Do you pick up in Pilsen and the rest of the Lower West Side?

Yes. Pilsen is part of the Lower West Side community area, and we pick up across all of it.

My car is parked on the street and doesn't run. Is that a problem?

No. We buy cars that don't run. Tell us where it's parked and whether it rolls, and we plan the tow around it.

What paperwork do I need to scrap a car in Pilsen?

The title if you have it. Title gone missing? We can still help. List the papers you do have, like a bill of sale, the registration or an insurance card; Illinois rules settle which of them count for a scrap sale, and we confirm it with you on the call.

Scrap car pickup in Pilsen

Smart Scrap Metal Buyers buys scrap and junk cars in Pilsen, across the Lower West Side from 18th Street to Cermak Road. Send the car's details, hear the offer, and we tow it for free and pay you at pickup. Same-day pickup is often possible.

Streets we pick up along

18th Street
Cermak Road
Blue Island Avenue
Halsted Street
Ashland Avenue
Damen Avenue

Scrap car offer in Pilsen

Any vehicle, any condition. Two short steps; free towing, paid at pickup.

Scrap car pickup across Pilsen

Pilsen sits in the Lower West Side community area, and West 18th Street is its busiest commercial corridor. Cermak Road, Blue Island Avenue, Ashland, Damen and Halsted fill in the grid, with the Stevenson Expressway running across the river along the area’s southern edge.

If you’ve got a car that’s done, whether it failed its last repair, got hit, or has been parked so long the registration lapsed, Smart Scrap Metal Buyers will make an offer on it. Free towing, paid at pickup, and no need to get it running first.

Reference points we can find you by

The 18th Street Pink Line station at 1710 W. 18th Street, known for the murals local Pilsen artists painted on it.
The National Museum of Mexican Art at 1852 W. 19th Street, inside Harrison Park.
The old Fisk Generating Station at 1111 W. Cermak Road, which opened in 1903 and shut down in August 2012.
The former Schoenhofen Brewery buildings at 18th Street and Canalport Avenue, both Chicago Landmarks.

The Pilsen Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Give us the cross streets and the building, and we’ll find the car.

A corridor of river and rail

Pilsen grew up beside the South Branch of the Chicago River, and its power station and brewery sit on that working edge. The river and the industry along it tie together all six neighbourhoods on our corridors page.

After you say yes

We tow the car, pay you at pickup, and send it into scrap car recycling: fluids drained, reusable parts pulled, shell crushed and shredded, metal sold to be melted again. Just across the river, Bridgeport is our next corridor south.

Scrap car pickup in Pilsen: questions

Do you pick up in Pilsen and the rest of the Lower West Side?: Yes. Pilsen is part of the Lower West Side community area, and we pick up across all of it.
My car is parked on the street and doesn't run. Is that a problem?: No. We buy cars that don't run. Tell us where it's parked and whether it rolls, and we plan the tow around it.
What paperwork do I need to scrap a car in Pilsen?: The title if you have it. Title gone missing? We can still help. List the papers you do have, like a bill of sale, the registration or an insurance card; Illinois rules settle which of them count for a scrap sale, and we confirm it with you on the call.