04-27-2017, 10:08 AM
skylines are already getting $$$ now that they're legal here in the states, I wonder what that will do for their values now that you can essentially make one a semi-reasonable purchase with OEM spares coming online.
the problem is that they made a billion mustangs but not many supras. even if you had some mega baller guys restoring old MKIV's you're only going to sell things to them once. you'd need to supply parts for at least a dozen old japanese cars at the same time, or do parts for big components that are shared between multiple cars (like a trans for a supra that an R34 also uses)
its a super cool business idea but the cost of tooling for a bunch of different cars might offset those sweet sweet profits.
Goodspeed Wrote:I've often thought a solid business case could be made for starting a parts repro company like Year One and all the other domestic muscle/classic car/truck companies for import cars.
the problem is that they made a billion mustangs but not many supras. even if you had some mega baller guys restoring old MKIV's you're only going to sell things to them once. you'd need to supply parts for at least a dozen old japanese cars at the same time, or do parts for big components that are shared between multiple cars (like a trans for a supra that an R34 also uses)
its a super cool business idea but the cost of tooling for a bunch of different cars might offset those sweet sweet profits.
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2019 4Runner TRD Off-Road
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Past: 03 Xterra SE 4x4 | 05 Impreza 2.5RS | 99.5 A4 Quattro 1.8T | 01 Accord EX | 90 Maxima GXE | 96 Explorer XLT