Help Scrapping out 2 Cars

a) Never done this before....
b) Closest thing I have done I letting a car set out back and pull parts
c) I have been selling Saturn Parts online for a bit.....
d) Tools- 2 Dewalt Drills, 1 Dewalt 3/8 impact, 1 Dewalt (DW059K) 1/2 impact, most of your general Junkyarding tools... not many specialty
e) No Full size car trailer, have been using dolly (long distances) & tow strap (short distances)
d) I have been told by my father that the Saturn Must be gone by Beginning of the year (he does not know about the Ford yet....)
d) The cars

2002 Saturn SC2
No Engine, Trans, Rims, Battery, or Rear Bumper
Curb Weight- 2,436 Pounds

I went over and bought this car, knowing it would be worth it via my Saturn Parts Knowledge- (Panels, Steering Wheel, Seats, PCM,.... extra)

Invested:
Time- 3 hours Getting Car
Time- 1.5 Hours Getting Tires from Junkyard (Had to get rims/tires)
Money- $60 Gas
Money- $50 Dolly Rental
Money- $250 Car
Money- $40 2 Tires/Rims at Junkyard

I plan on grabbing (to sell... whole reason I bought the car):
Panels, Doors, Steering Wheel, Seats, ECM, PCM, Cluster, Radio, Airbags, E-brake, shifting cables, lights, Sub-frames and others.....

I am going to have to have JY haul off the caucus.... (they will pay for it just not as good as if you bring it in....)

Scrap wise:
(has a plastic radiator)
CAT
o2 sensors (reading from here)
As much of wiring harness as possible.... Dirty Copper

What else should I grab?

1997 Ford Tausus GL Station Wagon
Blown Head Gasket
Curb Weight- 3505 Pounds
3.0 Liter V6 w/SFI

Friends Car..... They broke down on Toll Road.... Had to tow it back to my place and let it set.... They found out Blown Head Gasket and now wanting to sell it for scrap....



I told them I would pay them Scrap weight for it as if they run it across the scales

I said curb weight X Scrap price- Is this how you normally determine the true scrap weight of the car.... (I know that often some yards are minus a bit) what would you give for True Scrap Weight (Like I said I'm doing this for a friend to help her out)

I plan on grabbing (to sell and make additional money of the Scrap Weight of the Car):
Tires (brand new), ECM, PCM, Cluster, Radio, Airbags, and anything that I can sell on Craigslist.....


Scrap wise:
Radiator
CAT
Alternator, Starter, AC motor
o2 sensors (reading from here)
As much of wiring harness as possible.... Dirty Copper

On this car I'm not as worried about stripping it completely and setting on parts.... I would like the quickest most efficient way to make $$$ on this car.

Thanks for your help

I've had over 200 Saturns and imo you should fix it... Make a lowrider out of it... Kids goes crazy over them or at least here wher I am

Originally Posted by jord0690

Theres no way that saturn has an all plastic rad. The sides are probably plastic but the fins and such need to be aluminum. Im in the middle of doin an A/C course for my apprenticeship so i literally just learned all this. Sounds like your off to a pretty good start though. Take aluminum rims as well if you are able to.

I did not get the Rims.... Thus why I bought the 2 steel rims outa the Junkyard (went on rear)..... & took 2 dummy tires with me (went on front)

Originally Posted by jord0690

Edit: you over payed for that saturn as well IMO. Id never pay more than 200 for something like that. BUT thats just me. if you can sell parts then you might be ok. But at a curb weight of 2500lbs minus the motor, trans, etc your lookin at maybe 1500lbs of weight. Panels are all plastic.

NOPE My deal is that I know the parts to grab and so forth from this car..... heck I was looking at buying just a majority of the parts (guy quoted me $110) but then i decided instead of being nickled and dimed I would have the whole car...... I have all ready made my money off a few parts if I drag the car across the scales...... So now.... lets rake in the money .....

Originally Posted by sledge42

I paid $250 for a Saturn once.. I knew it was higher than I should have paid- but since it ran.. turned it- even with its issues it had the very next day for double my $. But I won't make the mistake again of paying $250 for one. The parts angle is good though- if he knows how to part em out, who buys what and for how much.. he'll do just fine.

Those look like saturn vue rims as well. I'd pull them- NOT cut the tires and try to CL the rims as is- you'll make a bunch more off of them as a set on CL than cutting the tires off and scrapping the aluminum!

And yep doing just fine heck in regards to parts.... I have an Ion, Vue, S-Series, & L-Series Factory Parts Catalog for selling parts online (this is my 1st full part out.... recently I've just been pillaging any Junkyard I can get into for Saturn Parts (I pick clean of anything I can sell), My local guys even sometimes joke with me- We crushed all Saturns, nothing out there for you (that's all I pull off of basically)

Nope..... Vue Rims have a 5-115 Bolt Pattern (if they were these)

A) Someone would have mad-skills
B)I would steal them for my own

They are Ion Rims (same bolt pattern 4-100 as the S-series)
Sadly I did not get them with the car though... would loved to because tires were almost brand new

Originally Posted by nuttingbutjunk

I've had over 200 Saturns and imo you should fix it...

Flipping them? There's bits and pieces (like needing whole engine/trans, plus when he cut out the engine other stuff got cut) that for me makes it a ehh.... Parts Car...... I would love to save her, but with $$$ and time wise I can't really do that right now. When I'm out on my own, I hope to be able to flip just "a few" Saturns

Originally Posted by nuttingbutjunk

Make a lowrider out of it... Kids goes crazy over them or at least here wher I am

I'm sorry I can't deface a Saturn like that.... having lowering springs can make some Saturns look amazing, but what I'm picturing from you is like "stancing"

Originally Posted by sledge42

He he.. Ahh kids.. anyone who has ever owned one (ask my wife) knows they are turds.. But good gas getters I suppose.

Yes most people call them turds..... But well I grew up on Saturn, 1st car I remember was a 95 White SL1,

Family Saturn List: 95 White SL1 (sold at 185k), 98 Gold SL1 (365k, number of CRAZY ACCIDENTS and still kicking), 03 Silver Vue (totaled at 165k, saved my life), 08 Gold Outlook (95k, alive and kicking), 98 Black SL2 (125K RIP, totaled), 96 Maroon SW2 (114k, Sold Autotragic), 98 Green SW2 (160k, Sold Autotragic), 05 Vue (115k, Alive and kicking)...

Yeah I like saturns

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If your coming down Hwy.30, don't forget Gills at Warsaw, Stuckman Salvage at Syracuse, Holle's Salvage outside Syracuse, Car Recyclers at North Manchester.

Welcome to Stuckman Salvage Inc.!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holle...48648645180514

Car Recyclers Inc.

There is a whole list of smaller yards here that you may know or not;
Mike Gill Auto & Truck Parts Warsaw 46580 - Automobile Parts - Used & Rebuilt - Indiana IN Warsaw Business Directory - Alltheindiana.com

Thanks for that tip.... sorry been real busy with school and Christmas..... but defiantly will check out those yards


Now i'm trying to figure out how best to get the "shell" of the Saturn to the junkyard to get my scrap steel without having to pay someone..... its only like 5 miles...

Originally Posted by saturninin

Now i'm trying to figure out how best to get the "shell" of the Saturn to the junkyard to get my scrap steel without having to pay someone..... its only like 5 miles...

flip it over and drag it

What I would say is start saving some of the money you make from parting cars and harvesting junk yards so you can buy a car trailer. It will be money well spent if you start doing this more and more. You could even get insured to transport cars for people.