Hot Rod Economics - Investing In Your Ability To Build Cars
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- Hunting parts and negotiating deals is one of the more satisfying and fun aspects of the car hobby, but strategically buying and storing certain types of parts in bulk should be part of your long term strategy if you plan on staying in the world of cars.
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My real hobby is collecting parts for projects. Getting to complete something occasionally is just a bonus.
I know how you feel..
every now and again i would slap together a "cleaner", which was someone's roller that i could put a few of my parts on to flip at the spring swap meet. wasn't always the best street and strip car, but there was typically enough go-fast parts on it someone could take it the next step further.
Cpukdnt agree more... somedays I feel im more in life with the hunt of cars and parts than I am with the finished product.
@@daddysbrokegarage it sure is more fun to find a deal than to find out the part doesn't fit and that you have to do two other jobs to complete this one and it still won't #@$@#$@ing start :)
Ha ha! Right on! The hunt is fun!
I had a '69 Cadillac that had a rear window leak and the entire interior rusted out. I advertised some parts on marketplace, but they weren't selling. Finally a guy drove three hours from Dallas for a handful of parts. I filled the bed of his truck with everything I could get rid of. I wanted it out of my shop, but I couldn't stand to see such beautifully manufactured parts go to waste.
Good on you, unfortunately there's less and less of your kind around and everyone, especially people selling Mopar parts seem to see $$$ dancing in their heads.
I stripped a 69 chrysler 300 4 door that some idiot junked in the auto wreckers. Car was mint. Engine and trans was gone of course but I couldn't let all those unatainum parts go to waste.
Funny thing is I, to this day, still have never owned a 69 300 but I have a complete interior, front clip and rear bumper for one.
My ‘68 Caddy rusted the same way.
Funny how things change.
Guys used to run a roll of fuel line through a bucket and stuff it full of ice to cool the fuel down before a pass. Anything to get more power.
Now you'd be lucky to find a kid that can even set up a carburetor !
Guys like you are keeping hot rods alive !
LOL that's still a common practice among some people old and new skool! You got to try it for yourself to know if it works. welcome to the channel you got a lot of catching up to do you lucky bastard!
@@rustybritches6747 really? Good to hear.
I can't remember the last time I saw a "cool can" on a car. Although I don't go to car shows much any more. In Canada it's kind of a dieing thing now
@@CarbonNeutral22 Seems like everything fun is following dinosaurs in the great white north eh. Cool cans are race car stuff for the most part.
i used to run my fuel lines thru the windshield washer bottle. at the track i could just dump out the alky and put in ice cubes for even cooler fuel
I still do this for fuel lines and transmission lines in my derby cars
When I was riding motorcycles many years ago with mechanical breaks, I adjusted it so no matter how hard I break the wheel would blearily still turn. This had saved me a few bad times. Even in the rain drive like you are on ice. Getting older means a longer healing process,lol. Please be careful, but enjoy the ride. I’m only 76 and still ride.
That's wild. So you invented true anti lock brakes. Sounds scary to me, but i live in the mountains where it's easy to run off a cliff even with good brakes.
I had a kitted 70cc Kymco Cobra. Went to work one evening and the road was flooded/very very wet. Didn't think about it really much, but it was February and I should've. Got off work at 330am and got to this road. Nothing in the slightest of being 17 degrees made me any wiser.... I hit the 1/4 mile of icy winter wonderland at 60 mph.
You ever seen the movie gone with the wind. Neither have I....
THIS IS PRECISELY HOW I LIVE!!!
GET WHAT YOU CAN, AS CHEAP AS IT IS, AND NEVER THROW AWAY!!!
Plain and Simple ! This old FORD GUY likes your style!👨🏻🦳👍🏼
i did this not even on the hotrod side of things, thanks to where you taught this in the past.
