so what do you guys do with parts you just cannot sell?

[NICKG]

at least it was a 911... so there is hope
i have a set of 2.2 t heads i think, but otherwise it is 944 stuff(some 924, 928 and 914)
alot of the earlier 944 stuff is VW based, i actually sold a tranny to a buddy who put it in his vw fox...

[VINMAN]

I think the main problem is, that 944 parts are pretty plentiful. Also, ive seen prices at the opposite extremes. either super low, or rediculously high. I was recently looking for a power steering pump for mine. A guy near me had one one. It was still in the car,( I had to remove it). covered with grease and mud. Wanted $200 for it. I told him to go scratch. Somebody on here offered me one for $30.
Years ago I had a garage full of Mopar parts I couldnt give away. Was tired of lookin at it. So I ended up scrapping it all. That stuff is worth a fortune now.

[Scuba Steve]

NICKG - what do you have in the way of early / 924S interior parts? I'm looking for a lot of things for my 924S. Got a big list, actually. I can PM it to you when I get home.

[onewhippedpuppy]

As someone else said, items need to be listed in an organized manner, with pictures. Pictures sell parts, period. It may be a PITA, but that seems to be reality. Listing your parts in a Pelican/RL post, or better yet, a website, would get you some sales. Worth your time? Only you can answer that.

[Racerbvd]

What wheels do you have?? Everyone knows that I have a wheel fetish

I know what you mean about sorting, everytime it looks like I'm going to be able too, something comes up, on the VW, 944 rear control arms & brakes are a bolt on on 68 (IRS, the 68 auto-stick was 1st) beetles, 944 struts & front susp. don't take a lot of work to use on a Super Beetle (the 924 struts came off a super beetle) I have over 20 years worth Porsche stuff, and also ended up with the 20+ year collection of a few friend's who passed last year, I'm about burned out myself.

[vash]

all the "junk" i couldnt sell, was really easy to give away..

i hate clutter.

[lisa_spyder]

I'll be unpopular for my suggestions, but I can speak from personal experience. My father (dec) bought his first Porsche in 1958 and was an authorised service agent by 1962. He kept EVERY damned part for over 40 years - I kid you not. We had a cache of parts spanning models from pre A right through.

Two years ago we took four months off. Closed the workshop for that period and started to sort out what we had. Everything was measured, labelled etc. Even in that time we couldn't actually put a comprehensive list together as there was so much of everything. Mike spent over a week just measuring 356 pistons and cylinders. We culled (sold, gave away, threw out) a fair amount of stuff then...

Now we have just moved the workshop for the first time in 18 years. This time we looked SERIOUSLY at all the stock. Space costs money, moving the stuff costs money and looking after it all is a PITA if it's not really valuable.

We got very friendly with the scrap metal guys. Instead of keeping say 20 sporto boxes, we kept 2. Same with 356 crankcases, TM housings etc. Stuff that had been sitting for years and we had multiples of, we kept only the very best and chucked the rest. It all takes up so much space and takes a lot to look after. As it is part of our business I have to insure the damned stuff too. We still have a large stock holding, but at least I now know what we have we will either use through the workshop or has a saleable value.

Keep only the very best of what you have - and dice the rest. We did and it would have to be one of the most liberating things I have done. What we have kept is the stuff we want; not the stuff we just accumulated.

My 0.02c worth...

[Scuba Steve]

BUMP for early 944 interior parts? Got any?

[NICKG]

what specific parts dids you want? the thing is that most all of the fast sellers are long gone

[cashflyer]

Parts I cannot sell go to the scrapyard, landfill, or crusher.

In 1989, I tried to sell my Dodge Challengers. A '70 RT, a '71 TA, and (2) '72s. They were rough but restorable cars that I was asking a couple hundred each for. After 4 months of no offers, I decided to send them to the salvage yard. One guy approached me and had the audacity to say that he would just pick them up from the salvage yard for pennies per pound, rather than buy them from me. So I took the acetylene torch and sectioned them, melted the data plates, burned the titles, then let the scrapyard send a truck to pick up the steel. (I kept the big-block engines, which did eventually sell.)

Around 1996 I got out of the MoPar hobby, sold my big-block '67 Barracuda, and sent everything left over to the scrapyard.

In 2000/2001, I restored an old Harley. When I was done, I had some leftover items. I was able to sell only a few items on ebay, and I lost money on all if you count both the ebay fees and the time it took for me to list them, package them, and ship them. The parts that did not sell, including some NOS stuff that was still in original packages, went to the landfill and/or scrapyard.

Just last year I tried to sell a 72E and everybody seemed to act like it was worthless. I let a salvage guy buy it cheap, and everything that was left over went to the landfill - targa frames, seats, steering wheels, struts... all of it.


As much as I enjoy the car hobby, there are a lot of people out there that want you to believe your stuff is worthless unless it's free.

[NICKG]

ultimately that is what is gonna happen i think. It is winter so i am not gonna do it till spring..then it all goes.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by NICKG

ultimately that is what is gonna happen i think. It is winter so i am not gonna do it till spring..then it all goes.

Very true, until you need it!!!
Like the NOS rear 930 grill I have posted, I offered it to a guy at less than what the dealer dealer charges, but there are none in the USA, and maybe 7 in Germany. Well, he said he didn't want to pay the cost. Where else you gonna find it??

This is a good threaadd started by Wayne.

Porsche Crisis Coming Soon...

[Scuba Steve]

Originally Posted by NICKG

what specific parts dids you want? the thing is that most all of the fast sellers are long gone

Some of these are parts that people wind up tossing out. All are for a 924S... should be the same as an early 944 I think. I've been trying to work with someone in IL who was parting out an '88 924S, but we both were busy over the holidays and I haven't heard from him in a while. If I hear back from him I'll let you know what items he has. I really appreciate your help! It's been a problem finding some of these things because they wind up in the trash can so quickly.

- Map pockets
- center console carpet (the piece around the shifter and the two on the side (any condition is ok)
- Shift knob / boot if it fits the stock shift lever and not torn up
- rear wiper switch, wiring from the switch to the nearest plug, and the bracket that attaches the motor to the hatch. Even if the car didn't have a rear wiper the wiring should still be there in the console
- side mirror selector switch in console if it's in one piece
- Long screws that attach the center armrest to the car
- The metal receptacle in the console the lighter plugs into
- 924S Oil pressure gauge and tach w/ mpg meter
- rear hatch latch pin cradle (left side if they're different)
- Electrical switch under the carpet on the e-brake handle
- rear view mirror if it still toggles back and forth and the mirror silver isn't going bad
- - the small bracket/lever and c-clip that attaches the cruise control cable to the accelerator pedal (see: below)


I'm also looking for an early dash that's cracked, but not warped at the oval section the main gauge cluster sits in. It's for a crack repair experiment I want to give a try.