Dealer Bid + Part-Out Calculator

Vehicle

VIN — 17 characters (dash plate or door jamb)

Decoding fills year / make / model / engine from the free federal NHTSA vPIC database. A VIN narrows the vehicle — it yields NO part numbers. Always check the filled fields and fix anything by hand: the appraisal is only as good as the ID, and no photo by itself proves the engine or the mileage.

Year Make Model Engine Part-out family

📷 Guided photos — the part-out set

Take the full set — the same angles you'd want before buying a vehicle to part out. Photos stay on this device — nothing is uploaded anywhere, and they print with the worksheet as an appendix. Photos do not set the numbers: engine and mileage come from the VIN plate and your entries above, confirmed by you.

🤖 AI photo identification

AI photo identification: not connected yet. When connected, it may only suggest year / make / model / engine from the photos, for you to confirm or correct — every suggestion will be marked “AI suggestion — verify.” It will never be treated as proof of the engine or mileage, and this appraisal works completely without it: photos + VIN + the fields you confirm.

Feature 1 — Max Bid Calculator

Expected repaired retail value ($) Your comp note Estimated repair cost ($) Transport cost ($) Title / recon / detail ($) Target profit ($) Risk buffer (% of retail) Current bid to test ($)

Auction fee table used (seeded — every fee is already in the math above)

Typical published fee bands — Copart U.S. non-licensed member schedule, non-clean title, secured payment, as reproduced by public fee guides (Sep–Nov 2026). Bands between published anchor points are interpolated. Premier / licensed tiers pay less. Verify against your Copart account tier before bidding.

Winning bid	Buyer fee	Internet bid fee

Feature 2 — Part-Out Value ("what's it worth in pieces?")

Mileage band Runs & drives? Overall condition eBay fees (%) Shipping / packing allowance (%) Teardown labor (hours) Teardown labor rate ($/hr)

Part	Researched range	Sell-through

Feature 3 — Photo Part-Out Appraisal ("take a picture — is it worth buying to part out?")

The guided flow: 1) take the photo set in the Vehicle card above, 2) identify the vehicle (type the VIN and decode it, or fill the fields in by hand — then confirm them), 3) read what the parts are worth from researched eBay sold data, 4) get the buy verdict. If the vehicle isn't one of the families with sold data on file, the sheet says so plainly and invents nothing.

Mileage band Runs & drives? Overall condition eBay fees (%) Shipping / packing allowance (%) Teardown labor (hours) Teardown labor rate ($/hr) Transport to get it home ($) Asking price / expected bid ($)

Part	Sold-price range	Sell-through

The Three-Way Decision

Rebuild uses the current bid from Feature 1 and the same repair/recon numbers. Part-out uses the mid-point of the net range above. Walk away is always an option — the best dealers win by passing.

Photo appendix — part-out intake set

Photos were held on the device only — nothing was uploaded. Angles: front ¾, rear ¾, engine bay, interior, odometer / VIN plate.