I basically replaced an engine for free because I bought the replace ment with a transmission, then sold the transmission for the what I paid for the whole
for my 69 GTO i found a $425 4 door 1971 LeMans. the gas station garage who had it delivered it for free the next week when they had a rig headed out my way. plucked the 400/THM400/10 bolt LSD rear, took out the T3 headlights, pulled out the dashboard and gave it free to a guy who just wanted the front windshield (like i was going to risk him breaking it in my yard). If he was smart he parted it out more, but i sold the dash for $400 and had a $25 drivetrain to hotrod.
playing with cars CAN be affordable so long as you own property and tools :) but seriously, it's a case of working smart not hard like everything else in life.
Don't forget,finding things like that just makes you happy
If you're going to run nitrous you're better off renting and filling a mother tank and setting up your own fill station there's multiple ways of doing it pretty cheap and easily you'll save money in the long run! Just like your big CO2 argon or helium tanks except you can transfer from your mother tank to your smaller bottles you just need a way to weigh it which can be done with a cheap digital scale also heating and cooling the bottles to help with transfer can be done with ice water and cheap electric heating pads!
good point, thanks for that
I'm doing this with engines atm. I've only got 2 projects, and I just rebuilt a 360 for my Trailduster. I have 2 spare 318 magnums and 2 440s.
I'm lucky my wife doesn't know about all the junk parts I've hoarded over the the last 25 years we've been married! The ten vehicles in the yard is a different story
I have the same issue. However .t wife us into horses so we have a running understanding, every time I get an engine she gets an animal and visa versa
Careful, it's very easy to become a Hoarder! Looks like you have more Nomad parts! 🤣
DD Speed shop could use some of those....
I build hot rods and custom cars for a living. I save take off parts, extra wiring, and stuff people just want to get rid of. Building street rods is a good way to get traditional hot rod parts. When I wire cars I save all the extra wiring and parts that don't get used. I can usually do the 4th car by only getting a new fuse panel.
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The thrill of the hunt is always fun and if you get extra parts to offset the cost , that’s another bonus too. Cheers Uncle Tony
So true UTG and things I dedicate my life to... right down to how & why I bought my house (it's zoned for this stuff as well). Everything has value, you just have to see the value in what others over-look. Right down to saving as many nuts & bolts as possible. This week I set up my lift and had to run to town to get 10 grade 8 bolts to finish it up..... it was over $20 for just nuts and bolts. This stuff adds up quick, and I lost an hour and a half of daylight doing it. It pays to save.... for sure!
This video was totally on point UT! I do this all the time! Half the time I forget I even have it!
Couldn’t agree more Tony …treasure nuggets is part of the excitement & journey
Been looking for a bottle for my 2018 G4500!!
What a steal!!
The shock value when you purged is worth all the smiles!!
6:24 That's exactly the thing, you gotta look for the value in a sale ad. Sure you need a $300 thing and you see an ad for that thing for $200, you go get it. But if you also see an ad for the thing for $200 in a pile of other things, you DEFINITELY go get that. Goes the same for tools. This is why I haven't bought a lot of new tools lately, I've instead been buying whole toolboxes and lots of tools for a pittance at garage sales and estate auctions. I still have a pile of little 20 inch Craftsman tool boxes in my shop that I haven't even opened yet to go through as I'm waiting on another decent paycheck to get a roller bottom chest for the decent $30 top chest I started using. Then I can pick up some drawer liner to sort and organize what I already have, add to it from the auction wins, and see what's left over. I might keep a couple of those 20 inch boxes for mobile tools, and then pile the other stuff I don't want in the others and give it away. It's going to be useful to someone else if not me, and I need the space for new stuff eventually. Some guy with a family who finally got out of renting and bought a house is going to need those tools I won't be using on a car anyway.
i learned to tig aluminum last summer, took me about 5 minutes to get stainless down today.
learn something new every day.
How to become a hot-rod-hoarder 101. Absolutely love it. My shop is filled with random parts and bits. I quite literally need something from it all on a weekly basis. Saved quite a few of my buddies in tight spots too.
