[iws]

"Clyde Slick" wrote in message
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| On 4 aug., 18:18, "iws" wrote:
| "Clyde Slick" wrote in message
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| On 4 aug., 03:48, Bret L wrote:
|
| One good part of Clunker Junker is that there will be a lot of
| halfway decent old car radios in the salvage yards.
| NO!
| Clunker junkers cannot be salvaged.
| the tires come off, the car is crushed, no parts are allowed to be
| removed and recycled for other uses.
|
| Sorry, you're wrong. The rules are available as a pdf at the cars.gov
| website. The clunkers can be parted out except for the engine block and
as
| long as the drivetrain is not sold as a unit. The engines of course must
be
| destroyed by the dealer by replacing the oil with a solution of sodium
| silicate and then running the engine until it seizes which usually takes
| only a minute or two. As for the radios, some owners remove them before
the
| trade-in; indeed my friend did that when he traded his old Mercedes in
for a
| new Kia Spectra under the CFC program.
|
| hmm, i checked that site, didn't see the link to the regs.
| only a vague Q&A that some (unspecified) parts
| are allowed to be salvaged.
| the information I got about (almost) total anniholation
| was form a dealer

Google TheRule.pdf and on p.51, you'll see:
"During the six-month period prior to the required crushing or shredding of
the trade-in vehicle, the disposal facility may sell any parts of the
vehicle other than the engine block19 or drive train (unless the drive train
is dismantled and sold in parts)."