back in my junkyard ownership days, a buddy and i played the auction game quite a bit. that was a FUN game to play, and i learned a TON about the used car "game".
i bought the "pigs" and he "perfumed" them with parts from the yard.
he had a dinky lot and advertised his stuff as : "affordable junk !"
he was honest as to where the "junkers" came from, what he had done to get them "poofed up", and where the parts came from. he worked his azz off, labor wise, and these things honestly looked amazing ! he made roughly 2-300.00 per unit, but the amount of work he put into each made flipping burgers more profitable !

anyone watch the movie "used cars" ? that explains a LOT about some dealers !