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drink2mny · 10-25-2003, 01:22 PM

Well every now and then I get to rummage around Blackbirds Custom Trucks for little odds and ends..
And then I came across these

They are factory 67-72 tow hooks..
They have been Powder coated and have little surface scratches from being moved around..
He said he would take $325.00 for them plus S&H..

Patch · 10-25-2003, 01:53 PM

This is NOT a price b**ch. This is a question.......
Who is willing to pay that much money for for a set of tow hooks?
Am I the only one who see's the problem with this?
I dont even want a set on my Blazer.....if I did ....I'd get a set off of a Semi Truck...there much heavier duty. Are these things that rare...or is there something else I'm missing here? If the gentleman asking that much for those hooks get them....good for him......I need to start a new business.

Mike Culpepper · 10-25-2003, 02:21 PM

It's all a perceved value thang. I used to dream about going to look at the '67 chevy for sale in the newspaper for $500, to find out it is a 427 'Vette, now I dream about going to a garage sale and finding a big box full of tow hooks and factory 8-track players.
Mike

woodmancfh · 10-25-2003, 02:55 PM

I sold a set of factory 71-72 tow hooks about 6 weeks ago for
$ 165.00
Now they are selling for $100.00 higher than that.
They will probably be selling for $325.00 in a couple of months.
Remember- It's not what they're worth-It's what people are willing to pay.

kilomanjaro · 10-25-2003, 04:08 PM

Simple laws of the FREE MARKET economy--
High Demand + Low Supply = High Price
John
kilomanjaro63@hotmail.com

nu2-72 · 10-25-2003, 04:12 PM

Also remember that this is his thread. He has every right to post anything he wants.

Patch · 10-25-2003, 05:03 PM

I know this is his thread.......I'm a Chevy owner....not a blue oval guy....sheez.......

Patch · 10-25-2003, 05:09 PM

Look.....I've seen these hooks start at about $50.00 a few years back....now there $325 on up. That's the way things work....I know that. What I'm asking is what's the mystique? What am I missing? There tow hooks......things that on most of these trucks will never be used.....well...maybe half anyway. Like I said before.....I'm not questioning his price.....or the link's price....I am questioning the drive behind these skyrocketing prices behind towhooks...plain and simple......panties seem to get wadded up around here at the drop of a hat...or question in this case.
Free market economy....free speech....great things huh? Thanks.

drink2mny · 10-25-2003, 05:13 PM

Never meant to start this kind of post

My boss and I have been seeing hooks go from 150 to 250..

then you have to figure in that these are POWDER COATED..
That ain't cheap..
These are a very nice set for someone who has a show rig or in fact any truck..
That is why the price...

I have yet to speak my mind on the website about the way people react to threads posted,but the day is coming close..

I know many of us were taught. If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all...

This isn't directed to anyone that has posted on this thread..So please don't retalliate to me on this thread..
Heck these aren't even my hooks or my price..

Patch · 10-25-2003, 05:20 PM

I PM'ed the guy who started this thread. He simply was trying to pass on some info on hooks...plain and simple.
I forget how times have changed....and there's rules for everything now. I wont do it again.

teeitup · 10-25-2003, 06:09 PM

I think you can price your stuff for whatever you want too. You never know someone is always wanting these. Good luck, Randy

Class of 69 · 10-25-2003, 06:27 PM

How well would the powder coating hold up if they actually got used??

drink2mny · 10-25-2003, 06:36 PM

They would probably hold up a couple times..
I guess I should have stated just for show rigs???

Truck Hippy · 10-25-2003, 08:20 PM

While $325 is alittle high, I think they would sell on ebay. Several years ago. My buddy and I went to the Turkey run in Daytona. We were walking through the parts and he said to the guy selling stuff. "How much for the fan shroud?" $2 , The guy said. My buddy just bought a perfect BB fan shrould for one of these trucks for $2. I counldn't belive that I missed it. Well while my buddy pay's for the shrould, What do you know, A set of tow hooks! I ask how much. The guy say's $10. Needless to say I bought them. It was a good day. Wes.