I always say on deals like that yeah I bought this and look at the pile of goodies that came with it and the challenge and adventure in finding the part's is awesome and the best part is the cool people you get to meet and stories they tell almost all the time it's a amazing experience with priceless knowledge and memories
UT.. stop telling people how to find my stuff.. your stealing my dopamine hits.. lol good vid. Your absolutely correct 💯
Great insight into the value of building an inventory of materials. It's like how artists stock their supplies - they don't go out and buy each color of paint as they need them while painting something. And here's the kicker: the artist's painting won't break down and leave them immobile until they can find the exact obscure paint in the hue they need in the moment.
People often think, "If I need X, I'll get it at the parts store," just assuming they'll actually have X in stock - or even sell it at all! There's more and more stuff that parts stores just don't offer anymore, and that's only gonna get worse. CYA and keep your personal inventory as stocked as you can while still keeping it manageable.
So true! Some of the best days of my life have been scavenging in junk yards!!
The trick to putting stuff "on the shelf" is being organized enough that years later when you need an item, you remember which shelf on which you put it. For some people, their "shelf" is a big pile of junk on the floor in the corner of the shop (or sometimes many piles in many locations). Then the time savings goes out the window trying to find the item you know you have "somewhere".
Tony, if I don't buy things I don't need then I wouldn't have cool cars and a big shop to work in. I *WANT* the cool cars, because life is too short to drive boring crapboxes.
Big T, Great score on those parts. Hell yea.
This is great advice Uncle Tony! Thanks! 😎👍🏻
I've added so much by accepting free bes, Tony is spot on.
100% Agree. I’ve accumulated enough parts to assemble 3 gm cars about 60% of the way. I’m always interested in extra parts!
Great!!!! Uncle Tony confirms I should further hoard parts for my vintage Land Rovers. 😅
Uncle Tony hits gold
Good deal.
i have to comment on this ... how correct you are when you said "you don't know when you need something and it is on the shelf" I just got an engine back from a shop after being tanked. no work other than a good cleaning. after checking it over on the stand it dawned on me that the frost plugs were not placed back into the holes. so i phoned the parts store to inquire to get 6 1-1/2 in plugs. nope nothing in stock nor anything coming in the next while. HUH?? I remembered a bunch of stuff i had bought second hand and placed away for "in case i need" and sure enough after searching it, there was a new box of plugs/kit there. cheers tony you never know when ....
Just got a free crash course on nitro systems components as a bonus, Thanks!
Man now I can tell my wife I'm not a hoarder, I'm investing in my future!
I just found your channel man
Love the content. Built my first car at 16. The guy that taught me body work was an old mopar guy !
Keep it up 👍
planning a center console for a 78 Elky, saved a switch from an old Mercedes 220 - it's going in for the seat heaters, it's been way to nice to toss
The problems with doing this are:
1) Space. You need a ton of space to stockpile parts.
2) Organization. It is very easy to forget what you have or, you know you have it and you can't find it because it's in one of 50 boxes.
Keep an eye on cabinets and storage bin freebies to organize your hoard.
8:45 even one of those little 12 inch Edelbrock fuel lines with the fittings is easily fifty bucks new, and you have two there!
I hear what your saying about buying bulk and things you might not need at the moment but probably will down the road. Its a double edged sword though. My father would buy crap a yard sales auctions and estate sales. Its great to have a ton of random parts/stuff on hand but that random stuff builds up and starts to get in your way also. Every few years he would have to load up his trailer and take everything to a fle market auction becuse he had so much crap he couldn't work in the shop lol
I love haw you setup, it's the way in the shop I safe everything guys think I'm crazy 😆
Why to hoard 101 w/Prof. Tony.
I feel sorry for the family going through this stuff after your demise
there's a classic sign, "i don't fear death, i fear my wife selling everything for what i told her i paid for it"
but seriously, if you pack rat, do your fam a favor and list what it's worth and what website to sell it on. i just had an old friend croak and i wasn't made aware until i went by his place and saw the dumpster...he had a trucking company, i would have LOVED to gone thru it. Before that i went thru an estate sale of an old small engine repair biz. one of those tucked back from a city street, you didn't know it was there unless you knew it, a cinderblock building with one big room divided up by shelving. the son was looking to sell--anything you laid hands on was $1. had i the space, i would have loaded up on chainsaw engine and lawnmower engine parts and hit the swap meet the following week to sell at three times the price.
