Value of ac components for a 1973 Cuda

[mikes456]

So my parents are selling their house and I had to remove all my Cuda parts I have stored there and bring to my house. I'm going to keep most but I would like to sell one group of parts and I was wondering what that fair value is.
I have all parts including the dash, vents, related body parts, mechanical and electrical from a E-body Cuda for air conditioning. I will never use it. These parts have been stored inside for all most 40 years.

Thank you
Mike

 

[pschlosser]

A/C may seem essential to those living in "southern states" of the USA but for the performance enthusiast, A/C parts equate to loss in horsepower and performance. That said, global warming may increase their value, but for the most part, restoring a car with its factory original A/C parts is pretty far down on the list of priorities.

 

[Katfish]

Definitely some value there, personally I would keep the AC box and ditch the rest. I held onto a dash frame like you have for 20yrs, through 3 moves. Finally sold it locally, no one wants to pay for shipping, for $75!
I would have been ahead just throwing it out. So unless there's a big Mopar market that's LOCAL, dump it.
That's just the sad situation we're in.

Sadly I have a bunch more stuff that will be getting dumped, my old condenser, like yours, just went in the garbage this week.

 

[cuda joe]

that ac dash box and vents are worth $$ people are looking for ac stuff because years ago we threw that away

 

[MOPARMITCH]

The place to sell that stuff would be Carlisle Pennsylvania at the Chrysler Nationals. Lots of people come and go there and might be looking for that stuff. Big crowd

 

[tonysrt]

The condenser being copper may be worth something at metal recycling place. I bring my old metal to a recycler and get paid for it. Of course copper and aluminum bring in more bucks. An old fridge got me $25.

 

[EV2RTSE]

Definitely a lot of valuable parts there and you'd probably get the most for everything breaking it all up.

A few things to keep in mind:

That one duct still attached to the a/c box is worth almost as much as the box itself

The duct in the dash that runs from the box to the driver's vent is another piece that sells for a lot

Dash vents are probably around $300 if not broken

receiver dryer bracket is not easy to find these days

72-74 lines not as valuable as 70-71 esp big block but someone will be looking for them

Agree dash frames are often not so easily sold locally but I've always had luck any time I've brought them to Carlisle to sell.

Dash pad cores are still highly sought after, especially with what they're charging if you don't have a core when you go to get one redone.

I'd recommend looking at 'recently sold' prices on ebay and searching out old for sale posts on the forums and listing accordingly, and yeah discount it all somewhat in a lump sum deal if you just want it gone. But someone with a bare shell of a project trying to put it all back would be glad to get this stuff all at once. Especially with all of the wiring, brackets, and related doodads.

 

[Katfish]

Good input above, I'll throw out 1 more bit of advice.
If you're like me and find it hard to throw out things, because you think you might use or sell it later. Only keep things that will fit in 1 of the USPS flat rate boxes.
Takes the hassle out of getting shipping quotes when or if you actually do sell it.
For me, I wouldn't bother selling something for less than $20 (before shipping).
What's your time and aggravation worth? I see some on here selling a bunch of small value things, maybe it's a hobby? But at this point in my life, why would I waste time boxing up something and driving to the Post Office to sell something that would barely cover the cost of a fast food combo meal?