"Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert" (joshuagilbert)
07/24/2014 at 14:33 • Filed to: restoration
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"Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert" (joshuagilbert)
07/24/2014 at 14:33 • Filed to: restoration | 1
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Hello Opponauts,
So my dad is considering pursuing one his life long dreams of restoring a classic car or two. Considering he is about to get his MBA, and we both have the know-how and the man power from all of my greasemonkey friends, we are considering opening our own "one-car-at-a-time" restoration unit and start reselling/flipping classic cars as we buy them. But we want to stay cheap and efficient. Like maximum output amount of cars. We have a 75% equipped garage and the land for storage. But we also live 20 minutes away from a city with ten different car dealerships. (Should we sell the classics to them? Or to patrons of Katie's C&C, with permission of hosts of course.)
I've been researching the Internets to find hole-in-the-wall enthusiast dealers, garages, and salvage yards where we might source projects and parts from. Since I am a 64-70 Ford fanatic, these are some of the sites I've found so far. I'm also partial to 280z s. My dad loves AC Cobras. What are the top part/ starter sites you guys can think of for someone trying to start a restoration and resale business. Places of course, that don't charge 60x the price for a rust bucket.
We're trying to find basically anyone who resells fabulous desert and barn finds at low prices, and then fix 'em up new and maybe even take em the way of !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
http://www.daves-classic-cars.com/
This might be an interesting way to pay off I and my brother's master's studies in a few years.
StoneCold
> Joshua "Dr. Science" Gilbert
07/24/2014 at 15:49 |
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I would either buy Mustangs and restore them (you literally can get any part or panel new, plus the knowledge base is substantial) or build kit cars (Factory Five, Superformance, etc) and sell those.
MOPAR prices for parts have quintupled since the 'Cudas have been selling for millions, and the market seems to be pretty full of GM cars that can't seem to find homes.
Just my two cents.