Great video UTG 🎉
Spent the day out scrounging yesterday. So much fun.
Been a while since I been to a car show, but I always found pleasure in grabbing silly little trim pieces etc for my Charger, I didn’t necessarily need them, but if the price was right at the end of the show I’d pick them up
Great points. Although I will counteract it with the fact that it is very easy to go waaaay out of control with auto parts freakin everywhere. Easy to lose track of the massive inventory, easy to lose stuff, wife gets mad when the house and garages are brimming with parts lol.
I have a "A" body 8 3/4 that will soon be up for sale. Posi big bearings, three set of gears. 4.56, 4.88, and 5.13. plus 11" brake drums. It was under a mud race truck. Both axles are twisted. I now run a Quick change. in one car and a 8 1/4 in the other.
Ohh uncle Tony got a blast
Glad you didn’t get hurt too bad on the bike. I agree with you on accumulating good deals in bunches but when you said it I heard a quarter million wives all in unison yell “Noooooo”!
Looks great, Tony!
Moth balls in the fuel tank.
Nicely Done.
You also make new friends. I really like meeting new folks and expanding my contacts.
Great video, brother, from a guy that has a lot of projects.
I have a couple very low mileage pistons with broken lands because (I think) the builder didn't gap the rings correctly if that will help on the video you mentioned.
No Whineres allowed.
I hope you go with the primer black color, just do it in paint,
I love the Appocolypse Charger as it may seem.
Garage and moving sales can also be a source for parts AND tools.
That's the way I look at stuff also. Glad to see that I'm not the only one, lol
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Thanks for the UPDATE
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Like the exhaust tubing Chad found for the bugatti
Me and my buddy Bill referred to that kinda stuff as “ Indian trade goods “ I may not need it but someone might ! I had another friend and his son that made a small fortune buying MSD parts at swap meets then selling them on eBay !
Thank you Sir 👍
Yes man! That's exactly how I roll too
When I was younger and had more time than money, I'd buy piles of stuff like this or fish it out of the dumpster. I'd sort it out and have a keep pile and a sell pile. I had a nice amount of extra money from selling off the odd bits. I'd also go to all the local gas stations and ask for any bad V-8 engines they were junking. Take them apart and sell off or scrap the parts.
Was pretty cool to hear the shout out to bad Chad
This is the way to do it
I like to look around while picking up something, and going to estate sales for old car guys. The biggest challenge is organizing all the crap so you can find it.
Lmfao, the way Tony describes takin a tumble on his motorcycle. It's as if he seen a squirrel...
I work at a parts store today alone I was offered and accepted 3 engines and 2 transmission from 2 different regulars for free. probably junk but might use as a core down the line
Buying the parts used to be a guarantee that the project went forward. Somehow it doesn't work anymore.
On the plus side, I've got a set of side pipes, oil cooler, 3/8" braided stainless hose, AN fittings, tachometer, pressure guages, etc. all new, waiting for a project.
hope you're feeling better after your motorcycle incident!
I have "invested in my future" to the point where I can't even walk around my 40'X90' shop.
Haha our 100+50 shop, same thing, I can just barely pull a car in the front door to change the oil 😂
More space just means more hoarding.
I've been trying to find parts for my Oldsmobile motors om marketplace. Unfortunately they're just not a popular enough engine and I'm in such a remote area they're very few and far between.
You may find luck with a subaru 2.5L wrx or sti piston c.2006-ish
Known for ringland failure, more often than not you have hosers that 'tune' these engines expecting WRC goodness but no attention paid to longevity or reliability.
North of the border, Subarus are super common. Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦
I bought a brand new nitrous system that had been installed but never used, with all the extras the guy threw in with the system I got over $1000 worth of parts, even a full 10 lb bottle, all for $400. Good deals are out there, gotta keep your eyes peeled.
