Do you sell windshields from your scrapped cars?

How far do you go in parting out the cars you scrap. I don't have a flatbed towtruck, but I got a car last week, paid $100 got $248 for it. Seems I could have done much better. I'm thinking of setting up an operation in my shop and stripping: windshield, usable doors, batteries, cats, taillight lenses, engines, tires if good and wheels. Anything else I should strip?



Of course if I remove tires and wheels I have to pay to have the carcass taken in for scrap.

Are some of these items a waste of time? Just looking to maximize profits.

Thanks!

The yard I uses pays a little extra for the complete car and totally strips each one in their warehouse.......So yes if you are getting alot of cars it is worth strippin......Ever heard of these pull-a-part yards they make big money selling aftermarket parts.........If you only get a car every now and then flip em quick and get rid of em

Originally Posted by mikeinreco

The yard I uses pays a little extra for the complete car and totally strips each one in their warehouse.......So yes if you are getting alot of cars it is worth strippin......Ever heard of these pull-a-part yards they make big money selling aftermarket parts.........If you only get a car every now and then flip em quick and get rid of em

Thanks, Mike, that's kind of what I was thinking. Probably could have sold it more to an individual looking for a motor, but it's been tight and I needed the cash. Also if I strip parts I could be sitting on a lot of inventory filling up my real estate pretty fast.

Only have done one car. At minimum cut off the cat, take the battery, cut the battery cables and wiring you can reach. I'm no expert on vehicles. That alone should net you at least another 50$.

You can also pull the alternator, radio, and the furry dice off of the rear view mirror. Don't forget to check the ashtray and inbetween the seats for spare change.

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

How far do you go in parting out the cars you scrap. I don't have a flatbed towtruck, but I got a car last week, paid $100 got $248 for it. Seems I could have done much better. I'm thinking of setting up an operation in my shop and stripping: windshield, usable doors, batteries, cats, taillight lenses, engines, tires if good and wheels. Anything else I should strip?

Of course if I remove tires and wheels I have to pay to have the carcass taken in for scrap.

Are some of these items a waste of time? Just looking to maximize profits.

Thanks!

Get you one of these and just remove the tires at the yard, the rest can be stripped before you leave home. On the odd and unusual cars/ SUV's you might want to pull some of the fender emblems to sell on Ebay.


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Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Get you one of these and just remove the tires at the yard, the rest can be stripped before you leave home. On the odd and unusual cars/ SUV's you might want to pull some of the fender emblems to sell on Ebay.


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Yeah, Mechanic, I've been thinking about one of those. Never thought about yanking tires at the yard, though. Good idea!

If your thinking of parting out cars it may be a good idea to target certain make and models. My kid wheels and deals in Honda parts as there is a constant demand for regular and parts that the "tuners" desire. Any B16 series motor will bring money even if it needs to be rebuilt.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

Get you one of these and just remove the tires at the yard, the rest can be stripped before you leave home. On the odd and unusual cars/ SUV's you might want to pull some of the fender emblems to sell on Ebay.

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I can tell you that is a good tow dolly, I have used one like it. But it dosen't like big trucks, I hauled 5 trucks Ford and Chevy and by the time I was finished both of the fenders were gone.

Notice that tow dolly is a 3000lb capacity which does not allow you to haul larger vehicles.....Also when I used to haul alot of junkers they were often on flats or so buried in the woods a tow dolly wouldn't help........

I was thinking more and more about this, and so I asked my father in law. He told me that auto body repair shops will sometimes make you offers on car parts depending on the make, model, year and what condition the said part is in.

My father in law will sometimes pay me for parts from vehicles depending if he has an upcoming need for it, or if he knows he is always needing that part on cars. It gives me money, and helps him to make money as he doesn't have to pay out the rear on parts.

Also, I was asking him about the windshields. He said the same thing. The auto body repair shops that do windshields might make an offer depending on how much in demand that particular windshield is in. Also if you contact small to medium sized window repair companies, then they might be interested as well.

This sounds great to me! I only get vehicles when I am cleaning foreclosure homes, but hell, anything above the normal $300 a car is nice!

I look at eBay, and then the time involved before I decided whether to rip something out or not. I also have access to an AllData account, so I can get all the correct procedures to do everything that I need. Somethings just aren't worth it to me, time vs reward wise. Other things I'll do even though they only return $10 an hour, mainly because I like a challenge.

Right now I'm ripping down this:


I'm into it for about $525 (includes my diesel to pick it up, and the eventual cost of diesel for the 25 mile round trip ride to the boneyard), but I've already returned the following:
Cat Converters $225
Left T/lamp $25
Dash Vent assembly $25

Plus I have the weight of the car (roughly 1.5 tons * 200ish) and the aluminum wheels ($60 in scrap minimum)

I've probably got another $400-1000 in stuff that I can pull and sell.