What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

**COBALT** · 05-02-2008, 06:58 AM

After replacing mine, and yanking the leaking one out of the sorry-a$$ parts truck I now have to get rid of them. There's some traces of fluid, and they're bent up and corroded...any ideas?

chevy72blu · 05-02-2008, 07:00 AM

hmm... Im curious to know also. My old semi-functioning 4 core is still sitting in my garage

breeh · 05-02-2008, 07:14 AM

The scrap metal places will buy them from you for the weight of the copper. It may not pay for your gas though!

clean67 · 05-02-2008, 07:17 AM

Your local scrap metal dealer will probably pay you for them.Most pay by weight

boogie67 · 05-02-2008, 07:23 AM

I got $47.00 for the one out of my 71 parts truck.This was over a year ago.So they should be worth more now.

CG · 05-02-2008, 07:46 AM

Call em first. There is something you can do to them to make them worth more. You knock something off first, but I dont remember what it was. Scrap places love em. I think I have about 6 of em. I need to take and a bunch of carcasses.

Copper is getting real pricey. I just replumbed a bunch of stuff in my house...moved the hot water heater and washing machine. A 1 x1 x 3/4 T-fitting was almost 8 bucks. A 10ft one inch pipe was almost 40 bucks.

70GMCer · 05-02-2008, 02:05 PM

What I did was get my torch out and melt off the radiator tanks. The tanks are brass and the rad is copper. The scrap places will pay more if the metal is what they call "Clean". In other words, separate the different metals from one an other. I had around 65 lbs. of copper & brass the other week, and got $107 from it. Last week I had 800 lbs of engine parts and suspension parts and they paid me $67. This stuff was just taking up space in the garage.

caminokid · 05-02-2008, 02:22 PM

Guys. Scrap is high right now. I just walked out of the scrap yard 3 days ago with about 900 pounds of weight and got 142.00. So those old radiators are going to bring enough to buy gas and lunch. Scrap here...meaning tin...doors fenders...stuff like that 190.00 a ton

49m · 05-02-2008, 02:33 PM

copper is $350 a pound here

hgs_notes · 05-02-2008, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by 49m

copper is $350 a pound here

What?! That can't be right.

pumpkin · 05-02-2008, 04:19 PM

You just have to take the steel off the old rads. I use a knife and a hammer to get the upper and lower straps off.

70GMCer · 05-02-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by hgs_notes

What?! That can't be right.

maybe he means $3.50 a lbs.

70rs/ss · 05-02-2008, 07:14 PM

Copper and brass are about the same, just take the steel braces off the top rail and bottom rail they are worth about $50-100 each. Copper is on the $3-5/lb range higher than it's ever been!

jayharrell · 05-02-2008, 08:11 PM

You could always turn one into a still. LOL.

My 00 s10 radiator with plastic sides brought me $35 at the scrap yard. Aluminum is fetchy a good heap too. A good t400 core is worth about $60 at the scrap yard. and only about 75 as a rebuildable core.

old Chevy guy · 05-04-2008, 05:13 AM

A couple of weeks ago I scraped about 17 or 18 radiater from cars and trucks.I knocked the steel straps off and took out the drain cock and some have steel trans coolers I cut out too. I had 225 pounds and I got $427 bucks for em. I had some clean copper about 100 lbs at $3 bucks a pound and some aluminum wheels and air conditioner cores and some misc stull and I came home with $877 dollers total,nice!

Pont406 · 05-04-2008, 05:44 AM

Anyone knows how much can I get for the alum wheels? I have 4 iroc wheels that I want to junk.

HoupPhotography · 05-04-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Pont406

Anyone knows how much can I get for the alum wheels? I have 4 iroc wheels that I want to junk.

I bet you can sell them to a ford guy for a good price...... since that is the only thing that will make the ford cool...

(I don't know where that came from, but it sounded funny...)

