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OEM suspension value? may sell and go alterktion
« on: February 10, 2007 - 07:58:56 AM »
I'm thinking about going with an alterktion front end.  I have 3 OEM front ends....and I'm wondering what they are worth.  I'd like to offset the cost of the new front end.

Front End #1:  All cleaned, blasted and painted black.  UCAs, LCAs w. sway bar tabs, V8 K frame, OEM sway bar and mounts, spindles, shields, caliper mounts (slider type), UCA eccentrics bolts, machined OEM rotors, new .920 T bars.  Needs: ball joints and bushings.  (Bought these parts to install in place of Front End #3)

Front End #2:  Full assembled as removed from car.  UCAs, LCAs, Spindles, shields, pin type calipers, rotors, manual steering box, LBJs, pitman arm, idler arm, centerlink, adj. sleeves / TREs.  Joints all feel solid, it was a working front end when removed.  (Bought this set up from a friend who went to an alternative front end for a drag car)

Front End #3:  Full OEM S6 drum brake front end....everything that will come off the 70  (this is what is currently on my 1970 Chally.




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Re: OEM suspension value? may sell and go alterktion
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2007 - 07:13:23 AM »
I have priced out an AlterKtion kit and it would be hard to offset much of the cost with OEM parts, I would think.  Granted, selling them will help some, but at $3000 for the basic kit, that's still a lot of coin.
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Re: OEM suspension value? may sell and go alterktion
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2007 - 08:59:33 PM »
Maybe $500 tops for all of the above combined.

Better than nothing, but the k-frames won't prolly sell unless at a swap meet.  No one's gonna want to pay shipping for them unless it's a hemi k-frame or something unique.
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Re: OEM suspension value? may sell and go alterktion
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007 - 12:02:59 AM »
After purchasing everything I needed for my front end, I'd say the first kit should be able to pull between $800-$1000.00. (I'm sitting at $1,350 worth of brand new stuff without a couple pieces still.)  As for the others, it'd be a toss up as people usually don't purchase semi-used front suspension components for a fair amount of $$. 
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Re: OEM suspension value? may sell and go alterktion
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2007 - 11:57:27 AM »
It isn't often I've seen anyone shopping for a complete front end.

Based on ebay, you could probably get around $200 for just the disc brake spindles, maybe up to $5-6 hundred if you include the calipers and adapters and rotors. So with two disc brake set ups, your half way to your alterK. Drum brakes typically don't sell well, but advertise them and maybe you can get something for them.

Used torsion bars go for about $50 a set, if you can find a buyer. With the recent jump in new prices, you might be able to unload these if they are a decent size. 

Upper and lower control arms don't usually have too much demand. They interchange with so many models from so many years that it isn't too tough to find them locally for cheap. Same with K frames. 

Tie rods and ball joints are wear items. You might be able to sell them very cheaply to someone, but most poeple will pass them up for new.