Ever buy kits...just to "Pirate" parts?

[Deuces ll]

It's all about kit bashing!!!.... ??

[Mike Young]

All my kits are fair game, but maybe 5% were specifically bought just for parts. Sometimes, just for one single part.

Back in '88, I went to a Goodguy's car show in Pleasanton, Ca. and took a couple models to put in the MC exhibit. One was a '70 Challenger and upon taking it out of the box, one of the side mirrors was gone. I HAD to fix it, so a quick trip to a local hobby shop netted a '71 Satellite with some mirrors close to what was needed. I still have that stupid '71 Satellite sitting in the box, minus the mirrors, more than likely never to be built. But who knows, one day........I might need the wheels.

[Bill Anderson]

Not often, but yes I have.   The most recent was for an auction of the 3 in 1 AMT 1957 Ford kit.  Cost me $80 on Ebay and sourced the steel wheels, baby moons, and spotlights for the '57 Ford Fairlane Convertible I'm building using a different kit as the main source.  The $80 was a lot to spend just for the parts I needed, but I figure I'll resell it and substitute mag wheels and other parts and should recover som of the cost.   Now if only I could get a convertible top or tonneau cover.............

[Snake45]

I just bought an original annual AMT '66 T-bird off eBay just because it included ONE part I need that's not in any of the reissues. 

[SCRWDRVR]

I have never bought a kit with the soul purpose of using it for parts, I recently (for the first time) bought a kit to get certain parts from it but still plan to build the kit just not with the custom parts I wanted from it....

[Tom Geiger]

Everything I’ve built recently started with parts kits..

1950 Chevy pickup- I had a couple of $5 started kits. Built one nice truck, still have a ton of parts. 

Currently building a pair of early Jeepsters from the remains of 3 kits. 

[maxwell48098]

I'll buy cheap, bagged kits at toy shows for under $5 just for some parts.  I've then built "parts box" vehicles with the leftovers.

 

A.J.

[Brutalform]

I’ve bought many 60 Ford Starliners, and 64 Dodge S/S kits, just to rob the chassis from them. 

Edited May 26, 2020 by Brutalform

[Rocking Rodney Rat]

On 4/5/2020 at 2:53 AM, Southern Fried said:

A kit you weren't planning on building....but had the "Good stuff" for  another build?

that's literally every kit I buy.... -RRR

[espo]

I have bought several kits that I have absolutely no interest in but had a set of wheels and tires or suspension parts I did want. I usually cruise the clearance Isles looking for what ever is on clearance.