1972 Dart I picked up for a parts for myself
There are several ways to look at this.
In post #13 is a very realistic explanation of the selling history of the car and the reason to part it out for himself (and others later).
Perhaps people should reflect back to the '70s and the '80s when these were just cars.
A lot of them went to the junkyards in this very condition back then and were mercilessly parted and then crushed.
Many people back then and even today consider 4 doors as parts cars automatically.
It all depends on your perspective............
From what I understand from the many posts that Oldmanmopar has made here is that he won't throw anything away unless it's really junk, and the parts will all get used to SAVE many other cars in the future.
He's not stupid or wasteful.
Would you rather see the car sent to the pick and pull yard and parted out for a month and then the remainder crushed, or see it parted carefully over time and all of the parts used?
That being said, I personally wouldn't have the heart to part the car out.
The big reason is that I have a soft spot for 4 doors..........
Soooo......... somebody step up to the plate and save it then!
It's only 3 grand, what are you waiting for?
That's a fair price IMHO.
I already have 2 project cars, and a huge plateful of bills. I had tried to buy a 70 dart moredoor off a local little old lady. Car has not run in years. Is white with granny green interior. Needs everything mechanical gone through to make it run and be reliable. I was not looking as a parts car or making a list of individual pieces value, since my intent was to repair the mechanicals and daily drive it myself. Offered her $1,500 for it. Fair price. She said her daughter wanted it. Sitting on 4 flat tires had not been registered or inspected in almost 20 years. Oh well.
I needed some structural sheetmetal off a 68 notchback the OP had bought to cut up for the front clip. Enquired multiple times while he was tearing it apart, was told no problem. A few weeks later he told me he ran the rest of the carcass by his buddies place and his buddy scrapped it. I thought that was kinda shitty considering finding barracuda coupe specific non reproduced structural parts are really hard to find. I'm a good enough sheetmetal fabricator that I will make my own C pillar roof support sections to replace what was previous owner cut out, but it woulda been nice to have some I could have just surgically reattached.
I had a 74 moredoor I cut up that was completely shot and barely ran but was rust hole free except for the trunk pan. however I used a lot out of it to fix a 67 notch. Main floorpan, trans torsion bar crossmember, 318, K frame disc brakes. What I did not need sheetmetal wise or other partswise i cut apart carefully with spot weld cutters. 90% of it was used by myself or others on this site. This was not a cremepuff by any stretch of the imagination. A lot of miles and beat to death. Point is it took me almost 4 years to get rid of everything I surgically dissassembled from the 74, even the roof skin found a home to replace a rotted roof skin that had a vinyl on it. There were a bunch of structural parts left on that notchback the OP had that could have been used by other people on other cars to repair them. He was quick to scrap it, even after I enquired about these structural pieces I needed. With structural metal it's a waiting game a lot of the time until somebody needs what you have.
I do understand the OPs reasoning behind this, however theres hoods, heater boxes and other pieces out there that can be had pretty cheaply instead of parting out a clean low mileage starter car for someone getting into the hobby. Maybe the seller didnt advertise it in all the right places. Hemmings motor news would be a start. I dont know exactly what the difference is between a 70-72 dart hood. They all look the same to me. I'm using a 74 dart hood and hinges on my sons 69 barracuda. Looks the same as a 69 to me.
I have enquired about other parts from the OP before. Sometimes getting sorely answers like come out here to get what you need, to I am not shipping anything. Not possible for me to go physically look at stuff he's got, I am 1,900 miles from the OPs location. I have personally dealt with people wanting stuff then they back out for whatever reason. I shrug my shoulders and sell it to the next guy looking at the bright side that it's already boxed up.
