On the way home in traffic my youngest son gives me a call and says he was in an accident. It's close to our house so I go over and check it out. Someone was stopped in the road and he rear ended him. From the damage to my son's car and to the guy he hit, and the relative worth (or non worth) of the two cars, I'd say both cars will be totaled. Thank god no one was hurt.

My son's car is a 1995 Nissan SX200 SE-R with all the bells and whistles. 18" rims, nice tires, adjustable shocks, muffler system, stereo, etc. The car was cherry. Our first thought is to strip the car clean of goodies (we only have liability on the car) and purchase a grandma stock one and switch all the goodies over to the new car.

What's the easiest way to dispose of the stripped carcass? Will a salvage yard take it? Or do I borrow a plasma cutter and buy some blades for my sawsall and cut it up? Do I take the bits to the dump? I know I need to bring the vin tags to the DMV, but what to do with the shell?

Thanks,

Bill P.

(somewhat depressed as this will most likely slow my work on JLO for a few weeks)

Take it to a scrap yard and at least get a few bucks.

you can get a "junk slip" from the DMV and take it to the steel mill.


KT

Agreed on the junk slip but I think a steel recycler will only want metal, so you should be prepared to strip everything that isn't metal off the car (all glass, rubber, plastic, interior, etc.). Probably more work than you care to do.

I'd start calling junk yards to find one that will take it as you intend to leave it.

The one in American Canyon will pluck it off your trailer "as-is" and smash it down flat before you can back away...My VW Rabbit.


KT

Not sure about where you live but here in Northwest Indiana the steel scrap yards and auto junk yards will take the complete car stripped or not. You just have drain all gas, oil, antifreeze and show them that. Well for the the steel scrap yards anyway, auto junk yards don't care. I'm sad to say I have taken a few dead 914 shells to the scrap yard that way. I ususally get ~$75 for the shell at a scrap yard, less at a auto junk yard. Oh, and remove the tires if you can if you are taking it to a scrap yard, here they deduct ~20 lbs per tire off over all scrap weight.

Bring the title.

Good to hear your son is ok. Rolando @ Suarez towing 621-5913 tows and dispose of stripped cars. I heard about him from a Jag dismantler.