Just sold my Mini Trail collectin, it would have taken me 100 hrs and a year to do it individually. Held my ground sold half, an hour later he took everything at the price I wanted. My suggestion is to pile it up in lots with a couple of diamonds in each one, and only sell that one lot and hold off the next one until the previous is gone. Peeps will buy a lot of stuff to get the one thing they want. I'm piling ATC70's up right now. If anyone wants a pile of 12 vintage Husky dirt bikes, let me know and I'll put you together with the seller. PS $25k gets you a look inside the container

Hey Mike,

Just saw this. I'm interested in a 1275 for mine. I'll text you.

Hi

I can totally understand Mike's points regarding doing a lot of work for a supposed buyer and then have them excuse themselves from the deal.  I'm sure that many of us have had this sort of thing occur, and it does create the need for the seller to proclaim, "You come here, look at it LIVE, make an offer, and take it away."
I once asked a very kind gentleman to do a lot of background work for me prior to the sale and we ultimately found that it was best to not pursue our deal further.  He wisely sorted out a point where we could break off how far we'd progressed, and we both went our way.  I now fully understand that he did what was right for both of us. Especially considering all of the circumstances.  I really appreciated learning that from him.

Best regards,

MSH

Wow, that (my rant) was/is pretty rude. I'll stand by it, but a therapist's couch may have been a better outlet for it.

Al, no: I want to have a much smaller pile. If someone ELSE were to win the lottery, I'd sell the whole warehouse full of stuff including cars if they so desired (but not via pictures . But if I had to drum up a figure off the top of my head, it wouldn't be anywhere south of $50K That would include "the unsellables" and would be an all-or-nothing thing.

In the end it's not about the money and the prices I ask are more based on principle, on how much I like you, and on the amount of space they'll clear rather than on financial need (meaning some items will likely be tossed or given away before I sell them for well-below depressed-market value). I have more projects than I can give attention to. Just moved in to a home with a 2-acre cleared lot, so there's room to put it all. I just don't want to.

I moved it all once. I prepaid for the warehouse to allow me a self-ascribed and limited sorting time while in relative comfort. I'll move it one more time: To the dumpster outside; the metal recyclers a block away; someone else's trunk; or the 10'x20' shelved storage room at the house.

Anyone local need stuff for front drum brakes? Hubs, cv joints, backing plates, drive flanges? Come and get 'em. Free.

Spank- So, as l understand it, after reading and re-reading your eloquent rant, if, you somehow managed to win a BIG lottery, then the parts would be "off" the market-?? Right ???

Good luck-

BIG AL-

I may be interested in 1098 parts later on. Let me know what you may have. E-mail in profile.

 

Louis

There are any number of reasons I'm terrible at selling cars (I'm great at buying them, however), and dealing with the average wacko is one of the main reasons.  I've had potential buyers root through glove boxes, and find 10 year old registration slips from the previous owner, then try to use that to get the price down....as if I'm selling a car that not mine, but a lower price would somehow make that ok.

"As is where is" because I had a powder blasted shell that was sitting in my garage for 4 years, sitting upside down, with only the bottom primered and chip sealed. Sold it to someone who had buyer's remorse 24 hours later because it was a 59 shell (he swears) however it had it's legit, original 1962 CA title. I refused to write him a title correction for 1959 and his buddy wouldn't have any part of year tampering either. He wanted a 59. I sold him a 62. He knew it when he bought it and hauled it away knowing I wouldn't change anything. He couldn't coerce his buddy to change things I guess and we went round and round over the phone after he got it home. Finally I said bring it back so I could be done with him. He brought it back in a rain storm. In a friggin' rain storm.

That was the tipping point for me.

From that point on, I've loathed dealing with selling anything and resisted helping anyone with their cars because it seems no matter what I do to try and help it's never enough. I say I have no running motors, people want me to build them one. I say $XXX over the phone for something, and they ask "What's your best price" having never seen the item in person. Or they say, "I'll pay you $XX cash" as if I take credit cards swiped through my arse-crack. I package or palletize something and send out 3 different shipping quotes and then never hear anything back when it comes time to send me payment. Or they want me to look for a date-coded gauge bulb from a 1963 half-model year that I probably have but am not going to literally climb through 40 unorganized boxes to find. I guess you could say I've become BC-ish (without the skunks) and unfortunately innocent, generous, well-meaning people get caught in my misfires. I'm trying to gingerly back my way out of this hobby and downsize to a manageable level hoping I can find the fun in mini ownership again. Posting pictures on the internet so folks can marvel at some of my more shameful life moments will not enable that. If you want to gawk, you are very welcome to come gawk in person.

In person, I'll spend the entire weekend with you. Invest something more than an email or a phone call and I'll pay you back 5-fold or more.

The 2700 sq ft includes 9 cars (not all minis) and it's just the same stuff that was in my 2-car garage and in my backyard, just spread all over the place after I hastily rushed to empty our former domicile of garage stuff over 17-20 pickup truck loads in 10 days or so. Thirty percent should have just been thrown away. It's not all for sale. And invariably it's the things that I will not and simply can not part with that are things people want (like the 1071 that Mur hooked me up with and that would be downright shameful of me to resell). I'd rather not post pics of everything and have to tell folks what they want is not for sale.

If and when I get to the point of sorting out the "keeper" stuff, I'll start photographing and listing the available stuff for fair prices. Being broke sucks. Being unemployed sucks. Being taken advantage of sucks more as does being the unwarranted victim of my bitterness. A Handshake and a Smile turns off "The Crab".

Pictures yes, sold as is where is... lol

2700 square feet?  Seriously?  Dude take some pics every few feet so we can all do some shopping...

I've got more drivetrains and drivetrain parts that I can continue to hold on to, and my own "Fiscal Cliff" to deal with.

I don't have time to build all of these. Heck, not even one of these in the near future. I also don't have the patience to box or crate things up at the moment, so I'm still hoping for local sales of some of this stuff.

I also have 998 and 1098 stuff for anyone needing bits for their winter project.

Shoot me an email if you're treking to North County San Diego and want to see what a 2700 sq ft warehouse full of mini (and LeMons) crap looks like before I have to empty it all out again.

updated to reflect that one motor is gone.

bump ttt

I'd be somewhat willing to work out a trade or partial trade for a 64-is (dry) MKI shell needing less panel replacement than mine currently does...

But what I really need is $

I'm in Escondido (North County San Diego) so we're close. 

Hello, Spank.  I noticed the 760 area. What part of SOCAL is that? I'm 619.

Josh

I've got a bunch of other 998 / 1098 engines and parts too if anyone is in need. I'm in one of those moods where I just need some room to move around before I start pulling my hair out.

Sounds like a great deal.  What would you like to see in a core engine?

[EDIT: This is an OLD POST people. From 2 years ago or so. Please look at the dates of the postings. I got rid of a lot of stuff in that two years so don't contact me thinking this is current information. I won't delete it, but man...]

 

I have 2x 1275 complete pre A+ motors mounted to rod change transmissions.  One with pot joint outputs other with yoke outputs. Both have rusted bores/ engines won't spin. With ancillaries like dizzy, starter, alternator, manifold, carb. Sold as rebuildable cores only needing 040 rebores (could be .020, but saying .040 to be safe). $800 each

1275 pre A+ still std bore and std crank journals. Running when removed but used oil. Bores have lip and sold as needing .020 rebore and assume regrind crank. Block, crank, rods cam,lifters and timing gear/cover still assembled and spins freely. $500

Will not split engines from transmissions myself, but if you want to come on by and go ahead.

Call for faster response. 

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