Crapped Out Parts

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What to do? You can end up with some pretty lousy looking parts, whether they are your cast-offs or ended up with them some other ways. I'll restore a part to use rather than toss. It just ain't right tossing parts...or is it? I know of people throwing away parts, like good steering wheels, hoods, steel wheels, etc. in the past they never would have had they known the worth they would have now? Dented trim can be fixed, crappy seats can be rebuilt, cracked steering wheels can be restored...or can they all? I have some cracked up 67/68 wheels I plan to restore. I decided to take a couple to Carlisle this week to sell. I sold the one with hairline cracks, but the other is all cracked up all over. I'm not sure such a wheel is worth restoring. I mean, are those the only cracks it will ever get or would I restore it only to have new cracks appear between the repaired cracks? That....would...suck! Wouldn't it? I was going to ask $25 if anyone was interested, but no one was. People used to toss original fenders with rusted front cups to replace with repop only to find that didn't fit. Or even just an OEM with dents. Same as doors. Now we have people buying OEMs with rusted cup to repair and replace a crappy repop and people buying doors to repair the bottom. I crushed a '67 small window cab because the rear support and back wall had rust. Now I would not toss any cab with lower rot. As the good OEM stuff getes harder to find, the crappy stuff becomes desirable, so what do you do? Thre are some of us who want not a single extra part laying around to those who hang onto everything. So what do or would you do with a part that is not so presentable?