Jeff you make a excellent point and hopefully a few people realizing that will get the incentive to do a thoroughbred or concours restoration who otherwise would shy away from it. I myself get great satisfaction refurbishing parts like intakes ,FE fuel pumps,exhaust parts, etc. to look lik,e NOS. Bob G On Monday, March 21, 2005, at 09:48 PM, J Speegle wrote: > It's amazing to me the number of people who choose to do > thoroughbred cars then focus only on NOS parts. Nothing says > you have to use NOS - there are as many good original parts > out there (maybe more) that only need refinishing and can be > had for a fraction of what NOS parts are going for. > > Just my 2 cents and observations > > Jeff S > > > On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:00:53 -0500, Ronald Robertson wrote: >> I have watched, with some interest, the comments made > about the prices paid for NOS parts for Shelbys. The same > phenomenon can be seen with the BJ auction, when people with > more disposable income than should be legal, pay exorbitant > prices just to satisfy their ego and the desire to say "look > what I got!" Are those cars worth it? Only to the 2 or 3 > bidders who participate in this ego massaging practice. The > same thing happens to some buyers of NOS parts. As soon as > you put an NOS part on your vehicle, it is no longer NOS > unless you are doing a thoroughbred restoration. As Kenny > says, at the right price, install an NOS part or, at > much less cost, a used original in really nice condition. > The practice of overpriced parts would disappear overnight > if we, the buyers, just stopped buying! But.......the old > ego would take a beating. Maybe P.T. Barnum was right. > Anyhow, excepting those folk doing thoroughbred > restorations, prices on NOS parts will continue to rise as > long as there are buyers who just cannot resist that > surge of adrenalin. >> Just my $.02 worth. >> Ron > > > >
