Trusted Core Buyers Since 1972
When you work with RAS Cores, you work with people who pick up the phone, stand behind their price list, and pay what they say they will pay. A thorough check-in and reconciliation process, on-time payments, and over 50 years of keeping our word. That is the RAS difference.
Our Story
In 1972, Ted Eckstein started buying cores from the back of a pickup truck in Cranston, Rhode Island. No warehouse. No catalog. Just a handshake and a fair price. More than 50 years later, that same commitment drives everything we do at RAS Cores. We have grown, but the way we treat people has not changed.
Years in the Core Business
Product Lines We Buy
Cores Processed Per Year
What We Buy
One Vehicle.
Hundreds of Cores.
Every Part Has Value
We keep your inventory moving.
A/C · Electronics
Electrical systems recovered.
Hybrid Batteries · Rotating Electrical
Growing product lines from most vehicles.
Brakes · Steering · And More
Your cores partner.
Nine Categories. One Buyer.
Where Inventory Becomes Opportunity.
What We Buy
More Than a Core Buyer
40+ product lines means less time managing multiple buyers. But what keeps suppliers coming back is not the breadth. It is the people behind it. Fair pricing, thorough check-in and reconciliation, and a team that treats your business like it matters.
Who We Serve
You pull the parts. We buy the cores. RAS helps keep your inventory moving and your cash flow healthy. With our check-in and reconciliation process, you know exactly what you are getting paid and why. No surprises.
Start Selling Cores ›Whether you are collecting from one source or fifty, RAS scales with you. Fair pricing across our full product lines and digital tools for live pricing.
Start Selling Cores ›RAS supplies cores to licensed automotive businesses and remanufacturers. High fill rate, consistent check-in and reconciliation, and the inventory depth to support production at any scale.
Start Buying Cores ›Why RAS
The proof is in how we operate.
When you work with RAS, you work with people who have done the work, understand what it takes, and treat every supplier like a partner. That is the foundation everything else is built on.
No hidden deductions. No surprises on the check. Our check-in and reconciliation process is transparent from the moment your cores arrive, so the number you see on your payment matches what you sent.
AC, rotating electrical, electronics, hybrid batteries, brakes, steering, fuel, drivetrain. 40+ product lines means less time sorting who takes what and more time running your yard.
Every core goes through our check-in and reconciliation process so you get paid the true value of what you sent. Then payment hits on schedule. No waiting. No runaround.
Our Product Lines
