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Best_man23

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10. Most veterans groups will part out cars they can't sell
Fri Dec 10, 2021, 03:27 PM
Dec 2021

In this case, with the rusted frame, the parts are greater than the whole. They'll remove the usable parts and sell them on eBay Motors or Faceborg Marketplace.

If you choose to sell the vehicle, I would fully disclose the frame corrosion issue, meaning you will not get much for the car. If I was restoring a similar Toyota, I would view your car as a "donor car", meaning I would buy it with the purpose of taking the parts I need for mine, then send the rest to the auto salvage yard. Once the vet group takes the usable parts for selling, the rest will go to the salvage yard.

If you scrap the car outright, most auto salvage yards will only give you a couple hundred dollars to take it off your hands. The way they see it if you're taking it there, chances are no one else wants the car.

Another option is to see if any of the local high schools or trade schools need cars for their auto tech students to work on.

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