How I make the most of my cheap parts cars to make rebuilds more profitable. 

I for one would love to see more of the 'parts' side of your work, as always, thanks for taking us along.

I was in Vehcor withdrawal. Thanks for posting!

Scott I have my Daughter's old Grand AM. I should just give it to you. She over heated the engine. She bought a newer car. I bought a good running motor to replace the bad one. That has been 3-4 year ago. My Get-up-and-go gets up and leaves before I get up anymore. LOL That is why I am retired. I really enjoy watching your videos as you make dissembling them look so easy. Your a skilled tradesman. There are few around anymore.

Very interesting to see the "behind the scenes" video. Please do more of these Scott!! Thanks for your great videos!!!

Reminds me of my mother picking her way through a Thanksgiving Turkey pulling everything edible and then making soup from the remainder. Loved the soup! 👍👍👍

This just serves to remind me that I need to take my scrap pile to the recycler. I thought I was the only one that got enjoyment out of taking the parts cars apart. I really need to up my storage game, though. The pole barn is getting mighty full. I like these types of video's, Scott. Keep 'em coming!

Would enjoy a Mr. Spotty docu-drama. From humble beginings to his role in focusing your you tube video career. His sticktoitness is legendary. Always willing to help out in a jamb, Mr. Spotty's story deserves to be told.

I'd definitely like to see more video's like this one

I bought a $150 car once. Late 2016, my first ever public auction. A 1999 Ford Taurus wagon with the Vulcan 3 point slow. And it ran too. I didn't have a use for it for several months, but I used it as my daily for a year when my old Mitsubishi got totaled. And it didn't give me any trouble, so that car was well worth it.

Reminds me of when I used to buy 8-12 parts cars per year when I was young, strip them, and sell the good bits for profit. You had to pay the guy with a crane truck $200 to get rid of an empty shell. Then the local scrapyard told me I could bring the shell to them on the trailer, and they’d take it for free. They simply lifted it off with a forklift. It was much harder to strip a car sitting on a car trailer, but hey, $200 was a big saving in the early 90s. Then that scrapyard closed, and the other one would only let you drop off for free if you unloaded it. I didn’t want to leave a a diff or front end in these wrecks, so I couldn’t roll a shell off. I ended up cutting them up into moveable chunks. I could fit 4 shells in pieces in the car trailer. I still have a scar where I tripped when cutting through the rear floor pan, and literally “sat” on the stump of the B-pillar I’d cut earlier. It sliced open the back of my thigh, below my butt. A hard lesson learned. But how times changed. Scrap value increased dramatically. By 2000, they would pick up a bare shell for free. By 2005 they would leave $50 in the letterbox. Last lot of scrapping I did in 2010 was 1 shell, heaps of panels, and a few appliances, and that got me $250.

Great job Scott! Persistence and patience pays off. I think you got a doctorate in the two P’s above. You’re so blessed to have that recycling center so close. I’d have never guessed you’d have gotten that much money for your scrap. That just helps fund future projects and maybe a pizza. I bet you know where you can get one. And yes, whatever content you put out there for us, I’ll be in the front row. Have a great one! 😊

Scott's mysterious Emporium resolved after all these years...lol👍👍👍.

One man's junk - the other man's gold. I visited a friend (a carpart hoarder). He asked why I wasn't driving my car. I answered that it was raining and my viper motor was dead. I disappeared and came back with a perfectly working used one. To me it was cheap, and he made some money. Next day I slapped it in, and I was rolling again.

That is one OLD cart Scott! They built things a little different back then. 😁 Informative video!

The infamous Grand Am Emporium! Woot!

Your garage has so many cool tools. I can't resist using the "long hammer" at 15:26 as the sword of Damocles 🤩

Scott, I'm all for more parts videos. Keep them coming if you can! Thanks for all the interesting content!

Keep these videos coming, Scott. I really enjoy watching how it all works.

Funny thing, we just took our first load of scrap in to the recyclers last week. Clean steel is now worth $220 per tonne (metric ton) here in Australia. We had an old steel rainwater tank packed with scrap and we got $105 for 480Kg. Yes, we are metric here!

Nothing wrong with hard work, but nothing wrong with working smartly. :)

I would really enjoy seeing more videos on the parts side of your business. I recently had to scrap my own hoard. Time to relocate to a new part of the world and build a new hoard. I'd love to see how you run things behind the scenes. I hope you're getting everything sorted out on your end Scott. Thanks for another great video.

