chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
so heres the story, i was on my way home from the junkyard thursday and i saw a beretta along side the road at a garage filled up with scrap metal, my gf wanted some mint 94+ tails and fillers so i stopped to ask about them, the guy said $10 i could take whatever i wanted, so i grabbed the tails and fillers and was about to leave when i seen a 91 grand am gt in the row of what appeared to be cars ready for scrap, i asked and it turned out to be a h.o. quad 4 5spd, all complete except the idi cover, the car had been sitting since 2001, and was mostly a pile of rust, the guy said $350 i can have it. so i bought it.. now onto the fun part.
*warning, the pics are graphic, for you haters, there was no title, just a bill of sale and it was far to rusty to ever see the road again!*
all i wanted was the engine(for parts or rebuild), trans, axles, and shift cables.
heres the car itself, we broke the front bumper to put a tow bar on to get it home.


heres some progress.










again, the car was in disrepair, on its way to scrap, and i had a very short window to get this thing and get rid of it as i already have 4 vehicles. figured id share with you guys.
car cost- $350
gas- $30
what i got back, $220 from the car for scrap, $56 for the wheels(had i scrapped them, but my gf wants them, and $50 for something else. all in all, i paid a total of $380, and got $326 back. so figure $24 for an engine, axles, shift cables, and tranny, not to bad if you ask me?
*warning, the pics are graphic, for you haters, there was no title, just a bill of sale and it was far to rusty to ever see the road again!*
all i wanted was the engine(for parts or rebuild), trans, axles, and shift cables.
heres the car itself, we broke the front bumper to put a tow bar on to get it home.


heres some progress.










again, the car was in disrepair, on its way to scrap, and i had a very short window to get this thing and get rid of it as i already have 4 vehicles. figured id share with you guys.
car cost- $350
gas- $30
what i got back, $220 from the car for scrap, $56 for the wheels(had i scrapped them, but my gf wants them, and $50 for something else. all in all, i paid a total of $380, and got $326 back. so figure $24 for an engine, axles, shift cables, and tranny, not to bad if you ask me?
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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
Damn, another W32 bites the dust. Oh well, you got a good deal on that drivetrain
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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
You didn't even pay a Grand dam! Scored!
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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
Who scrapped it for you without a title? Getting rid of a title less shell is like impossible in pa
Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
barry, if you cut a car in half, or in a few peices as we did, its nothing but a pile of scrap metal, no one will even question it. 

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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
Thats when they should question it the most since you could have stripped a car and now just scrapping the shell.
Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
That wouldnt fly around here... I have tried. There is not a single scrap yard within 100 miles of me that will take a car with no title. The only way to do it is to cut it into pieces so small they dont know its a car.
Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
I usually take whole cars in as scrap without titles. Derby cars.
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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
that's one thing though.. it's kinda clear what it was used for.1988GTU wrote:I usually take whole cars in as scrap without titles. Derby cars.
this however could be stolen (obviously with his case it isn't).
when i got rid of the Z26 i called the first local place and they sent someone out the next day to pick it up. but they would have taken the car with or without the title.

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Re: chopped up a car this weekend, was kinda fun, pics!!!!
I was in NC when my bro-in-law scrapped the 95Z without the title in hand. The yard said it was old enough that it didnt really matter.
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