How to deal with "Runnables" and I'm not mechanically inclined to fix?

parting out vehicles is significantly dependent on the vehicle at hand.



I parted out a 2 door xj for $1000 (I didn't get to keep the tires, and I bought it for the suspension fo the wife's xj), but i only paid $100 because a friend needed it out of his aunt's yard.

I recently did a 97 Dodge Ram with very little rust (big deal up here). I ended up with over $1200 gross, and I bought it for the tires for my wife's xj (see the connection), and did some trading for some other tools and things I needed (different rims for the tires, ended up with a 2 ton cherry picker, few other things too). paid $400 for that (the tires were worth that price).

Now, the general manager of where I work was trying to get me to buy the plant superintendent's 96 chevy lumina for $500. This was a fixable ride, but I figured I'd have put $1-200 in parts on it, and several hours of labor between me and a buddy... and could maybe sell it quick for $12-1500. not worth it IMO, because people that buy cars in that price range are a PITA to deal with.

$.02...