Road trip Wildcat wrecking

[Mr C]

I have found them to be terrible with correspondence (i.e. you contact them and get crickets in response...very frustrating!).

 

[polara71]

maybe his delivery is a little different than yours Dave

Not even possible

 

[polara71]

I have found them to be terrible with correspondence (i.e. you contact them and get crickets in response...very frustrating!).

Im with you on this Mr C .....thats the way I felt. Then I figured, I didnt need it that bad so I shrugged it off and moved on

 

[saforwardlook]

I don't have any problems with them. I realize they are very busy and get a lot of calls for parts, and then the buyer vanishes when they get back with them or give them the price. They don't have a lot of staff, so you have to be patient. I do a lot of repeat business with them, in particular Vanessa. I even met her at Spring Fling here in Van Nuys, CA - she was there because she likes Mopars. You have to be patient with them, and if they drop the ball, call them back and be nice. They really do try hard to please, and I have never been disappointed with them in terms of the parts I receive or cars that I buy and I find their prices reasonable. I even get photos from them of cars I am interested in buying and when I ask for photos, they know I am not just wasting their time. I have bought cars from them and a lot of parts that I could not find elsewhere. The only other repeat business I do with any major suppliers of used parts/cars are Big M Automotive and of course Murray Park, also a great guy. Never a disappointment. How you deal with people matters.

 

[71Polara383]

I don't have any problems with them. I realize they are very busy and get a lot of calls for parts, and then the buyer vanishes when they get back with them or give them the price. They don't have a lot of staff, so you have to be patient. I do a lot of repeat business with them, in particular Vanessa. I even met her at Spring Fling here in Van Nuys, CA - she was there because she likes Mopars. You have to be patient with them, and if they drop the ball, call them back and be nice. They really do try hard to please, and I have never been disappointed with them in terms of the parts I receive or cars that I buy and I find their prices reasonable. I even get photos from them of cars I am interested in buying and when I ask for photos, they know I am not just wasting their time. I have bought cars from them and a lot of parts that I could not find elsewhere. The only other repeat business I do with any major suppliers of used parts/cars are Big M Automotive and of course Murray Park, also a great guy. Never a disappointment. How you deal with people matters.

Thats who I've been dealing with and who sold me the car. Vanessa was very helpful and got back to me very fast.

 

[polara71]

She didnt want to deal with me apparently. Sure she was nice, so was the other guy I spoke with. Perhaps there was a reason, regardless, this car looks like it is getting saved which probably wasnt where I was going with it

 

[Mike Browne]

It's been about 3 weeks that I made the trip to Portland and Wildcat. I left at 2:30 AM and got there at about 2PM, long drive. I did not have much time to look around but its worth the visit. I was on a mission to remove the seats and brackets needed to install the buckets and center arm rest. Also needed a bracket for the back seat speaker cover. A little pricey. Seats were in bad shape and a little rusty. But restorable. $1,000 both front power buckets, back seat, speaker cover and center arm rest. Did not find the center grill bar I needed. Drove back the same night. Long day. But happy. Ordered a set of seat covers from Legendary, looks like about 8 weeks out.

 

[bluefury361]

I got several nice trim pieces for my 65 Coronet from them. Lots of pictures, e-mails and phone calls back and forth. I even negotiated for a better price on the parts package.
Their prices are a little high, but offer great quality, and honest discriptions. If the stuff were cheap it would have been gone a long time ago.

 

[Mike Browne]

Yes a little pricey. But the thing is this stuff is getting hard to find. No one saved 67-68 300 cars and parts. Cuda yes 300 NO". Please be on the look out for the center grill bar for me.

 

[bluefury361]

My experience's with Murray Park have left me wanting every time I've inquired with him.
don't get me wrong, I've met the man and enjoyed conversation with him, and he seems to be a great and knowlegable guy. But he has never followed through with anything for me except once, and then his price was in the stratosphere, (value X 5).

 

[saforwardlook]

My experience's with Murray Park have left me wanting every time I've inquired with him.
don't get me wrong, I've met the man and enjoyed conversation with him, and he seems to be a great and knowlegable guy. But he has never followed through with anything for me except once, and then his price was in the stratosphere, (value X 5).

Interesting. Maybe the key in both Wildcat and Murray is patience and followup. I have sold parts in the past until I realized it was a big time user and I really wanted to focus on doing my own cars - so I have greatly minimized what I sell anymore. It is almost hardly worth it (or I am unable to charge enough to make it worthwhile). So I have a lot of empathy for people that do this for at least a portion of their living - I don't have to nor do I want to spend the time anymore.

Given this, I always do my best to shoot for long lead time requests for parts from both Wildcat and Murray, (John at Big M seems to be a little better at followup most of the time, but I usually don't need a lot from him and his older models are pretty well apart already) and then have well spaced out follow up when needed and always pleasant because I understand completely how tedious this kind of work can be. Find the part, take it off without ruining it, going out and laying in the dirt sometimes and hoping a black widow doesn't get you, dealing with removing some rusty bolts sometimes, leaving the car somewhat disassembled , then cleaning the parts up at least a little, finding the right box to minimize shipping (frustrating since I usually end up making one from a box that is too big) and then wrapping it, addressing it, going through a lot of back and forth with the seller on price, photos, condition, and then getting it to the post office, etc. and shipping it, hoping it arrives safely, getting feedback from the buyer and hoping they are satisfied, and then going on to the next request and going through the same stuff again. Then you have to keep in stock what ever is needed to protect the items in the box (air pocket bags, peanuts, shredded paper, etc.), tape and so on and know where to pick up the appliance boxes and keep them in stock too. Ugh.

So I am persistent, willing to pay for the extra service involved and try to batch my requests to minimize too much follow up, etc. It does take some planning but over the years it has paid off, because the people I deal with, Murray, Vanessa, and John, all know me well and know that I will always treat them well and deal with them with appreciation and do what I say I will. I have dealt with each of these people for some 10+ years and with Murray more like 20+. I have found they really don't mind the follow up reminders but you have to be considerate and patient.

 

[commando1]

I wouldn't have the patience to deal with the people that these guys must have to put up with.
My preference in how to deal with Murray is to send him an email with the email showing a picture of want I want and all the applications it was used in to help him remember if he has any.
Also included in that email is my CC #. He has always responded within 48 hrs...

 

[BillGrissom]

I understand. A nice day off for me is going to the local PickN'Pull on half-off days. I even found a 60's C-body there twice, and pulled thicker torsion bars from a convertible.

I also understand why the yard isn't responsive to distant inquiries from maybe's. If you ever tried to sell a few parts on craigslist or ebay, you would be amazed at the "potential customers" who just tire-kick, ask endless questions already detailed in the listing, make firm appointments then no-show, want to haggle over paying $10 for a rare rebuilt alternator, not to mention the foreign scammer e-mails.

 

[Mr C]

I understand. A nice day off for me is going to the local PickN'Pull on half-off days. I even found a 60's C-body there twice, and pulled thicker torsion bars from a convertible.

I also understand why the yard isn't responsive to distant inquiries from maybe's. If you ever tried to sell a few parts on craigslist or ebay, you would be amazed at the "potential customers" who just tire-kick, ask endless questions already detailed in the listing, make firm appointments then no-show, want to haggle over paying $10 for a rare rebuilt alternator, not to mention the foreign scammer e-mails.

Sorry, but I don't buy that excuse. If you're in the parts business, responsiveness to inquiries is the price of doing business...so is answering questions. If you can't take it, get out of the business.

 

[polara71]

I was serious about the 71. Though after seeing it I may have ran the other way. You can not ignore any potential customers