Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust: Salvaging the Automotive Past

The material appeal of the automobile junkyard goes beyond the search for second-hand parts.

What happens to automobiles after they are retired but before they are processed as scrap? In this fascinating history, David N. Lucsko takes readers on a tour of salvage yards and wrecked or otherwise out-of-service cars in the United States from the point of view of gearheads—the hot rodders, restoration hobbyists, street rodders, and classic car devotees who reuse, repurpose, and restore junked ca...