Thread: Sold for Scrap - What a disgrace

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Was outbid on ebay last week by Scrap merchant. It appears the SIIa I had my eyes on for parts (No engine, '67 ute.) was worth more as scrap. Fortunately the owner decided that he could not let it be mulched and turned into coke cans so cancelled the sale. I paid for it today.
It would appear that, with the mining boom, the cost of scrap metal has shot up too. (Especially ALUMINIUM). Be warned scap merchants are targeting old Land Rovers for their high Al content. If this keeps up we will no longer see the $500 ebay bargains and spare parts will become scarcer. Love your landie – it’s an endangered species

It used to be that the scrap value of the metal in a Landy was $350.00, with the value of metals going up it has to be more today.

So those people who think that the $500.00 for an old landy is exxy should try to buy 1/2 ton of aluminium and 1/2 ton of steel from the metals merchant!

Diana

There was a story in Restored Cars magazine recently about an auction that had just this problem. There were quite a few scrap metal merchants snappin g up the old cars just for the metal content .


Every now & then, I get a scrappy leave a card on my RR parked in the street .
The highest is $200 so far.

When I last sold some (useless) landie bits (completely mangles panels, dead blocks and cranks, etc...) the price was $3.50/kg for aluminium and $40/tonne for steel and cast iron.

Was a few years ago so prices have probably gone up since then.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

When I last sold some (useless) landie bits (completely mangles panels, dead blocks and cranks, etc...) the price was $3.50/kg for aluminium and $40/tonne for steel and cast iron.

Was a few years ago so prices have probably gone up since then.

Ben

Maybe the value I was given was based on a tonne of aluminium! Who knows?

Diana

Originally Posted by isuzurover

When I last sold some (useless) landie bits (completely mangles panels, dead blocks and cranks, etc...) the price was $3.50/kg for aluminium and $40/tonne for steel and cast iron.

Was a few years ago so prices have probably gone up since then.

Steel is now $80/tonne + GST.

Aluminium is now $1.60/kg + GST.

Copper is the winner at the moment, $3500/tonne.

Before I left Darwin in December, the local wreckers advised me to ensure that I took what I wanted from the 8 series Landy's that they had at "11 mile, Berrimah". This was because they were all going to the scrap metal yard for good cash and there would be no more Landy's there after a fortnite.

I'm told my $420 SIIa is probably worth $660 as scrap. Something very sad about such a lovely old beast being scrapped. All I can say is next time your tossing up whether you buy another donor/project vehicle - Do it! for all of us landy lovers. I read once that 85% of landies are still alive (although I think that figure is one of those unsubstantiated internet rumours!!) nonetheless if they keep turning them into coke cans we'll soon have nothing to scavenge and we'll be left with $110 door tops from Taiwan..

Originally Posted by gumby190

Steel is now $80/tonne + GST.

Aluminium is now $1.60/kg + GST.

Copper is the winner at the moment, $3500/tonne.

That's interesting - it's gone up even more. today's quotes for metals as a comodity from MetalPrices.com (Converted using XE.com and 2.2Lbs:Kg) are:

• Aluminium $A3.09/Kg ($3090.00/Tonne)
• Copper $A9.36/Kg ($9361.59/Tonne)
• Steel $A616.77/Tonne

(Although that is the metals in ingots not as scrap.)

An example is todays spot price on scrap steel $A169.21/Tonne

So even if there is only a 1/4 ton of scrap aluminium in a Landy and assuming a scrap value 1/4 the price of ingot it would still be worth $195.00

So don't park your project on the street looking like it is abandoned.

Diana