racemybuick
Hot Air Teacher/Student
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2003
I bought a mease DP woth the full intention of building my car to be 11 seconds....after some major setbacks, and the purchasing of a new home, i had to sell most of my parts, including my hot air roller. What I can say in all honesty is that the fastest part I have ever sold in my life was that down pipe.
The Mease pipe was listed on a monday night, and on tuesday I had about 4-8 emails before lunch. I did not make a profit from the sale of the pipe, but i did not loose any money on the pipe. I am still selling other parts today, that were listed months ago with that pipe. I think Jerryl will agree with me, but if you did contact every single hot air registry member and announce the building of one brand new 3" dp for $425, that will be a no-hassle, final solution (dont think anybody got to 3.5 or 4"), I think you can sell 35 in a year. I know for a fact I will personally scrap my atr 2.5 pipe for a 3 inch in my brothers car. and 425 is a hell of a reasonable price being that it is probably one of the most important mods in these cars!!! I dont think i would buy one for 500, or even 450, but I think that threshold of 400 is what scares most people...to me it isnt about the cost now...it is the benefits later. If you buy the pipe, and install it, and dont like it after a couple months...I bet you can sell it for 400 on these pages in a matter of days should you decide to put back in a 2.5 or less....
I guarantee my 425 if that is the cost for one pipe for my brother and my car. (we are building one hot air for 11's hehehehe)
So...if you for 11 so far, how many could you have in a month?
Lee...I think you are the hot air guru still, and your contributions are still un-ending. Thank you for all the knowledge and the courteous e-mails, and all the help...Step by step, a Thompson duplicate is in the makings!!!
Good luck on this endeavor Brian!!!
John Mackey :biggrin:
The Mease pipe was listed on a monday night, and on tuesday I had about 4-8 emails before lunch. I did not make a profit from the sale of the pipe, but i did not loose any money on the pipe. I am still selling other parts today, that were listed months ago with that pipe. I think Jerryl will agree with me, but if you did contact every single hot air registry member and announce the building of one brand new 3" dp for $425, that will be a no-hassle, final solution (dont think anybody got to 3.5 or 4"), I think you can sell 35 in a year. I know for a fact I will personally scrap my atr 2.5 pipe for a 3 inch in my brothers car. and 425 is a hell of a reasonable price being that it is probably one of the most important mods in these cars!!! I dont think i would buy one for 500, or even 450, but I think that threshold of 400 is what scares most people...to me it isnt about the cost now...it is the benefits later. If you buy the pipe, and install it, and dont like it after a couple months...I bet you can sell it for 400 on these pages in a matter of days should you decide to put back in a 2.5 or less....
I guarantee my 425 if that is the cost for one pipe for my brother and my car. (we are building one hot air for 11's hehehehe)
So...if you for 11 so far, how many could you have in a month?
Lee...I think you are the hot air guru still, and your contributions are still un-ending. Thank you for all the knowledge and the courteous e-mails, and all the help...Step by step, a Thompson duplicate is in the makings!!!
Good luck on this endeavor Brian!!!
John Mackey :biggrin: