Junkyard cars for sale usually do not happen the car which has become fit for junkyard is bought only by a junkyard dealer. Such a car cannot be called a junkyard car. They come from insurance companies who take possession of cars after accidents and after settling the insurance claim of the car owner. The car owner knows that buying such a car will be troublesome and therefore insurance companies dispose with junkyard seller. These people know the intrinsic value of the different parts of any car. As far as the insurance company is concerned it wants to get rid of the car from its premises as soon as possible and to them junkyard seller is as good as any. The added cost of the stripped out parts of the damaged car will work out to be many times the price of a damaged car. The junkyard dealer makes a handsome profits, insurance company gets rid of the junk.