wesbaird@charter.net

*Phillip Johnson* · 10-25-2003, 09:34 PM

Hey Wes, you want to sell those hooks for $50??? LOL

jose · 10-25-2003, 10:58 PM

Hush up Phil

!! I'll give 60.00 Wes

1969 GMC · 10-26-2003, 04:25 AM

i understand what patch is questioning...it just so happened to be brought up in this thread. i wonder how many trucks came factory equipped with hooks? and why does everyone want a set for their truck? (myself, it is because the originals are missing...i'd like them back). I also know that alot of guys just wont use them at all, they are just there to be there. if you were just going for function, you could buy a chrome set from GMC paul or use a set off a medium truck. and towhooks are something most people would overlook if they were making a mental list of rare and collectible truck parts. because hooks are hooks. oh well, i will probably still pay $200+ for a set because I'm not lucky enough to find one. (sigh)

68 Suburban · 10-26-2003, 05:24 AM

You need to come to Phx to get them powder coated. I had a set coated for $15 last year.

teeitup · 10-26-2003, 08:12 AM

I'm sticking up for the 4x4 guys here, you all ask why do you want hooks, well why do some of you 2wd guys want tach, tilt, headliner etc in your truck? You add all that up you spend more on that than guys who want to hooks. TOWHOOKS ARE NEAT and original, to each there own. Thanks Randy

drink2mny · 10-26-2003, 01:23 PM

Well I gotta say I started to think this was a bad price for these hooks. But I then saw the other thread that posted this ebay auction
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=10076

You know our business isn't that big, but we do pretty well at it..
A few calls from people on this site prove that we know what we're doing. I might have done better to put these on Ebay. But I have done pretty well for the couple of things I have sold on here( Thanks Wes from www.ClassicHeartbeat.com).. It came real close to not ever sharing anything we have to sell on this sight for 67-72 rigs we get in. I didn't understand at first how so many post got on here.. You know you can't do that in your for sale page in the Sunday news, So why do it here to someone selling stuff.. But I understand the places where everyone lives has diferent prices for things that are sold on here..

But not everyone lives where you live..

Thanks again for the time you take to look at this thread
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drink2mny · 10-26-2003, 08:57 PM

I usually don't repeat myself, but did anyone catch that set of hooks on Ebay..
Guess wasn't that far off on price after all.
anyone know if that was a board member that won the auction??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=10076

*Phillip Johnson* · 10-27-2003, 01:22 AM

Well, Im a 4x4 guy and a 2x4 guy. But....... The way I see it is sell them for what you can get. If the going rate is $50, then be happy with $50. Now I see its gone over the $300 range. If it gets much more than that, you can buy and install a winch on the front and really pull yourself out, along with it looking cool also.
For the record, Ive had 4x4's with tac dashes and tilts.
I think the tow hook thing is getting way out of hand. I think Im going to sit on the set I just aquired in Calif and see if it hits $500. This may be better than real estate. I thought that the Blazer fuel skid plates were worth alot but, not too many guys asking for one anymore. I sold one last week to a board member at a fair price. i just hope that it ends up on his Blazer and not Ebay............

Just my 6.25 cents worth

drink2mny · 10-27-2003, 01:45 PM

The lowest he will take is 300.00 plus S&H.

DuckhunterInTN · 11-03-2003, 01:07 PM

I have been wondering....why don't some of the aftermarket manufacturers come out with some repo tow hooks?

ROAD DOG · 11-03-2003, 01:19 PM

Repo hooks!!!! wazzz up???

Any body got pics of tow hooks on the truck????Where they mount?

10-25-2003, 01:22 PM	#1
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	Powder coated tow hooks for sale Well every now and then I get to rummage around Blackbirds Custom Trucks for little odds and ends.. And then I came across these They are factory 67-72 tow hooks.. They have been Powder coated and have little surface scratches from being moved around.. He said he would take $325.00 for them plus S&H.. __________________ Support The Board

10-25-2003, 01:53 PM	#2
Patch Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Posts: 709	O.K. This is NOT a price b**ch. This is a question....... Who is willing to pay that much money for for a set of tow hooks? Am I the only one who see's the problem with this? I dont even want a set on my Blazer.....if I did ....I'd get a set off of a Semi Truck...there much heavier duty. Are these things that rare...or is there something else I'm missing here? If the gentleman asking that much for those hooks get them....good for him......I need to start a new business. __________________ Patch

10-25-2003, 02:21 PM	#3
Mike Culpepper Red Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Llano... Texas Hill Country Posts: 448	It's all a perceved value thang. I used to dream about going to look at the '67 chevy for sale in the newspaper for $500, to find out it is a 427 'Vette, now I dream about going to a garage sale and finding a big box full of tow hooks and factory 8-track players. Mike __________________ '72 Cheyenne LWB 350/350 "The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass all the time." - Catfish Hunter (commenting on why he was not able to pitch another perfect game).

