Topic: Resale value deductible from $500 budget?
Hello all,
Future team leader/ car builder here (distant future) and I'm formulating some plans that involve buying parts cars, harvesting parts for race car, and then parting out parts car to recoup those costs.
I'm a little unsure about whether some of the parts I resell can be deducted from my official $500 budget. Where it gets the most unclear is the "driver controls and comfort" section.
Anyway, here's a list of gray-area parts I imagine I could theoretically sell from a parts car and whether or not I think they could be deducted from my official $500 budget. If anybody could fill in some of the blanks and correct any errors I've made I would appreciate the input!
Part--------------------------------Deductible (y/n)-----------------
Driver seat..............................n
Passenger and rear seats......y
front bench seat......................50%?
all three mirrors......................n
driver manual window crank....n
driver power window motor.....n
other manual window cranks..y
other window motors..............y
whole dashboard....................y
buttons/gauges from dash......n
headlight&taillight assemblies..???
marker lights/other peripheral...???
windshield/driver side window..n
other glass................................y
trunk lid/ hatch..........................y
all other body panels................???
I feel like I'm forgetting some parts that I was unsure of so feel free to add any of the less-obvious parts and whether or not they count. In my head, parts that are required to race (like doors) shouldn't count when resold but maybe I'm wrong on that? I figure the final resale on my parts cars will be to the masher for scrap weight so I don't want to sell off heavy things like doors to someone else if that money isn't going to count.
And before anyone jumps in with "It doesn't really matter if you fudge a little on this stuff," I know that. But I want to try to stick to the letter of the rules as strictly as possible and build the best race car I can without bending any of them. Personality flaw, I guess.
Thanks everyone!