salvage yard

Reclaimed parts lot

A salvage yard is a place where wrecked, damaged, or discarded vehicles and machinery are stored and dismantled for usable parts.

Also called a junkyard or scrapyard.

Buyers come looking for replacement parts at lower cost than new: I found a transmission at the salvage yard for two hundred bucks.

What can't be reused gets sold as scrap metal.

Related

dismantling · auto parts · recycling · crusher · adaptive reuse · wreckage · parts · title search · frame · rust · rusted out · automobiles · VIN · engines · fenders · weeds · bumpers · chrome

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vehicle/goods condition

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Retail exhibition space

car dealership · auto dealership · boutique · retail store · auction house

product lifecycle stage

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Industrial production facility

manufacturing plant · assembly line · mint · warehouse · distribution center

condition/quality of goods

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Business retailing motor vehicles

authorized dealer · factory outlet

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