Got my first car today to scrap out. 1977 Mercury Cougar XR-7

Well it finaly happened. I got my first car to scrap and now its time to have some fun. I paid $300 for the car and it was only 15 miles from my house. So im in to it about 1 hours time and $10 in fuel.
http://i41.tinypic.com/2n0v4mf.jpg

Things I plan to remove:
starter
alternater
rads
battery (Brand new purchased 4/2011) I think I can get $50 for this thing.
2 new studded snow tires on the front as well. (try and CL these)
2 Cats
intake manifold


Can anyone tell me what the 2 cats on this car are worth? Im hoping alot each since there are 2 :)
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Congrats on the car. As far as the cats, first determine they're not aftermarket. Cut them off and look for anything stamped on them.

Also, weigh them.

Car only has 45k miles on it. Exaust all seems to be orinigal.

Congrats. I know you've been looking for awhile.

Did someone call you, or did you find it?

Pull the carb. Which you'll pull anyways if you're pulling the intake.

Nice work PTS! Too saweet!

I think they may be a honeycomb type but like i told you in pm hard to tell while there on the car.If they are honeycomb type they are worth around $50 each

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Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Congrats. I know you've been looking for awhile.

Did someone call you, or did you find it?

Pull the carb. Which you'll pull anyways if you're pulling the intake.

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Was a CL ad. He had it for $500 sent him an email telling him I would pay $300. He him hawed back and forth. Finaly said I could have it for $300 if he could keep the battery. Said sure but when we loaded up the car on the trailer he didnt take it out :). Drove it right up on the trailer too. But when we did it poped a tire cause of the wet ramps caught sidewall on one of the tires and popped it. Should be a good payday none the less. Cant wait to do my first car. ALso posted parts for sale on it on CL and a cougar forum as well.

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Originally Posted by IdahoScrapper

Congrats. I know you've been looking for awhile.

Did someone call you, or did you find it?

Pull the carb. Which you'll pull anyways if you're pulling the intake.

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Yeah will do

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Can anyone tell me what the 2 cats on this car are worth? Im hoping alot each since there are 2 Click here to enlarge

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I don't know diddle about it but you gotta remember it's a '77, will there be anything left inside worth anything. (on the cat's)

you amaze me PTS...how do you find time to do all this and work, too !!

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Originally Posted by Mechanic688

I don't know diddle about it but you gotta remember it's a '77, will there be anything left inside worth anything. (on the cat's)

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It only has 45k miles so I would think so.

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Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee

you amaze me PTS...how do you find time to do all this and work, too !!

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I dont go to bed till midnight. I do get 2 days off a week from work too.

Any word of shutting down substations in your area ? My brother-in-law carries on Sat's and he's preparing for losing that job.

a cougar forum !

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Originally Posted by Dumpster-Dee

Any word of shutting down substations in your area ? My brother-in-law carries on Sat's and he's preparing for losing that job.

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This stuff takes an act of congress Dee so if its happening it will be all over the news. All closures got put on hold last time I heard.

There trying to close the regional sorting unit at So. Bend Ind. they've been having protests since the word first came out.http://www.wsbt.com/news/wsbt-bulkma...,0,91466.story

Yeah there is nothing you can do about congress untill november. them dumb axxes will do what ever they will do no matter what people tell them. Look at the last bailout. the people in every poll I ever read said no and they did it anyway. If it comes down too it and I loose my ob it was ment to be and me starting scrapping was ment to be as well. Will give me an excuss to try it full time.

Congrats PTS. You get a huge HIGH when you do your first car. At least I did lol.

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Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

PTS Dude if I was you and I was going to part it out What I do is make a walk around video and Put it on YouTube and copy the Link to Craigslist Show Starting it up that way if for some reason you would sell something like the Starter before you sold the Engine the could see on the Video the Engine Ran { Also Show the Exhaust as the car is running in the Video}

Thats just a Idea.



It Also cuts down on a lot of tire Kicker calls. You still get a few Idiots thatcallasking whats wrong with the car Usually I just ask Did you not see the video. LOLOL

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Ill do that before before I start tearing it apart. Thanks MDG.

Nice job, PTS! Glad you finally found one. Don't forget to ebay the little stuff you'd normal ignore like emblems lights and such. Surprising what some things will sell for.

Hey PTS, I don't know if you've seen my other posts on old cars but it hurts my heart to see this one get scrapped. I appreciate you taking the time to list parts off of it at least. It DOES look to be in rough shape so restoration is probably not an option anyway. These aren't that popular yet either. Having said all of that, please consider registering the VIN into this database: http://www.cougarclub.org/registry/r...ationform.aspx It doesn't cost anything; it just helps document these old cars. Whenever I have asked for a VIN off an old car in the past, it's for registeries like these or my own personal "registry" I keep on an external hard drive for my own documentation efforts. Thanks for reading this long-winded car nut's post. Everyone has a passion, old cars happens to be mine!

