"GhostZ" (GhostZ)
09/28/2014 at 16:44 • Filed to: None
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"GhostZ" (GhostZ)
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...is in the new F150? At what point would a used one (let's ay, damaged or in need of minor mechanical repairs) be worth more in aluminum and replacement parts than as a truck? I would think that the price floor for them used would be significantly higher than older steel trucks because of this.
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> GhostZ
09/28/2014 at 16:51 |
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only the body panels and bed are made from Aluminum and scrap aluminum is $0.90/pound so I'd imagine that you would only get a few hundred dollars from scrapping the body.
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GhostZ
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
09/28/2014 at 16:55 |
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Ah, for some reason I thought the frame was aluminum too. Yeah, it makes sense that the body panels would be pretty light.
I don't know anything about trucks and will probably never own one. It is my jalop knowledge weakness.
f86sabre
> GhostZ
09/28/2014 at 16:55 |
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You can buy a used DC-9-30 for scrap for something like $15k. That would be 57000lbs of (mostly) aluminum. I'm guessing the use of aluminum in cars will have a minimal impact on their resale value.
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GhostZ
> f86sabre
09/28/2014 at 17:04 |
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I don't think most people have the infrastructure to purchase a jet plane and scrap it. It may not have lots of aluminum (and as Archduke pointed out, the aluminum is work hundreds, not thousands like I originally thought) but it's easily accessible.
It would depend on the repair costs to get one running, I would think. If they were high enough that the car wasn't worth much to repair, then scrap values would keep the prices up, but if repair costs were less than scrap values (and running car prices greater than both) then it wouldn't matter. This seems to be the case.
But, if, for example, it had about $1000 - $1500 worth of aluminum (instead of like, $300) and the going rate for a running used F150 was $3000 (think, 20 years from now) any F-150 with repair costs around $1000 or more wouldn't be worth repairing and selling.
Then again, if aluminum prices go up 3-4x in the next decade or two, then it might matter.
lonestranger
> GhostZ
09/28/2014 at 17:05 |
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The Ford F-150 website has a handy slider:
