Thanks for your replies.
I live in a rather small town (it likes to call itself a City, but isn't really).
A few more details... I know the owner of the Tow company, so they're going to only charge for the Tow. So anything that comes off the car is 'free'.
There aren't a huge amount of Automotive Garages here... but I will contact them to see if they have anything scrap to offer.
I ordered Steel from the local welding company... they had to order it themselves, it is as follows:
Four @ / 4140 / 5" x 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"
Four @ / 1018 / 12" x 1/2" x 1/2"
Four @ / 1018 / 24" x 1/2" x 1/2"
Two @ / 1018 / 8" x 1" x 1"
Two @ / 1095 / 10" x 2" x 1/2"
That all came to $350ish ... which was surprising to me, it seems high.. But as it's my first Steel order (and they also had to order it, mark-up galore).
Because of that price, I'm calling all that my "Good" Steel... and won't be using much of it until I get a Basic understanding of the Craft.
I don't mind hard work or difficult work. I like figuring things out and solving problems. So scrap steel, despite many many Many warnings against it doesn't scare me away.
It may Suck to heat treat something after working on it for a time to find it won't harden like I wanted it to... but lesson learned.
I intend to get scrap, continue getting scrap and continue using scrap... if nothing else there's always something else I can do with junk... send it back to a Scrapyard, or use it for welding a Forge-stand or make myself 10000 nails and do some traditional Carpentry with smithed nails... hah
