I don't really understand this. Why do old wiring harnesses sell for this much?

[bull]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1968-69-DODGE-CHARGER-INTERIOR-WIRING-HARNES_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem439de9832fQQitemZ290412135215QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

16 bids and it's up to $431? Why do ratty old wiring harnesses sell for so much money?

[SFRT]

restonerds?

i am a fool I tossed my old ones when I got hte new ones...coulda been rich.

[bull]

Yea, I guess I'll be selling mine too if I can get that much for it.

[Hemidog]

That's insane, Why not just get a new harness?

[Cooter]

Cause it's "Original" and that brings big money even if it's crap to everybody else..

[tan top]

Cause it's "Original" and that brings big money even if it's crap to everybody else..

yeah thats prolly why    

[Mike DC]

              
We wouldn't still be seeing this stuff if the repro parts for musclecars hadn't all been such complete dogsh*t for so long.  That's the reason why these old parts continue to be valuable even after the good replacement parts finally exist.


Some people live in a world where brand new products are assumed to be better than 40yo used ones.  Not this hobby.  It's 2010 and we're still surprised when a repro part equals the quality of something made in the Johnson administration.    

     

[PocketThunder]

In that case i'm pulling the complete dash harness out of my 69 SE parts car and putting that baby on the bay!

[8WHEELER]

Wow, 4 or 5 years ago I was seeing them go for about that much, but with today's better quality
repop's, you would think 42 year old wiring would go for much less.

I got help 4 years ago putting in a new repop harness, well two of the wires were not routed correctly.
The car died completely because of one of the burned up wires. So I wanted to replace it with a correct
factory color and tracer wire, the aftermarket does not sell most of those yet. So I grabbed an
original harness that had a good wire, and replaced just the one wire with a factory correct color
wire. Old wire harnesses are a little gold mine at times, you can save a ton of money if you hang
on to an original harness still in good shape.

  should I start selling some of mine     nope, I never get crazy money for
stuff I sell.

Dan

[John_Kunkel]

             
We wouldn't still be seeing this stuff if the repro parts for musclecars hadn't all been such complete dogsh*t for so long.  

I'm curious, what exactly is wrong with the repop harnesses?

[Ryan]

             
We wouldn't still be seeing this stuff if the repro parts for musclecars hadn't all been such complete dogsh*t for so long.  

I'm curious, what exactly is wrong with the repop harnesses?

I'm curious also. I put all new harnesses in my 69 last year and they were perfect in every way.

[Wicked72]

Hmm mine melted a little I wonder how much I could get for it... Ill be getting a new one as well for my build.

[A383Wing]

Hmm mine melted a little I wonder how much I could get for it... Ill be getting a new one as well for my build.

You will get more money for it if you put the "smoke" back in