If you have access to older cars that are beyond restoration, "parting out" is the best way to wring as much $$$$ as possible out of the vehicles before you scrap them. Your average scrap yard is paying between $.70 To $.90 per 100 lb's as your junk car crosses the scale (if you haul it, If they pick it up, it's much less or nothing). That means if you were to scrap a 4,500 lb 70 Impala 4 door, you would get $40. That same car, parted out will generate 10 times the money. Let's say the body was shot and the body parts were not worth selling, you could still sell:

  
   You can then scrap the car and still get $30 for what's left. You also could take off all the parts you thought were worth selling before scrapping the car but I've found that "parting out" is better. From my own experience, I've discovered that 20% to 30 % of my sales when I "part a car out" are for things I didn't know I could sell. These are things I would have left on the car when I scrapped it. Recently I parted out a 78 El Camino. I didn't think I could sell the doors because they were obviously full of putty. They still sold for $75 to a guy who wanted to re-skin them instead of the ones on his car so he could continue to drive it. I didn't think I could sell the dash pad because it was cracked but someone still bought it for $25 with the intention of putting a JC Whitney cover over it. That was an extra $100 which I had not counted on getting out of that hunk of junk. My web site is a Net junk yard which you can put your cars in and part them out. All you need to do to put your car in my yard is to register and start listing. Visitors can search for parts and find your ad. Lets suppose you decided to part out "Pap's" old 64 390 Galaxy that's been sitting out behind the barn for the last 25 years. An auto restorer or hobbyist who is building a 64 Galaxy can create a search for all titles with "64 Galaxy" in them. Let's suppose that same person is looking for a 390 CU. Engine. They could create a search of all descriptions with "390", and find your car in my yard. The more detail you put in your ad, the more likely your car will be found in my yard. Then potential buyers of your parts can e-mail you and make deals. As more and more Borough's & Townships adopt laws & regulations about unregistered vehicles, more & more of these old relics are going to be flushed from back yards and corn fields and end up being scrapped. That's a lot of $$$$ in collector car parts going to the crusher. This site is designed for the individual to take advantage of that situation and make money. Put that car in my net junk yard first.

- David H. Lehr (Owner of ClassicJunkYard.com)