10-25-2003, 02:55 PM	#4
woodmancfh GMC RULES Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 154	I sold a set of factory 71-72 tow hooks about 6 weeks ago for $ 165.00 Now they are selling for $100.00 higher than that. They will probably be selling for $325.00 in a couple of months. Remember- It's not what they're worth-It's what people are willing to pay. __________________ 70 Chevy C/20 72 GMC K /2500

10-25-2003, 04:08 PM	#5
kilomanjaro Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: From Kansas now in Palmer, Alaska Posts: 807	Free market Simple laws of the FREE MARKET economy-- High Demand + Low Supply = High Price John kilomanjaro63@hotmail.com __________________ 63 Buick Wildcat 425 72 Chevy Blazer CST 72 Chevy C10 Cheyenne 00 Ford F-350 Super Duty 7.3L 09 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 10 Ford Expedition Limited

10-25-2003, 04:12 PM	#6
nu2-72 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Amazonia, Mo. USA Posts: 2,821	Also remember that this is his thread. He has every right to post anything he wants. __________________ 72 3/4 4x4 350 4spd 72 3/4 4x4 350 auto 2004 Duramax Silverado 4x4 2006 Duramax Crew cab 4x4 2010 Harley Ultra Limited 2011 Harley Street Glide

10-25-2003, 05:03 PM	#7
Patch Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Posts: 709	No kidding I know this is his thread.......I'm a Chevy owner....not a blue oval guy....sheez....... __________________ Patch

10-25-2003, 05:09 PM	#8
Patch Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Posts: 709	Another thing Look.....I've seen these hooks start at about $50.00 a few years back....now there $325 on up. That's the way things work....I know that. What I'm asking is what's the mystique? What am I missing? There tow hooks......things that on most of these trucks will never be used.....well...maybe half anyway. Like I said before.....I'm not questioning his price.....or the link's price....I am questioning the drive behind these skyrocketing prices behind towhooks...plain and simple......panties seem to get wadded up around here at the drop of a hat...or question in this case. Free market economy....free speech....great things huh? Thanks. __________________ Patch

10-25-2003, 05:13 PM	#9
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	Never meant to start this kind of post My boss and I have been seeing hooks go from 150 to 250.. then you have to figure in that these are POWDER COATED.. That ain't cheap.. These are a very nice set for someone who has a show rig or in fact any truck.. That is why the price... I have yet to speak my mind on the website about the way people react to threads posted,but the day is coming close.. I know many of us were taught. If you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all... This isn't directed to anyone that has posted on this thread..So please don't retalliate to me on this thread.. Heck these aren't even my hooks or my price.. __________________ Support The Board

10-25-2003, 05:20 PM	#10
Patch Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oak Harbor, WA Posts: 709	He's right I PM'ed the guy who started this thread. He simply was trying to pass on some info on hooks...plain and simple. I forget how times have changed....and there's rules for everything now. I wont do it again. __________________ Patch

10-25-2003, 06:09 PM	#11
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	I think you can price your stuff for whatever you want too. You never know someone is always wanting these. Good luck, Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

10-25-2003, 06:27 PM	#12
Class of 69 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Stillwater MN Posts: 1,166	How well would the powder coating hold up if they actually got used?? __________________ 69 GMC K10 ..some restoration required....still..

10-25-2003, 06:36 PM	#13
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	They would probably hold up a couple times.. I guess I should have stated just for show rigs??? __________________ Support The Board

10-25-2003, 08:20 PM	#14
Truck Hippy Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Hickory, NC. Posts: 776	While $325 is alittle high, I think they would sell on ebay. Several years ago. My buddy and I went to the Turkey run in Daytona. We were walking through the parts and he said to the guy selling stuff. "How much for the fan shroud?" $2 , The guy said. My buddy just bought a perfect BB fan shrould for one of these trucks for $2. I counldn't belive that I missed it. Well while my buddy pay's for the shrould, What do you know, A set of tow hooks! I ask how much. The guy say's $10. Needless to say I bought them. It was a good day. Wes. wesbaird@charter.net

10-25-2003, 09:34 PM	#15
Phillip Johnson Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 1,579	Hey Wes, you want to sell those hooks for $50??? LOL



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10-25-2003, 10:58 PM	#16
jose Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Salem , Oregon 97301 Posts: 1,796	Hush up Phil !! I'll give 60.00 Wes __________________ 68 GMC 4x4 SWB jose6772@yahoo.com

