A lot of parts cars out there, what do i do? Options

[Bruce Edge]

A lot of information lately about the new appreciation for the 914. I am so very happy about it because I dearly love these cars. In this area a lot of people know this and call me regularly about parts cars. Here in the South there is a lot of rusty 914, a lot are very restorable. So, what I'm saying, there is a lot of used parts. What is the future for these parts, with shipping being expensive, hackers, and the abundance of parts, are they worth buying up for future resale? I came from the 356 area and those parts are like gold
. because they made few cars. It just hard to walk away from Porsche parts, trying to get a handle on investing in the future of our hobby. Going to look at four cars tomorrow for probably under $2000. Let me know what you think, I probably to old to be contemplating this...

[Unobtanium-inc]

The problem with parts cars is that good parts come from good cars, so you have to have a really nice car to part out to make any money. The hard parts, engines, gearboxes, suspension is hard to sell, the stuff people want is good glass, nice trim, switches, interior bits, chrome parts, etc, the stuff that is usually crap on a car that's been sitting outside for 10 years as a parts car.
Also, people have been parting 914's for decades and accumulating parts, so now there are probably far more parts out there then cars.
Saving cars is a noble effort, but not always a profitable one.