Your Homemade Electric Car

The factory shop manual is going to provide visual references as well. You'll need these when shopping for parts that were missing when you bought the car. If you've never seen them before, how would you know you've found the right part at a swap meet, junk yard, or car show? An added bonus now-a-days is that a lot of shop manuals are available on CD and some of these images can be easily enlarged using a picture manager.



These services are very different from what a junk yard or a car junk yard scrapping service provides you with. It works best for individuals that have a vehicle standing in their porch that doesn't run. In order to get that vehicle running the owner needs to spend a considerable amount of money on repairs. In some cases people are not willing to spend that money in order to get that car running so that it can come into use or to sell it off as a running second hand car in the market. In other cases the owner's do not possess that kind of cash.

A French door set with the door jam (standard 60-inch set) can run $329 -- but prowl the junk yards for this... you can find a full set (usually with the jam) for as little as $60. This is the kind of thing you tell the junkyard worker to keep an eye out for and call you if he or she gets one in. Tip them well and they will call you when the "good stuff" comes in. This will save you a bundle!

There are often many junk yards in any town that will offer "you pull it" service. This means you can get a better price on 2nd hand car parts if you bring your own tools and remove the part yourself. You will also have a better chance to inspect and decide whether or not the part is in good enough condition for your use.

Your local online classifieds: Try searching through a site like Craigslist if there is a board for where you live (or don't mind driving to). Craigslist is full of people who are looking to buy and sell subaru raleigh online. There is even a specific board just for car parts listings. With a few simple emails, you might be able to find exactly the part you are looking for, or with someone who knows how to find it.

Satellite photography has brought to us the power to look at any house in the nation within a few seconds. Like the old saying goes good fences make good neighbors.