10-26-2003, 04:25 AM	#17
1969 GMC Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Rubber City Posts: 5,498	i understand what patch is questioning...it just so happened to be brought up in this thread. i wonder how many trucks came factory equipped with hooks? and why does everyone want a set for their truck? (myself, it is because the originals are missing...i'd like them back). I also know that alot of guys just wont use them at all, they are just there to be there. if you were just going for function, you could buy a chrome set from GMC paul or use a set off a medium truck. and towhooks are something most people would overlook if they were making a mental list of rare and collectible truck parts. because hooks are hooks. oh well, i will probably still pay $200+ for a set because I'm not lucky enough to find one. (sigh) __________________ 1969 GMC K2500 1996 Honda Accord 2007 Kawasaki KLR 650

10-26-2003, 05:24 AM	#18
68 Suburban Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: From Chicago, Live in Phoenix, AZ Posts: 6,802	You need to come to Phx to get them powder coated. I had a set coated for $15 last year. __________________ Just sitting here contemplating contemplation.

10-26-2003, 08:12 AM	#19
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	I'm sticking up for the 4x4 guys here, you all ask why do you want hooks, well why do some of you 2wd guys want tach, tilt, headliner etc in your truck? You add all that up you spend more on that than guys who want to hooks. TOWHOOKS ARE NEAT and original, to each there own. Thanks Randy __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

10-26-2003, 01:23 PM	#20
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	Well I gotta say I started to think this was a bad price for these hooks. But I then saw the other thread that posted this ebay auction http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=10076 You know our business isn't that big, but we do pretty well at it.. A few calls from people on this site prove that we know what we're doing. I might have done better to put these on Ebay. But I have done pretty well for the couple of things I have sold on here( Thanks Wes from www.ClassicHeartbeat.com).. It came real close to not ever sharing anything we have to sell on this sight for 67-72 rigs we get in. I didn't understand at first how so many post got on here.. You know you can't do that in your for sale page in the Sunday news, So why do it here to someone selling stuff.. But I understand the places where everyone lives has diferent prices for things that are sold on here.. But not everyone lives where you live.. Thanks again for the time you take to look at this thread Remember for your rear disk brake kit needs go to Blackbirds Cutom Trucks __________________ Support The Board

10-26-2003, 08:57 PM	#21
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	I usually don't repeat myself, but did anyone catch that set of hooks on Ebay.. Guess wasn't that far off on price after all. anyone know if that was a board member that won the auction?? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=10076 __________________ Support The Board

10-27-2003, 01:22 AM	#22
Phillip Johnson Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Grants Pass, Oregon Posts: 1,579	Well, Im a 4x4 guy and a 2x4 guy. But....... The way I see it is sell them for what you can get. If the going rate is $50, then be happy with $50. Now I see its gone over the $300 range. If it gets much more than that, you can buy and install a winch on the front and really pull yourself out, along with it looking cool also. For the record, Ive had 4x4's with tac dashes and tilts. I think the tow hook thing is getting way out of hand. I think Im going to sit on the set I just aquired in Calif and see if it hits $500. This may be better than real estate. I thought that the Blazer fuel skid plates were worth alot but, not too many guys asking for one anymore. I sold one last week to a board member at a fair price. i just hope that it ends up on his Blazer and not Ebay............ Just my 6.25 cents worth Last edited by Phillip Johnson; 10-27-2003 at 02:27 AM.

10-27-2003, 01:45 PM	#23
drink2mny Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: spokane wa Posts: 2,189	The lowest he will take is 300.00 plus S&H. __________________ Support The Board

11-03-2003, 01:07 PM	#24
DuckhunterInTN Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Brownsville, TN Posts: 88	I have been wondering....why don't some of the aftermarket manufacturers come out with some repo tow hooks? __________________ 2004 GMC 2500HD 4x4 Crew Cab Duramax 2000 Chevrolet ext-cab Z71 1995 Chevrolet ext-cab Z71 1984 Chevrolet K10 6.2 4x4 1972 GMC Jimmy 4x4 1967 Chevrolet C50 Dump truck 1957 GMC 1/2 ton stepside (not running)

11-03-2003, 01:19 PM	#25
ROAD DOG Top of the foodchain Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 3.5 miles from Mile Hi Stadium Posts: 127	Repo hooks!!!! wazzz up??? Any body got pics of tow hooks on the truck????Where they mount? __________________ 1970 K-10 4x4 1975 Jeep CJ-5 4x4 1990 Jeep XJ 4x4 Smell the Magic!

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