Good Grief Scott, here in Sunny Rust nearly Free Australia 🇦🇺 we would take that in a fused lump to the scrap yard. Well done!

I really like the behind the scenes stuff. More would be great.

From across the Pond, great stuff, Regards Doug

Pretty good rebate .Yes,more scrap videos please.

I love to see any content. Thanks for taking the time to entertain and educate us all. You're definitely a master at your craft.

Never would believe that much weight. You make it look easy

Happy Saturday, Scott! 🍻 It's good to see your videos again!

Honestly any video you post has my attention, so please keep doing what you choose to and Il still look forward to them no matter what.

This dude is a machine and an artist at the same time-- quite awesome to see you in action...you are truley in your element!

All great content!

Again awesome videos!!

That was really enjoyable watching thanks

It makes a change to see another side of your Business 👍

awesome video Scott. love to see more parts videos

I love all the videos…especially the “behind the scenes” like this.

It was great to see the other side or the aftermath. Thanks Scott.

Good stuff keep it coming.

Great video! Thank you for your time!

This video is right in line with you rebuild videos. I would enjoy more of these as well as your rebuilds

Fantastic episode, thanks for showing us this part of your business!

Cool video! I'd love to see more of this side of the business. Have a great weekend!

yes, "behind the scenes" would be awesome to watch !

Enjoy all your vids. A little something for everyone. This was quite interesting as was the series of re-auction specials. Hope you continue with the variety.

Thank you Scott make us videos like this , thank you 🇸🇦

Definitely interested in more videos on the parts end of things. Thanks for doing what you do, always enjoy your content.

Love ALL of your videos….

Yeah that would be cool to see more Scotts Parts Imporium videos.

We want to see more videos of this Scott great work keep up those great videos and content and we need to see more cool fun stuff ob the channel scott

Great video!

I wouldn't mind watching that part great video enjoy watching

Thanks for the video Scott.

Thanks for the field trip to your "emporium". It does look like fun.

Enjoy all of your videos. Fixing or scrapping I will watch them.

I enjoyed that video! You mentioned that auto shredder. I work for Cat. I service one engine for SA Recycling in Columbus Ohio. It is a huge 3516 Cat that drives the shredder. It gets used and abused. It's only 5 years old and has 7000hrs.

interesting look behind the scenes. I would be interested to watch. thank you

I’m doing a sunroof swap on my dart lol, your videos made me want to do that lol Great video Scott

i would like to see more of the parts video.thanks for sharing.

Nice to see a different side to your business. The side that's just taken for granted. I was surprised to see how much the scrap was worth. Well worth the effort.

Oh yes please on the parts side videos of your emporiumpire. .👍👍 Thanks for the videos Scott. Always interesting and especially learning about new tools like the Size 10 breaker spanner. 😁

hello you are doing it right always happy with your friday or saturday update .have a nice weekend greetings from Curacao dutch caribbean

Yes would like to see the parts side of your business. Good vid thanks for sharing

Yes, make more videos on the parts side of the business, thanks.

always interesting! thank you!

All your videos are good.

Hey Scott all your videos are are worth watching Thank you for taking us with you

More videos like this one would be great.

Honestly this is the type of videos i love, cause its what i do also, on top of fixing cars, hauling them for scrap and salvaging the good stuff ! Keep up the good work scott !!

Love your work Scott.

Always an education to see your stuff ! MORE ! MORE ! MORE !!!

I used to live by Lemont 10 years ago.. thankfully i moved to Vegas or my chevy truck would have been rusted out by now. You do great work Scott.. wish i knew you back when i lived there!

