That does not make sense - "the guy who bought them" . That sounds like Rudy. Hey, there is no market and it's value has changed. There have been several salvage yards in the west with dry beautiful chrome and parts close doors and crush everything. Yes, sometimes the asking price for parts were too high but this is sea change time in the hobby.
Say you want a NOS part for your 54 Kaiser like a steering wheel. The asking price is $300 and shipping with insurance is $70. Makes most people pause and pass. Or something even less glamourous like a mechanical component that costs $50 but shipping is $75 because of weight.
Rudy had or has a 1948 Frazer with leather seating that I would love to have. His price was giveaway at $1000 I think, solid project - but cost to transport from his place to Iowa would add $1700.
Unless a car is nearby and priced at giveaway prices, the restoration hobby is done. Now one guy may come out of the woodwork and say not so fast I am restoring a 1952 Kaiser. OK, that's not what I mean. I mean the macro levels of demand which spurred the glory years of the Walker franchise. Where orders were coming in left and right and costs to ship a 30# part might be $8. Those days are gone, and so you can't cry over that unless you want to buy all those parts, store them, create a business and then watch your heirs pitch the parts years from now.
