By now, everyone in the area had come over to appreciate our trophy. My brother always could please a crowd. He opened his pocketknife, to remove the rattles, asking dad where to make the cut.
Part of the problem is that the car is basically no longer worth anything. And that’s one of those funny things about buying junk cars; the person selling it, tries to build value in it, even though it’s going straight to the scrap yard. When the car gets purchased for scrap, it’s by the pound a certain amount… so it doesn’t matter if the “interior’s in great shape” or you “just put new brake pads on it,” that’s all VERY irrelevant!
Online stores – this could be one of the most viable options since it saves a lot of time and effort. You have the option of looking up the products that you want to buy.However you must be careful since all of them are not very reliable. You must look for a toll free number where you get to talk to the customer service representatives and get assurance about service provided.
The best way to get ready for the rehabbing business is to grab a cup of coffee on Saturday mornings (even before you pickup a property) and head out to the salvage yard, builders’ surplus store, 1983 cutlass supreme and your mega home improvement store. Sniff around these places so you know what things cost. This will go a long way in helping you prepare budgets that are dead on that will have you smiling when you look at your bottomline.
If you know the purity, the next step is to find the weight of gold and silver. Silver and gold are weighed in Troy ounces or grams. There are 31.103 grams in an oz. Find the daily spot price per ounce. This is found in the internet and it changes daily. Take the spot price and divide it by 31.1 and you can determine the dollar amount per gram. Multiply that by the grams of gold you have and you know its value. Tips and warnings: This will give you the knowledge not to be taken. The best place to sell your gold is a trusted jeweler or someone you have done business with.
Create zones in your garage. For example: A gardening zone, An auto zone , A sports zone, recycling zone, etc. You get the idea. Do a major sort into the zones your family needs and uses.
Most often, the auto parts you will require will be quite common, and are probably parts like bumpers, brake pads, seatbelts, wiper blades, and so forth. In recent times, it used to be that no matter what was required the car would be taken to the local mechanic. Now a lot of people are doing their own work on their cars and there is an increased demand for specialized parts. Some of the items people are now changing which they didn’t in the past are parts that are required to convert to lower emissions levels. Fancy wheels, specialized wiper blades and even specialty headlight covers are some of the other common specialty items.
Kitchen base cabinets can be had for as little as $100 a piece, depending on width of the cabinets, number of doors, drawers, etc. If you plan to paint the cabinets, prowl the junk yard. I found a nice 30-inch, 2-door, cabinet base with a drawer the other week for ten dollars!
Still had the old catalog, and ordered a couple things to “fix her up”. Good quality at a price I could afford. (That’s what I liked.) Then once, I got a part that was supposed to fit all cars (but not MG’s, I guess), and they quickly refunded my money. (That’s what I mean.) Now even today, I still trust them for supplying quality parts at reasonable prices. (That’s what I appreciate.) I still order from them for my ‘Vette, my truck, and motorhome.