Valuation or are they scrap

Jim@sea · Feb 23, 2021

I have a collection of Land Rover Defender parts, they came with a 1991 Defender I bought from a storage facility where the business had closed down 10 years before and the stuff had been in storage for the 10 years and I had to buy the lot as the storage unit had to be cleared.
So I moved it all to my own business premises which has now been sold and the lot has to go.
I am assuming that the following have been taken out of defenders as being faulty or noisy, but I felt that they had a value in that if you want an "Exchange Unit" its handy to have one to send of first so that when you do the job you have one to put in straight away.
Also useful for those firms which recondition transmission stuff.
The parts are. 1 Gearbox. 2 Transfer Boxes. 1 Salisbury Rear Axle. 1 Injector Pump.
There is a Bonnet (Round front edge) A front side door. (looks new) Various new bearings. A military towing hitch. 6 - 8 Land Rover Wheels with Tyres. 2 New Shock absorbers and other stuff.
I was thinking of putting the lot on a well known internet web site.
Aparrently I cant advertise on here untill I have put more replies/listings on.
Is £500 for the lot worth it. If I dont sell them, the new owners will put them in a skip.

kevstar · Feb 23, 2021

So you know you cant advertise the parts as you dont have 50 posts nothing apparent about it.
You thought youd be fly an shove them in the general area

Why dont you just give them away for free instead of letting them go in the skip id be
surprized if anyone will buy that job lot for 500 quid.

You could read through the forum & make conversation to get 50 posts then advertise them properly.
If not... then stick them on bgay.

goonarmy · Feb 23, 2021

Jim@sea said:
I have a collection of Land Rover Defender parts, they came with a 1991 Defender I bought from a storage facility where the business had closed down 10 years before and the stuff had been in storage for the 10 years and I had to buy the lot as the storage unit had to be cleared.
So I moved it all to my own business premises which has now been sold and the lot has to go.
I am assuming that the following have been taken out of defenders as being faulty or noisy, but I felt that they had a value in that if you want an "Exchange Unit" its handy to have one to send of first so that when you do the job you have one to put in straight away.
Also useful for those firms which recondition transmission stuff.
The parts are. 1 Gearbox. 2 Transfer Boxes. 1 Salisbury Rear Axle. 1 Injector Pump.
There is a Bonnet (Round front edge) A front side door. (looks new) Various new bearings. A military towing hitch. 6 - 8 Land Rover Wheels with Tyres. 2 New Shock absorbers and other stuff.
I was thinking of putting the lot on a well known internet web site.
Aparrently I cant advertise on here untill I have put more replies/listings on.
Is £500 for the lot worth it. If I dont sell them, the new owners will put them in a skip.

Sounds like you need/want ebay.

saxavordian · Feb 23, 2021

rob1miles · Feb 24, 2021

Had a similar problem with a trailer load of used Merc parts. Laid them all on the ground, took 12 photos, put in e-bay with 99p start (its then a free listing). Collection only, week later they were gone and I was £100 better off. Yours look to be worth more as mine was all small stuff. Don't waste lot of time cataloguing it, just put "sold as seen" and "lot is as per photos so study them carefully". The biggest benefit is you do nothing and a week later they are gone.

LiftedDisco · Feb 24, 2021

Pretty much scrap I would suggest... certainly any tyres that have been stored for 10 years plus will need to be scrapped (costing you a tenner a tyre, at least...)

Likewise the rest of it - if provenance is unknown on items like gearboxes and transfer boxes etc, then who’s going to take a punt on those.

As above, stick it all on a slab and take a photo or three and start with ‘No reserve’ or simply weigh it in...

Felixkoch2312 · Mar 1, 2021

Looks like you need to do some marketing on the internet. You can try some local store places also in your area.

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