Congrats PTS, may you have a very good time ahead...

I have junked those cats off that model and they are low end payouts, although they should be fine..check the differential it may be 9" that is a quick $100 (they pull). What size are the snow tires, I need 2 ? (coming to Denver on Saturday). I would keep the body around awhile a stuff with any and all ferrous (tin cans!!). I would contact ALL Recycling and talk to a manager..present yourself as a pro seeking a regular relationship, they shred onsite and like regulars..could be worth 5-10$ a ton. Don't forget heater core and wiring. The anti-freeze is also reusable,gas in the tank?? Pull up carpet for change/rings/goodies,prybar seats at corners and seams. Rip out the headliner (just for the fun of it). Congrats..there are lots of cars out there...

235/75/15 are the size of the tires. They are like brand new tread wise. I called all today and they are paying $260 a ton for complete cars and $240 for stripped.

Ill be stripping this car tomorrow since its my day off. I dont want to store this one so I wont be keeping it long. If I get done stripping it tomorrow before the yard closes ill be dumping it then. Looking for the total scrap out on this one just to see what I get. Ill be ebaying the interior partts for sure though. Considering pulling doors and fenders as well.

Partimescrapper if i had paid $300 for this car and spent $10 in gas my yard pays .13 per pound so i would make 145 bucks just off the car without even selling anything else, this is just to give you an idea what kind of payout you should have.

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Originally Posted by Ptscrapper

Partimescrapper if i had paid $300 for this car and spent $10 in gas my yard pays .13 per pound so i would make 145 bucks just off the car without even selling anything else, this is just to give you an idea what kind of payout you should have.

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Yeah ill spend a few hours tearing some stuff out and get paid better for sure tomorrow. Cool part about the yard im taking it to doesnt require you to drain anything. They said I could drive it in if i wanted too. Do it all on a bill of sale as well no title needed. I think ill do ok on this car. Will use profits to pay off the trash man for the year. promised to hook them up at christmas time for taking all my trash all year. 2 real nice guys its a mom and pop trash company. So ill probable give them $50 each.

UPDATE

Well I spent 3 hours this morning taering into this car. Took it to the scrap yard and got $550 for everything. Car weighed 4100 lbs rads wire and alternator and starter paid $65.

THe intake ended up being cast iron so didnt bother taking that or carb off.

I still have cats to sell somewhere. (THey offered $18 rach for them)
Battery to sell on CL
front snow tires to sell on CL unless area67 needs them

So far im looking at a $230 profit after fuel costs. Not bad for my First car. And it was fun tearing it apart.

Who wants to buy my cats?

Yeah 5 hours tops. I spent more time walking from tool shed to street to get tools then I did stripping down the car. I did it sitting on the trailer.

Glad it worked out for you PTS, I would have invited myself over to help but today was the one day this week I had to be somewhere.

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Who wants to buy my cats?

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Sorry, but I have plenty of my own,,lol
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Nice job PTL...I'm impressed...again.

Yeah very good job, that's the kind of money i like to make every time I scrap a car but unfortunately it doesn't always work out like that but this will definitely help build your confidence up for scraping vehicles.

Sweet pay off!! PM me with your price and a pic of the tires please... There are thousands of cars decommissioned each day on the front range, the word will spread, I bought 2 today!!

Way to go! Congrats!!

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Originally Posted by PartTimeScrapper

Do it all on a bill of sale as well no title needed.

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Wish Idaho was that way. As it stands now every yard I have been to requires a title. In the past a few forum members have suggested cutting them down and taking pieces in. They pay less that way. No idea why.

So any time I get a car, I have to stand in the DMV line with 7,000 other people, of which I am pretty certain 1/2 of them are getting renewals of which could be done ONLINE.

Then I finally get to the clerk so I can re-title it, pay fees, etc and then have a 2 week turnaround on title before I can take the car to scrap. Huge waste of my time and resources.

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and then have a 2 week turnaround on title before I can take the car to scrap. Huge waste of my time and resources.

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Man, you got your money tied up for a long time before turnaround.

Exactly. That's what is so frustrating. I see a lot of members talking about their state not requiring a title to scrap cars, while here they screw us over. On top of the turn around time the trailer is tied up until I can turn the car. Plus the capital that I could be using to get more cars.

Thinking out loud...wonder what Oregon's regulations are. I am about 40 minutes out of Ontario.

I don't do a lot of cars, but there was a period I had 3 waiting to get hauled in. I want to focus on cars more, but this turn around nonsense is crap.

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Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

{Good Blades, You can Resharpen Good Blades in like 10 Mins}

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@ Mdg: A little off topic here, but do you sharpen your blades or have someone else do it? And if someone else does it is it worth the $$$ to resharpen as opposed to just buying new ones?

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Originally Posted by Kris Kringle

I sharpen my own Bro With Diamond Stone {Whetstone}

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Sweet. I've never thought of sharpening my sawzall blades, but I'm sure gonna give it a shot. Thanks for the tip!