How to Sell a Car for Scrap

Scrap Car

Your car has died and it will cost far more to fix it than it is worth. What are your options? You can donate it, sell it, leave it in the garden with colorful flowers blooming out of the trunk, or you can scrap it for a nice little profit. This article will tell you how to get the most money for your junk vehicle.

Things You'll Need

• Car
• Phone book
• Volunteers
• Tools

Instructions

1. 

   Assess your vehicle. Determine what parts of your car are still of value.

2. 

   Recruit volunteers, such as friends and family, to help you disassemble the car. It will make the process quicker and more enjoyable.

3. 

   Remove any useable parts and components. You will want to salvage as many useful parts of the car as you can. You can turn around and sell these on Ebay® or advertise in a local paper. There is a good chance that someone with the same make car is looking for a part that you have and would much rather pay you a discounted price compared to full price at an auto parts store.

4. 

   Remove the tires. This is the biggest factor in lowering the scrap worth of your vehicle. Salvage yards have to pay to dispose of these, so that takes away from the price they will offer you.

5. 

   Sell the tires if there are any thread left to them.

6. Add as much scrap metal as possible to the car. Throw old cans, aluminum siding, iron, or any other old metal you can find. Do not put anything other than metal in the vehicle to weight it down. Since the vehicle will be condensed, all of the extra metal will add to the value of the scrap vehicle.

7. 

   Go through the yellow pages, or look online to find a salvage yard that will pay you to pick up your vehicle.

Tips & Warnings

• Don't forget to remove headlights, controls, radiator, etc.

• If you aren't concerned with turning a profit and just want to get rid of the junker, there are many charities that will take your donated vehicle.

• If you live in the California area, there is an organization that will pay you hefty price to take your pre 1985 vehicle off of your hands.(See the resource list below)

• Do not place anything other than metal in the vehicle.

• Do not fill the gas tank with water

Resources

• Vehicle Buy Back Incentive
• Accepts Donated Cars