More tips from the master!
Just the title made my day! I really really don't need any help buying shit I don't need! Lmfao!
I’m first
Love you guys
Been here from the beginning
Tony and giggle juice can't wait....peace
Nice!
Spring Perch are the best tasting Perch. Just my opinion.
Lol thats funny cause I needed a 400 for my 67 ford found a 79 frame running motor c6 9 inch rear end got a 78 awhile back minus a motor also with a dana 60 those 2 rear ends alone I cam double money invested plus the front ends cab spare c6 using the 9 inch for a drag car dana 60 for my 48 pontiac
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he doesn't go to the hospital after flying off a motorcycle, he only temporarily looses slight interest in his hobbies.
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he doesn't get road rash, the tarmac he scraped along is simply stripped off the road.
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he can adjust the tappets on a fully warmed up V8 with his bare hands.
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he can beat panels into shape over his knee, he has no need for a block, dolly or English wheel.
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he checks for spark like normal people check 9V batteries, with his tongue.
They say Uncle Tony is so tough, he once pushed Uncle Kathy 40 miles back to their home, she was at the wheel of a motor home at the time, he then removed the 440 and Uncle Kathy rebuilt it and fitted it to the charger, while Uncle Tony scrapped the motor home, using only his fists.
Tony, be careful! Just like don't squeeze the Charmin! Don't snort the Nitrous!
The same with tools. Estate sales, auctions, etc... You may not need that specialty tool right now but you probably would.
Everyone says i’m crazy to hold onto random hardware and brackets I find. Let me tell you, the number of times it kept work going in the middle of the night when the stores are closed is not countable
Uncle Tony had a past life as a farmer for sure. Before roads and cars.
There’s a tipping point wherein you amass so much stuff that you can’t find what you need, but you know that you have it.
That’s when I just buy new. 😂
All you need is space to put it all. Space...the Hot Rodders final frontier.
while i don't recommend having a stranger come to your house (and falling and suing you the property owner) i do love going to someone's house to buy...and looking around. I scored a free corvette 4 speed from a guy cleaning out his garage and selling me a $50 EFI setup. another one gave me his fan shroud he was just going to toss because he was sick of waiting for flakes to show up to buy it while picking up his $25 ford 302 block. someone else gave me a pertronix kit for $1 while buying his $25 snow blower as he was moving to FL that weekend. I got an Olds 455 for $150 and because the kid couldn't bother to be there for the sale, his old man offered me the cam--an Engle unit--and the heavy cast iron intake--an $800 442 unit from 1972--for free so he wouldn't have to toss it out. Two months ago i nabbed a chevy 400 with a spare cast iron intake--turned out to be a late corvette unit--for free. I've cleaned out garages of the big stuff sellers wanted to get rid of or buyers wanted to get out of the way, and to pay me back was allowed to take coffee cans full of fasteners--this was before the pandemic shortage woke us all up--and a soak in a 50/50 brine of vinegar and salt for a month and they were good to go.
Always bring extra cash when roadtripping off to buy something--once i passed an indoor flea market and on the way back scored a Chris Craft dashboard for $80 with all the gauges. it really helps to show up being a nice, friendly person--i've snuck deals out from other sellers who showed up ready to prove what level of d--k they were to the seller.
If you dent those nitrous bottles like you did can they be refiled or are they NG.
What happened to the tan Valiant or Dart that was in your shop?
Oh dear this is me buying tools for that project I don't even have yet
Glad you are okay, over the handle bars couldn’t of been fun.
And to think Uncle Kathy first heard this story 40 years ago....
TONY! , How about listing an address to send you these small good usable old vintage parts ,that I have no need for? Some of us have to De-clutter due to age. This all comes free, Maybe you can cover shipping? YOU'LL be surprised what people would send you because you have a likable personality. Give a shout out of what you need, and get ready to build a parts department.
I’ve got plenty investments on my shelves, too bad I can never find that thing I know I have when I need it.
I freakin' love that car