Ever stumble on a good deal for a used part

About 5 years ago, I had a 73 Cuda that I wanted to restore. I went to talk to a guy that did some body work for me a while before that, to see if he was interested in doing some work. I told him what I had, and he told me that he knew a guy that had some parts for sale. He said that the guy was restoring a 73 Cuda, and that a tree had fallen on it and he got pissed and just wanted to sell the parts. I said I'd go talk with him.

I went to see the guy, and he showed me the car. He had just put a new quarter on it, and it was sitting outside. A storm blew through, and a small tree, about 4 inches in diameter, fell on the car, putting a big crease in the top of the new quarter, and busted the rear window.

He took me into the basement and showed me all of the parts that he wanted to get rid of. Two new fenders, a new hood, new trunk, the other quarter, new front and rear valances, new inner front fenders, a complete perfect grill, a complete, used but new looking interior (seats, door panels, console, everything), all new trim pieces, and a whole bunch of other stuff.

I asked him how much he wanted, and he said $1000 for everything. I told him he had a deal, and gave him the money. The body shop guy already told me that he wanted $1000 for the parts, but he didnt know what all he had, so I came prepared.

Next day I came over with a flatbed trailer because I figured I'd put all of the boxes in my truck bed, and then just put all of the body parts on the trailer and lash them down.

When he saw the trailer, he said, "Why dont you just take that damn car out of here while you're at it!"

I said "Sure. I can use what I need and junk the rest". I had that thing loaded up in record time.

So I got a second numbers matching, running, complete, bone stock Cuda, with buildsheet, fender tag, clear title, and all of the parts to restore it with, for $1000.

Oh, and the floors, trunk, and frame rails were all solid as a rock.