Keeping old car parts.

[Smallfry]

I have quite a lot of good condition parts for a few ex vehicles. Not really old, but 20 to 25 years old. All too good to throw away really, but I really need them gone, as will have to move soon, and don't have space.

But what do I do with them ? In another 20 years people will probably be crying out for this stuff, but at the moment, they are not worth anything, and I really cannot be doing with advertising things for a tenner, then messing around finding packaging and buying tape, then running down to the post office etc. Not to mention being messed around. I really don't like the idea of just dumping it though.

What do you do ?

 

[gaz1]

its simple as you cant keep them so there no point moaning that people might want them unless you intend to keep them

its sell them fast or at last date where needed scrap them

 

[dobbslc]

Any Toyota Surf parts?

 

[Blobber]

It really does depend on what Vehicles the parts fit, if you dont want to pack/post them its a bin job

 

[julianf]

I have so much stuff around here that i neither want, nor want to throw away.

Its all worth a little bit, but the "hourly wage" from selling it would be worse than i can earn elsewhere.


What i need is a village teenager to go 50:50 on the sale price on, or something like that.

 

[arther dailey]

say what they fit , if its of interest to a member no doubt they will be in touch.

 

[Wildefalcon]

Auto jumble at a show.

 

[Stueeee]

Freebie section on here?

 

[Mick Annick]

I need an airbox for a 3.9 Rover V8 if you have one?

 

[jmp49]

I enlist my offspring to list them on various places, secondhand sites, vinted or whatever they want, and split them in for a % of the sale price. I tell them what it is and what it fits, and if they get awkward questions I answer them, and they deal with the question asker.

 

[Stueeee]

Any Toyota Surf parts?

Thread drift alert.... I have a pair of rear Surf Backplates, brake drums and halfshafts here if they're of any use.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

I got rid of a load of 1990s MR2 bits recently.

I was selling stuff I thought nobody would want but turned out there was good demand.

Some stuff went very cheap...but I got a few messages from people saying without the cheap bits they'd struggle to keep their car going so I felt quite good about it overall.

 

[CompoSimmonite]

Take pics and post on Facebook Marketplace etc with proviso that collection only - no posting

 

[droopsnoot]

I've got a phone number for a guy who was offering to buy autojumble-suitable stuff if you want it, but he's based in Stockport. My mate has a similar load of stuff, though his dates back decades, and he doesn't want to mess around selling individual items.

 

[dobbslc]

Thread drift alert.... I have a pair of rear Surf Backplates, brake drums and halfshafts here if they're of any use.

Thanks but I think mine are ok, after 10 years of ownership I thought I should have a look so I inspected them a couple of years ago and they were fine, I'll check again in another 8 years
Land Rover owners please ignore this post...

 

[julianf]

say what they fit , if its of interest to a member no doubt they will be in touch.

Selling stuff on here is convoluted also.

I loose track of the rules, how many threads, how many items per thread, etc.etc.

It's nowhere near as easy as just saying "I've got these..."

 

[rtcosic]

If there is an active owner's club or Facebook group then sift out the 'valuable' parts for sale and bundle all the rest as a 'free, collection only'?

 

[optima21]

I'd just scrap them unless you've got the time to put into selling them, or take them to an autojumble, and scrap whats left over or give them to another trader. even autojumble sellers have things for years which dont sell.

 

[bricol]

Find the owners club - email 'em - someone will come get 'em and might even offer a few quid.

I have been in similar position with a load of different bits of kit - after a few time consuming sales or attempts to sell, I simply weight in the metal stuff, and binned the rest.

Literally a weight off my mind and space created. Done.

I am stuggling with hard back books though - everything from cook books to Murray Walker autobiography - local charity shop only takes softbacks, tried local auction and got rid a few boxfuls at £2 a box - costing me a tenner in fuel to get them there . . . just seems wrong to bin them, so they are taking up room in my living room . . . but it's bin day tomorrow . . .

 

[MetalMonkey]

I wouldn't scrap them. As somebody that runs 20+ year old cars, finding some genuine spares is pretty difficult now - most scrap yards don't have them, if you can even find a scrapyard anymore.
If you can give some indication of what vehicles they are for, that would help. As mentioned, owners clubs/forums or advertise on eBay Facebook etc.