70 net440 · 05-04-2008, 05:23 PM

My wife and I, own a recycling center and we also buy scrap metals. Call your local yard for prices. Some of the prices quoted above are really high. But, we also live in Cali. and have to ship our stuff nearly 300 miles away in the Bay Area. As said above copper and brass are nearly the same price, so sweating the tanks off isn't necessary. Our buyer sorts radiators three ways, clean copper/brass, clean aluminum, and dirty. Dirty means ferrous metals or plastic tanks attached. Make sure all the coolant and tranny fluid is drained also.

Longhorn Man · 05-04-2008, 06:34 PM

as for the iroc wheels, unless they are all kerfagled, they are worth WAY more as wheels than scrap. guys with beater camaros, squzre body camaros, 78 - 87 el-caminos and malibus..they all seem to like the camaro wheels, and in your area I think they'd sell on CL in a matter of days.

cobb_ben · 05-04-2008, 10:10 PM

Yea make a still. You could make alchohol to run your car with. LOL or to drink, not sure that would be real legal... LOL But yea sell them for scrap prices!

teeitup · 05-05-2008, 03:47 AM

I took 2 four core rads in this past week and got $62 for the pair.

**88JRFAN** · 05-05-2008, 08:01 PM

Buddy of mine took in 410lbs of copper, came home with over 900 bucks. It also helps he is an electrician.

05-02-2008, 06:58 AM	#1
COBALT Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 5,817	What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? After replacing mine, and yanking the leaking one out of the sorry-a$$ parts truck I now have to get rid of them. There's some traces of fluid, and they're bent up and corroded...any ideas? __________________ '69 3/4 ton C20 2wd-350ci/TH400 '69 3/4 ton Custom 20 2wd-350ci/4sp Manual '99 2wd 5.7 Chevy Tahoe Seattle, WA.

05-02-2008, 07:00 AM	#2
chevy72blu Registered User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,189	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? hmm... Im curious to know also. My old semi-functioning 4 core is still sitting in my garage __________________ RIP EastSideLowLife '72 C20 SWB convert. 5 lug, LS1/4l60e

05-02-2008, 07:14 AM	#3
breeh Recovering 67-72 Addict Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Bend, WA Posts: 1,788	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? The scrap metal places will buy them from you for the weight of the copper. It may not pay for your gas though! __________________ 68 Short Fleet 4x4; 427; BTO Level 3 700R4; NP205; Dana 60 front and rear; 4" lift with 35's; Disc brakes; AGR variable ratio steering; factory bucket seats; factory tach and tilt. "Friends call me cruzer cuz I like fast cars and fast women"

05-02-2008, 07:17 AM	#4
clean67 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Gloucester Va Posts: 157	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Your local scrap metal dealer will probably pay you for them.Most pay by weight __________________ 67 Short Wide (My very first ride) 67 CST Custom Camper 67 Custom Camper 67 Suburban(Rust bucket)

05-02-2008, 07:23 AM	#5
boogie67 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: waco tx Posts: 584	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? I got $47.00 for the one out of my 71 parts truck.This was over a year ago.So they should be worth more now. __________________ 77 swb starting all over again.

05-02-2008, 07:46 AM	#6
CG BlahBlahBlah Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Wa. Posts: 20,046	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Call em first. There is something you can do to them to make them worth more. You knock something off first, but I dont remember what it was. Scrap places love em. I think I have about 6 of em. I need to take and a bunch of carcasses. Copper is getting real pricey. I just replumbed a bunch of stuff in my house...moved the hot water heater and washing machine. A 1 x1 x 3/4 T-fitting was almost 8 bucks. A 10ft one inch pipe was almost 40 bucks. Last edited by CG; 05-02-2008 at 07:48 AM.

05-02-2008, 02:05 PM	#7
70GMCer Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Joppa, Maryland Posts: 4,408	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? What I did was get my torch out and melt off the radiator tanks. The tanks are brass and the rad is copper. The scrap places will pay more if the metal is what they call "Clean". In other words, separate the different metals from one an other. I had around 65 lbs. of copper & brass the other week, and got $107 from it. Last week I had 800 lbs of engine parts and suspension parts and they paid me $67. This stuff was just taking up space in the garage. __________________ 1997 GMC Sierra Ext 1965 Mustang

05-02-2008, 02:22 PM	#8
caminokid Chevy nut Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 2,266	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Guys. Scrap is high right now. I just walked out of the scrap yard 3 days ago with about 900 pounds of weight and got 142.00. So those old radiators are going to bring enough to buy gas and lunch. Scrap here...meaning tin...doors fenders...stuff like that 190.00 a ton __________________ 84 Chevy Custom Deluxe 1/2 Ton Named Fade To Black II "Remember kids there is NO replacement for displacement!"

