Thats one thing i always hated, buying upgraded parts just to throw them away. All them nice tublar control arms, adjustable lower control arm strut bars, bendix disc brakes, all going to the can?!
And don't forget the brand new Flaming River 16:1 steering box! Local guy just got a '67 Formula S Barracuda that will need these parts so I may sell the whole thing to him if he wants it. But yes it sucks to toss all those new parts for probably half what I paid for them.