so far this year i only scraped a 89 ford fastiva that had a blown engine. got about $90 for the cat just by itself! witch i was not expecting i was guessing somewhere around $40-$50 at best for the cat. but hey i like surprises like that lol. anyway i normaly look it over before i take it to the crusher if i can fix it i will long as nothing major is wrong with it. also my neighbor is giving me a dodge neon with bent frame and blown engine soon as she can find the title. she says she's tired of looking at it.