05-02-2008, 02:33 PM	#9
49m Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Turners Station,Ky Posts: 842	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? copper is $350 a pound here __________________ My Rides 1969 Mustang gt coupe 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 1986 Iroc camaro 1986 K10 Short Bed 1987 Iroc Camaro 1990 rs Camaro 1992 350 ss truck 1998 Honda Civic 2005 Ram 2500 Cummins My Build Thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=279831

05-02-2008, 04:19 PM	#11
pumpkin Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: East Sooke B.C. Canada Posts: 543	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? You just have to take the steel off the old rads. I use a knife and a hammer to get the upper and lower straps off.

05-02-2008, 07:14 PM	#13
70rs/ss Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,270	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Copper and brass are about the same, just take the steel braces off the top rail and bottom rail they are worth about $50-100 each. Copper is on the $3-5/lb range higher than it's ever been!

05-02-2008, 08:11 PM	#14
jayharrell Gettin By on Gettin By Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Cedar Creek, Tx Posts: 1,033	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? You could always turn one into a still. LOL. My 00 s10 radiator with plastic sides brought me $35 at the scrap yard. Aluminum is fetchy a good heap too. A good t400 core is worth about $60 at the scrap yard. and only about 75 as a rebuildable core. __________________ 69 CST10 LWB 455 Buick 00 S10 2.2 Vin5 76 GL1000 Naked 1bl VW carb "Adios to all the concrete; Gonna get me some dirt road back streets"

05-04-2008, 05:13 AM	#15
old Chevy guy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Foster Rhode Island Posts: 1,176	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? A couple of weeks ago I scraped about 17 or 18 radiater from cars and trucks.I knocked the steel straps off and took out the drain cock and some have steel trans coolers I cut out too. I had 225 pounds and I got $427 bucks for em. I had some clean copper about 100 lbs at $3 bucks a pound and some aluminum wheels and air conditioner cores and some misc stull and I came home with $877 dollers total,nice!

05-04-2008, 05:44 AM	#16
Pont406 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: West Hills, California Posts: 679	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Anyone knows how much can I get for the alum wheels? I have 4 iroc wheels that I want to junk.

05-04-2008, 05:23 PM	#18
70 net440 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: yreka, ca Posts: 270	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? My wife and I, own a recycling center and we also buy scrap metals. Call your local yard for prices. Some of the prices quoted above are really high. But, we also live in Cali. and have to ship our stuff nearly 300 miles away in the Bay Area. As said above copper and brass are nearly the same price, so sweating the tanks off isn't necessary. Our buyer sorts radiators three ways, clean copper/brass, clean aluminum, and dirty. Dirty means ferrous metals or plastic tanks attached. Make sure all the coolant and tranny fluid is drained also. __________________ 63 C10 70 Coronet R/T 67 C10 70 Dart Swinger 71 K10 Last edited by 70 net440; 05-04-2008 at 05:24 PM.



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05-04-2008, 06:34 PM	#19
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? as for the iroc wheels, unless they are all kerfagled, they are worth WAY more as wheels than scrap. guys with beater camaros, squzre body camaros, 78 - 87 el-caminos and malibus..they all seem to like the camaro wheels, and in your area I think they'd sell on CL in a matter of days.

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cobb_ben Registered User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Leonard Wood Mo Posts: 299	Re: What do I do with a couple of old radiators??? Yea make a still. You could make alchohol to run your car with. LOL or to drink, not sure that would be real legal... LOL But yea sell them for scrap prices! __________________ '69 Chevy C10 400sb-350 crank 400 destroker!!! 377 2.02 dart pro1 alum.heads msd, holley db hooker pro-comps-3in exh. 3 spd. saginaw-3.73posi Flat Bed...want Reg bed...trades?

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