Hey, I'm not cheap. I don't mind spending a few bucks to get the right stuff.
I love going to junkyards and finding a good used part for my projects. Our stuff has really thinned out but sometimes a classic car shows up.
I have noticed that some guys will look to later model cars and trucks for parts that they can modify to work on their old cars.
In 2001, I noticed that the front sway bar on my '70 Charger had similar contours to the one in my Chevy truck. I went to a "Pick-N-Pull" yard and got one from a 1 ton 2wd 73-1987 Chevy GMC truck.
With a little work, you get a 1 1/4" bar for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I've modified 5 or 6 of them since for Dusters, Darts, and a '71 Challenger.
Today I went to a PNP yard to grab another one.
Here is where I get annoyed.
For years, these clowns have added in an environmental fee to each sale.
They also have core charges for many parts.
The base price on the wall seems cheap but once you add in the core charges, environmental fees and state sales tax, the deal is no deal.
This is some stupid bullshit. Core charge.... like these idiots are really going to rebuild a sway bar. This is their way to screw customers out of a few more bucks. Yeah, they refund it when you bring one back but what the ****....If I HAD one, I wouldn't be buying one. They know that most people won't bring one back so they make extra money because of that. If they are just trying to offset what they lose in scrap value, why is it $10 for a fender? No fender is worth $10 in scrap, not even one from an Imperial.
The environmental fees is another bullshit pick-pocket move.
JUST set the prices and don't have any tack-on fees. The way they do it now, it looks like they are being petty and trying to shake down their customers.
That sway bar is listed at $25 but with all the fees, it came in at $41.50. **** that.
