who buys scrap or Junk cars in Thailand?

We just ask someone local where we live. 

Just advertise it on the Facebook pages for your local area (in Thai).

If there is anything salvageable on it, someone will take it.

they just keep em running up in issan  ,never scrap em ,even when the floor is rotted out like fred flintstones car

I might buy it.

1. Where is it?

2. Make

3. Model

4. Year

5. How much? 

I drive mine.????

16 hours ago, curtandkate said:

who buys scrap or Junk cars in Thailand?

Those at the bottom of the revenue stream?

Cars usually go to auto junkyards and get striped down for parts before being sold for scrap metal, maybe Google "auto junkyard near me".

Give it away to a local. They will know what to do…..????

I've always wanted to know where I can buy cars with blown engines here. 

 

I have always fancied a 1UZ transplanted into a pick up or Tuna.

38 minutes ago, QballQ said:

I've always wanted to know where I can buy cars with blown engines here. 

 

I have always fancied a 1UZ transplanted into a pick up or Tuna.

They have breakers here. Where do you think garages get their reconditioned spare parts from?

the problem is that you need to sell it officially or Thai will put it back on the road using your name...

 

 

21 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

they just keep em running up in issan  ,never scrap em ,even when the floor is rotted out like fred flintstones car

Yes indeed, the same over in Lanna where I lived. My local car insurance agent had his office inside a large vehicle repair workshop where I could watch unbelievable reconstruction work being performed with pulleys, mallets and welders torches, for example, straightening a "U" shaped chassis!! I was advised at that time never to buy a second hand car in Thailand unless you knew its complete history. Rebuilt write-offs were quite common, including a few with engines from other manufacturers (Toyota in Nissan, Honda in Toyota etc.) 

42 minutes ago, Burma Bill said:

Yes indeed, the same over in Lanna where I lived. My local car insurance agent had his office inside a large vehicle repair workshop where I could watch unbelievable reconstruction work being performed with pulleys, mallets and welders torches, for example, straightening a "U" shaped chassis!! I was advised at that time never to buy a second hand car in Thailand unless you knew its complete history. Rebuilt write-offs were quite common, including a few with engines from other manufacturers (Toyota in Nissan, Honda in Toyota etc.) 

Not unlike the cabs in New Orleans that Ive ridden in. Crabbing sideways, limping, and all manner of other un-roadworthy smash defects lol ???? Not an advertisement for 'the greatest nation on earth' that's for sure.

There are numerous breakers yards in Bang Na, I don't know where specifically.

There are guys that will pick them up for you for small sums of money. 
In saying that I called 3 of them then got tired of waiting for them to confirm a pickup (weeks) so I ended up stripping it, cutting it up with a sawzall and scrapping it myself. From memory we got around 4K for the scrap. 
I had plans for the drive train but sold some of the parts for extra baht. 
An option if you have a semi popular/desirable car to wreck 

 

7 hours ago, QballQ said:

I've always wanted to know where I can buy cars with blown engines here. 

 

I have always fancied a 1UZ transplanted into a pick up or Tuna.

Even the wrecks just left for years on the road command a price  gone now, I don't know if it was sold or the local council took it away was sat there for years.

On 9/9/2021 at 6:23 AM, misterphil said:

I might buy it.

1. Where is it?

2. Make

3. Model

4. Year

5. How much? 

Hello.  It is in Surat Thani. I purchased it from a Thai woman. As you can see I have Blue Book and some other papers but not in my name. I have left it with my Thai Friend and he has posted all docs and so forth. He has posted it on facebook for 28,000 baht.

On 9/9/2021 at 6:23 AM, misterphil said:

I might buy it.

1. Where is it?

2. Make

3. Model

4. Year

5. How much? 

Oh it does run and drives ok but a bit ruff with, over 300,000 kilometers showing

Post it here, someone may be looking for a project car.

 

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