Where to Look For Collector Car Parts For Sale

Are you looking for an affordable and easy weekend or rainy day project that is guaranteed to give you that feeling of satisfaction of a job done well? The crux can be finding the parts. With the right collector car parts for sale, you are looking at a full-scale model of that plastic hobby version. You are looking at a pile of old junk minus the parts.

So, where do you go when on the lookout for these car parts?

Brick and Mortar Shops

Places still exist where you can walk into a store physically, find something you want, and leave with a car part. And like swap meets, one major advantage of these brick-and-mortar shops is being able to talk with experts regarding what you need and how to get it from the shelf into your vehicle. The drawback, of course, is that the shop may not have it. Call ahead with your car make, model and year to know the ballpark.

Online Forums

You are not the first person to look for vintage car parts, and you can learn from other people who have been down this long and winding road before. Besides swapping clubs and meets, a good place to find these individuals is in the online forums. The more specific the forum, the better for you. In a forum, you may even look for threads specific to the kind of restoration you are doing, or you may find individuals talking about the specific part you need.

Classic Car Magazines

These are a good place to find ideas as well as collector car parts for sale. If you need inspiration, pick up a copy of a classic car magazine. Like specialty shops, forums, and swap meets, the more specific the classic car magazine is to your vehicle, the easier for you to find what you are looking for. The magazines are also a good place to go for how-to advice straight from car experts.

Auto Body Shops and Wrecking Services

Sometimes, vehicles go straight from your backyard to side of the highway, or to the junkyard. Although first, vehicles often go through a wrecking service or body shop. And if these wrecking services are clever, they hold onto the good car parts. Wrecking services range from someone with a truck and a garage filled with good parts to wreckers with used car lots, fleets of trucks, and 100-acre junkyards.

Check out your local towing or wrecking services, and ask around until you find the most suitable wrecker for your project.

Online Dealers

An online search gives you hundreds of dealers with searchable databases of collector car parts for sale. Type in the make/model/year with a description of the part you want, and you can have it shipped to you in a few days. More likely, it will arrive looking brand new, ready for installation.

On the negative side, this can be the most costly way to find parts. But, if you have the funds and short on time, this is a great option.