# What all to take from a car before a junkyard hauls it away?

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**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-all-to-take-from-a-car-before-a-junkyard-hauls-it-away/205701 "2026-05-18T23:43:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 20, 2026, 4:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/what-all-to-take-from-a-car-before-a-junkyard-hauls-it-away/205701/24 "2026-05-20T04:00:25Z")

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A note about scrap metal dealers; they pay by weight. Today I way quoted $60/ton for steel, I didn’t ask about car bodies.

If the catalytic converter, alternator, battery and radiator are missing, price per ton is the same. Don’t send good cores to the shredder.

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