Cars - Page 2

Wow! I seem to have it made where I am. I am paying 100 $ cash for every junk car. This girl takes off the Cat. the radiator, the wheels, rims, battery, alternator, starter. I get 190 per ton auto. usually toss in some extra junk to get a better price. save the rims till i have a good pile of alum and steel rims, then take them in. same with the converters and elec motors. Unlesss i am short on cash...lol then i just go through the big scale and walk my small stuff over. My usual scrap yard pays me $5 more than other customers who don't come in as often, and I usually get my check before them too. Maybe its because I am there a lot, bring the well behaved kids in everytime...or simply because I am polite..I don't know, I just chill and it works for me. There is a little work in the radiators of everything. I cut all the copper off and sell that separate also. Lot of work, can be good pay. Fortunatly I dont have to remove any liquids at the scrap yard i go to. So super added bonus!

Wow. You joined in Dec and this is your first post. Big time lurker. Welcome aboard.

Any tips on how to find cheap cars? I'm thinking about strippin and cars for extra money. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I actually have a chance to pick up a chevy flat bed from 1959 I am thinking about offering $150 as the seller is asking $250 and has been told he can get $390.

Car is WAY far though...I mean I can do the trip but it might cost half a tank of gas or more considering weight and mileage. Probably gonna just offer $100 otherwise now worth it unless he is telling the truth. Gonna call around tomorrow and see.

That'd be a great restoration project if it isn't to rough and if you could find some one looking for one. Just a cab of a 50s or 60s truck around here with rusted out floor boards are sellin for 5 or 600 easy.

Haha. I meant strippin an junkin cars for extra money. I'm usin an iPhone an sometimes it messes up an deletes stuff

Originally Posted by Muddertrucker13

Any tips on how to find cheap cars? I'm thinking about strippin and cars for extra money. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Jump on Craigslist and start hunting for cheap cars. Use key words like wrecked, damaged, head gasket(s), problem(s), overheating/overheats, transmission/engine problems, totaled, no title, accident, doesn't run, won't start, etc.

Also advertise that you buy cars.

I've put up several ads but the rest of the scrappers keep flaggin me. I'll start lookin more for em. Thanks for the tip

Originally Posted by Muddertrucker13

That'd be a great restoration project if it isn't to rough and if you could find some one looking for one. Just a cab of a 50s or 60s truck around here with rusted out floor boards are sellin for 5 or 600 easy.

I got the truck for $150. We are just waiting on dimensions to make sure my 16ft heavy duty will actually haul his truck due to the sheer width of something like that. It would really suck to get out their and it not even be large enough to do the job. I knew we needed a car hauler but it didn't have side railing like this trailer does for hauling stuff other than cars. I just gotta bring the guy some ammo too haha.

I put out like 20 feelers to buy cars off of craigslist last night for every car I could find under 600 bucks. of course I only offered 200 but I havnt got a single reply yet.
Here is my one line junk car ad it hasnt got flagged yet but i put it in the automotive section.
http://denver.craigslist.org/aos/2568477596.html

I see you're buying at 7 cents a lb. Do you take the car, scrap it so you know what it weighs, then come back to pay?

Well seeing I havnt got a single car yet I aint doing anything. But I plan to pay the 7 cents per pound based on the curb weight of the vehicle. That way at min ill make 3 cents apound just dragging it to the yard. But make most the profit from strippin it down. I figured If i can make 2 to 300 a car I would be happy camper for now. but like I said I havnt got a single car yet.

Don't forget motor homes, campers, travel trailers, etc.

A bit more work than a car or truck as far as stripping and turn around time, but I get what vehicles I can get.

Picked this up for $140

Well right now I only have access to a 18 foot car hauling trailer that we use as a hay trailer too so I cant go to big. BUt yeah been looking for an old popup too I can turn into a scrap trailer.

Junker how much do u get per ton?

Do scrapyards pay any different if you take a whole car in versues if you cut it up? I know they pay depending on the weight but is there a price difference per pound?