N N Heat Joined Feb 8, 2006 Messages 305 Location VA May 5, 2006 #1 I've been told I can get some $$ for it from a scrap yard. It's from a 91 Toyota P/U. I guess it's copper?
I've been told I can get some $$ for it from a scrap yard. It's from a 91 Toyota P/U. I guess it's copper?
T toocrazy2yoo Joined Dec 5, 2005 Messages 2,724 Location Herndon, Virginia May 5, 2006 #2 i dunno, aren't they all aluminum-tubed, with plastic top and side tanks? I can't imagine anything worth less than an old radiator.
i dunno, aren't they all aluminum-tubed, with plastic top and side tanks? I can't imagine anything worth less than an old radiator.
C Chris142 Joined Jun 5, 2003 Messages 27,993 Location Apple Valley, California May 5, 2006 #3 Your 91 Toy rad should be copper. You need to remove the side straps to get full price for it. Right now Copper is getting about $1.50 a pound so you might get $7-$9. At The rad shop I work at we take in the old rads 2 times a year and usually get about $3000.00 per haul but we have alot of old rads and cores.
Your 91 Toy rad should be copper. You need to remove the side straps to get full price for it. Right now Copper is getting about $1.50 a pound so you might get $7-$9. At The rad shop I work at we take in the old rads 2 times a year and usually get about $3000.00 per haul but we have alot of old rads and cores.
N N Heat Thread starter Joined Feb 8, 2006 Messages 305 Location VA May 5, 2006 #4 Thanks Chris, Like you said, the sides are steel, and I believe the rest is copper. Thanks for the insight.
Thanks Chris, Like you said, the sides are steel, and I believe the rest is copper. Thanks for the insight.
T toocrazy2yoo Joined Dec 5, 2005 Messages 2,724 Location Herndon, Virginia May 5, 2006 #5 woah, really! That include the aluminum rads with the plastic tanks, too?
C Chris142 Joined Jun 5, 2003 Messages 27,993 Location Apple Valley, California May 5, 2006 #6 quote: Originally posted by toocrazy2yoo: woah, really! That include the aluminum rads with the plastic tanks, too? Click to expand... You gotta take the plastic off. Here Alum rads are were getting $.90 a lb last month.
quote: Originally posted by toocrazy2yoo: woah, really! That include the aluminum rads with the plastic tanks, too? Click to expand... You gotta take the plastic off. Here Alum rads are were getting $.90 a lb last month.
