are my body panels worth anything?

i have a 93 escort with 180k. i am constantly tempted to put stickers
all over it, spray paint flames, glue things on, all manner of silly
things. but i wonder- say this car dies in 6 months, will a scrap yard
or similar pay me any money for it? are undinged panels worth anything?
should i preserve the investment, or is this car worth nothing no
matter how you slice it?

curious,
anthony

> wrote in message
ups.com...
>i have a 93 escort with 180k. i am constantly tempted to put stickers
> all over it, spray paint flames, glue things on, all manner of silly
> things. but i wonder- say this car dies in 6 months, will a scrap yard
> or similar pay me any money for it? are undinged panels worth anything?
> should i preserve the investment, or is this car worth nothing no
> matter how you slice it?
>
> curious,
> anthony
>

Assuming you have a 4 door Escort LX-E (the best escort there was in 93)
with automatic and it's in excellent condition, the thing is only worth
$1590. If it dies, KBB says for a "fair condition" that's even under the
assumption that it still runs, it's worth $955.

It's an escort.. No it's not worth anything. It's not an investment.

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 wrote:

> will a scrap yard
> or similar pay me any money for it?

Yep. Scrap price ranges from $15 to $130 per ton, depending on local
market price of scrap metal.

> should i preserve the investment

There is no investment value in an Escort.

At my local U-pull-it place body panels (and bumpers) go for $40 + 5%
sales tax.

Perhaps you should head on over to a more reliable source of
information about Escorts http://www.feoa.net

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> At my local U-pull-it place body panels (and bumpers) go for $40 + 5%
> sales tax.
>
> Perhaps you should head on over to a more reliable source of
> information about Escorts http://www.feoa.net
>

The scrap yards don't buy the parts for that price.

what you've got are '93 Mazda parts with a Ford sticker on the body.

) writes:
> i have a 93 escort with 180k. i am constantly tempted to put stickers
> all over it, spray paint flames, glue things on, all manner of silly
> things. but i wonder- say this car dies in 6 months, will a scrap yard
> or similar pay me any money for it? are undinged panels worth anything?
> should i preserve the investment, or is this car worth nothing no
> matter how you slice it?
>
> curious,
> anthony
>


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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 wrote:

> At my local U-pull-it place body panels (and bumpers) go for $40 + 5%
> sales tax.

You sound just like someone who's never sold a car to a wrecking yard.
They are bought by the ton, for the going scrap metal price.

> Perhaps you should head on over to a more reliable source of information
> about Escorts

Syntax error: You used "reliable" and "Escorts" in the same sentence.

Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> You sound just like someone who's never sold a car to a wrecking
yard.
> They are bought by the ton, for the going scrap metal price.
exactly the sort of thing i needed to know.

thanks,
anthony

In article . com>,
says...
>
>
>i have a 93 escort with 180k. i am constantly tempted to put stickers
>all over it, spray paint flames, glue things on, all manner of silly
>things. but i wonder- say this car dies in 6 months, will a scrap yard
>or similar pay me any money for it? are undinged panels worth anything?
>should i preserve the investment, or is this car worth nothing no
>matter how you slice it?

sticker and paint away. It will not affect the value of your car. I doubt
the junkyard would offer you more than a free tow to the junkyard.
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Alex

Probably the best worded answer so far...