1959 - 1963 Gm Wagon Nos Tailgate Lock Cylinder 3764805 on 2040-parts.com

When I sell parts on eBay, mostly what I sell is leftovers obtained from a dealership. When you wind up with leftovers, you seldom receive matched sets, pairs, or complete assemblies of any kind of part, since the dealership only ordered what was broken. The only exception is when GM packaged things as an assembly, or pairs, and the dealership was forced into buying more than they needed. That would be why I am usually able to offer only one piece like this (for one location on the car only). If a lock cylinder winds up being a leftover 20-30-40 years later (say, if the customer never picked it up, or the dealership ordered it wrong), there is almost no chance that I will be finding the lock case that the cylinder fits in, since the dealership undoubtedly ordered the lock cylinder only. Or they ordered both parts, but found out that the cylinder was still good, and they only needed to use the lock case, but never managed to return the cylinder to GM for refund for some unknown reason. Again, if GM only offered it as an assembly, that's usually how I have it.

Now, in the rare case where I am able to find all parts of an assembly or all of a set (if packaged separately by GM), sometimes obtained at different times from different dealerships, I usually try to put them on eBay together, since completeness usually equals a higher sale price for me. While a higher price for you is not as good, it helps me stay in business. This is why I do not understand people who will turn down one part of a set when they find it on eBay, preferring to wait for a complete set. There's probably a 75% chance a complete set will never turn up on eBay or anywhere, and the set will have to be accumulated piece-meal. Isn't that part of the fun of the chase? Not to mention that most often, the separate pieces can be bought cheaper than the complete assembly.


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