Yes I did enjoy this video. I know that trying to find some hotrod builder who can still use some of the pieces is too time consuming for it to be a serious money thing. I had a subaru repair business in Anchorage Alaska. I also had a place to store parts for other subaru's and because saving parts is money in the bank. I know this is probably not a good idea to bore you the what and why's but something compels me to say a touch more. I could sell a complete car for say a thousand dollars in the nineties but if parted out, people who came to my shop had the choice of use as to new parts. New parts for these cars then were quite expensive. Now if I had a junky but running rig, I would offer it for cheap to people who just needed a rig that went from point "A" to point "B". The nicer rigs that I had were not that much more in value to sell and I sold parts very very easy. So a running rig was say worth fifteen hundred on the lot, was worth say ten times in parts. You don't sell parts that are junk, only the good parts are sold as they fixed themselves or if I installed them, my mechanics installed them and that made me money, the mechanic had a job, and that would for lack of too much more explanations.... fifteen thousand dollars. All meaning if I got a really nice car that only sold for fifteen hundred ..... I took those nicest rigs, completely disassembled them and into inventory. Yes that also has a life expectancy and for years there was no other real competition for any jap rigs that could go through our snow in the winter. A really nice rig all disassembled and into parts would sell very quick. If it sat on the lot, people who are poor do not care if their rig is a nice one or not, as they only drove them say four months out of the year. Snow gone and out came their Cadillac's or nicer rigs anyway. Rust is just as bad here in Alaska as many places where salt is a problem and Anchorage is right on the ocean. You go inland and the salt is no longer a problem. I would go out in the valley where rust was not a issue and buy them cheap because they never knew how to fix them. Most of those nice rigs were just given to me to remove them from their property. Take that nice one to my shop and part it out..... you can guess the rest and I could sell every good part very quick. Now most repairs on these rigs took very very few tools. A mechanic only had a small tool box that could be carried with one hand. His service rig was just a old pickup and had a great heater. I would send my service mechanic out and repair someones rig at their home, save them from cluttering my shop up.... I just know that you can see where this all goes. I made a ton of money and paid my mechanics good money, they had their job and it also was a job that paid un employment insurance, the whole ball of wax. I was making around two hundred thousand a year for my time and someone else did all the work. I was able to save around a half million in seven years. Now this is really out there but when you tear cars apart, the change in peoples pockets fell under seats and other places. All that money went into buckets and to keep people from putting that change in their pocket, I would have a drawing from say three of my mechanics would win a bucket of money. You might have a problem believing how much money was in those buckets but I can tell you that there would be close to five hundred dollars in just one bucket and that kept them honest. You either put say seven dollars or a lot more out of just one car in your pocket or take the chance of being one of the three winners. I had twenty mechanics. I also had a lot more buckets of change than just three. A mechanic had the chance to get a large bonus for being honest and christmas comes every year!!! Now it may not be honest but this is un recorded income. I had a large repair business and had many buckets that the bank would do the honors of rolling up all that change for me. I also got a nice bonus for me. One uncle sam never got a dime of.... funny that change is dimes and nickels.... get the irony of it?

Really liked the video.

That’s very interesting and informative

Very cool. I'd be interested in seeing more like this. Entertaining AND educational.

I'd love to see more videos like this

Great video of what's going on at Scott's Imporium.

I just remembered that you have a body swap project at the family barn. It's been so long I almost forgot!

Both the rebuild and "scrapping" sides are good to watch. Smart to have the trailer available to handle parts only once.

I don't know if I want more videos like this. But I can say I enjoyed watching it. So if you want to make more of then, I will watch them.

I also would like to see more of your parts side, thanks.

Yes absolutely make more..we love that you're so transparent and don't hide anything. I don't get why so many RU-vidrs and business owners feel the need to hide stuff or make stuff up. I've fixed and sold cars for 15 years...I've never hid anything. I'm always transparent and honest. This is why you're the only rebuilder I would ever buy from. You're awesome Scott. Thank you.

I for sure want to see more video's on the part's side of things.

Great video as always,enjoyed,just keep doing what your doing and carry on.😎😎😎👍👍👍

Thank you the auction fixed and what you have to go through.But it's good to see that you try to use.Everything and the reality you're rushing ever going away.Nor is there four wheel knucklehead who don't know how to drive

Interesting. Thanks for sharing that part of your business. 👍

that was interesting Scott, I thank you for allowing us to watch and if you don't mind more vids like would be great

Thanks for sharing

Really enjoyed. I like this tipe of videos. Nice job man!!!! Really nice deal.

Now that’s a pretty sweet wall decor! 19:40

This was a pretty cool video. Its always nice to see different content. And, we got to see a huge "pile"!

10 and 1/2 breaker, I have couple of those! More! More!

I would love more parts videos

Nice change of pace!

I remember getting on those famous trains to get to my dads shop downtown. Back then it was called the Rock Island

Like all your videos, think you could do a narration on watching paint dry, the sarcasm & irony would just flow out and get loads of comments.

Interesting side to the business.I guessed way low at $300,shows what I know about the scrap market.Good to see you back BTW.

Nice change from your usual

We would love to see any video you are willing to make far better then any thing on tv

Love it !