QuestionDo you have an actual source to give for sale of a used catalytic converter. I have a 83 camaro I am junking and the junkman in my area is saying he only pays for steel weight at 125 a ton. Yet I keep hearing that the cat converter is worth real money because of the platinum in them. I did a google search and got a whole bunch of doubletalkers. Do YOU have any specific person you deal with.
Thank you for your time
AnswerHi Chuck,
Unless you have at least 4 dozen converters to sell, no refinery or refinery agents will talk with you. That's just the way it is. Look in your local newspaper or auto-locator paper and call those listings saying they will haul your car away free or something to that effect and tell them you have a cat (as long as it is full) and you'd like to know how much they'll give you for it. Chances are you won't get more than about $20.00 for it because if I'm not mistaken, if it is an OEM cat, it'll be a beaded-cat. Meaning that instead of honeycombs surfaced with the platinum mixture, there are thousands of platinum-coated beads. Over the life of the cat, those beads find their way into the exhaust and out the tail pipe. Shake it, if it sounds like a big rattle, it's beaded. Sell it for what ya can get for it. If it is honeycomb and you can see the honeycombs inside it, you have a large domestic and they can run as much as $70.00 each. If it is aftermarket, throw it away as they aren't even worth anything to the refineries anymore.
$6.25 for automotive steel is a rip off, we're seeing prices in the $11.00 range here. I haven't seen $6/hundred in quite a few years actually.
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Thanks for the question, I hope this information was helpful to you.
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