quote:An enterprizing and energetic young man would buy up those old rust buckets and sell the parts to those of us who want them and turn a tidy profit in doing so.
So says the DeTom, oracle of Pantera futures.
One of my 'win the lottery' fantasies is I'd buy every rust bucket pantera I could find, ship them to my central warehouse where I'd have a full time mechanic/caretaker whose job would be to catalog/remove/restore all pieces each car had.
Some cars would only be donating the hard suspension pieces, others could have useable interiors. Some might only be good for a few body panels and others in solid condition but lacking interiors/drivetrains could be stripped and sold as rolling chassis for the poor souls that find their dream car purchase is rusted beyond repair.
Of course, those customers would be shipping their rust bucket back to the warehouse to continue the cycle.
I'd also be buying everything offered on ebay.
Wouldn't be so much a $$$ thing but a benefactor role to the Family.
Of course, I'd also have a GRP 4 conversion, and a GT5S, and a dedicated track car, and a....
Just dreamin on a Friday night before pulling the carb and intake tomorrow to try to track down my oil consumption issue.
Larry (a quart every 300 miles is bit much)