crush all the rest of them to raise the value of what he kept..

Then he would go on ebay and say, (ONLY 31 LEFT)... 

haha that was funny. only 31 left. hurry and get your 69 R/T before they're gone!!!!
trav

[TheGhost]

Yeah, the REAL GREEDY, money guy would buy up all the Chargers he could find at just about any cost. Build a few very elite Chargers and then crush all the rest of them to raise the value of what he kept..

Then he would go on ebay and say, (ONLY 31 LEFT)... 

haha that was funny. only 31 left. hurry and get your 69 R/T before they're gone!!!!
trav

Seen that add.  Thought to myself "doesn't Travis have 31 R/Ts in his backyard?'

[tan top]

My dream would be to hit the lottery.  If I did, I would buy every Charger (except the new ones) that showed up on Ebay and Craigs, reguardless of condition.  And I wouldn't stop until I either ran out of money or completely filled my 6 acre lot.   

             lol yeah me two   every  unrstored second generation i could find no matter what condition 

[C_stripes]

Speaking of sitting cars.   http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2377717