What can be done with a junk car without a title?
What would you do in this situation:
You were given a car- It's been at a family members house just sitting there without ever being turned on for maybe 1.5ish years. The title is not in your name. It was a car that was sitting forever in a mechanic shop and no one ever picked it up (obviously, it had been there a really really long time), so the guy offered it to your family member for a really good price. That family member took it, and then never turned it on- thus, letting it die. The car is obviously kind of a piece of shit., but it has some good parts on it. Where do you take it/ who do you call to sell it for parts? How do you even get those parts off of the car since you pretty much can't move it (unless having it towed wont cost a million dollars)? What can be done with this car? Also, lets say you are currently unemployed, so you could really use the money from the parts. Just saying fuck it and trashing the car completely isn't an option.
(By the way, it's not me in this situation, just someone I know. I'd say fuck it and have it hauled off, personally.)
Re: What can be done with a junk car without a title?
Put an Ad on CL, say parts car and specify that they have to bring tools and take each part......
Not sure exactly how to price out each part though.
Otherwise sell it for scrap metal or to a junk yard.
I think it could go more for parts especially if it is a "classic car."
Re: What can be done with a junk car without a title?
Tax deductible donation to Good will.
Junkyard may come and get it for scrap value (>$1000)
Sold as parts.
Sold whole (as is)
Really depends on the Make, Model, and Year; then the condition.
Re: What can be done with a junk car without a title?
being the bored one here.. I would experiment with it, I love making fast cars or trying to make better fuel. If its been forgotten I think you can make a claim title but I'm not truly sure. But if you need the money I would junk it and try to make what you can from it.
Re: What can be done with a junk car without a title?
Most junk yards won't take it without a title. If it was built after the mid 80's it has fuel injection. If it has fuel injection and has been sitting for years, chances are that it is clogged with old stale gas and would cost way more than you would want to spend to get it cleaned out and running. Your easiest way out is to put an ad on craigslist as selling whole for parts and get rid of it all at once. Unless it is some sort of a rare or coveted specialty car don't expect more than a couple of hundred for it. If you tell the make, year, and model it might help with the advice you are given.
Re: What can be done with a junk car without a title?
My sister had 4 junk cars on her property (it was an old apple orchard, a few acres) with no titles. The cars were there when she bought the property. I called a local junk yard and they asked if we had the titles. I said no, the cars were here when she bought the property, and I said, just take them (You can usually get at least $50 for an old car from the junk yard). I had to call a few junk yards so you may have to, also. Just call all the junk yards in your area and someone will take it off your hands. Explain how the car got there, and that you don't have the title, and let them know that they can have the car for free if they just tow it away. :)
In this situation, you may have to give it away for free just to get rid of it.