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Book Synopsis
By examining how cars are salvaged, repurposed, and restored, this book demonstrates that the history of the automobile is much more than a running catalog of showroom novelties.

Trade Review
[Lucsko] covers a lot of new and interesting ground in describing America's car culture, both its history and its technology. Washington Times

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
1. The Automotive Salvage Business in America, 1900–2010
2. Parts, Parts Cars, and Car Enthusiasts
3. Arizona Gold
4. Junkyard Jamboree
5. Not in My Neighbor's Backyard, Either
6. Of Clunkers and Camaros
Coda
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

Junkyards Gearheads and Rust

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A Hardback by David N. Lucsko

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    Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
    Publication Date: 10/07/2016
    ISBN13: 9781421419428, 978-1421419428
    ISBN10: 1421419424
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    History of science Road and motor vehicles: general interest

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    By examining how cars are salvaged, repurposed, and restored, this book demonstrates that the history of the automobile is much more than a running catalog of showroom novelties.

    Trade Review
    [Lucsko] covers a lot of new and interesting ground in describing America's car culture, both its history and its technology. Washington Times

    Table of Contents

    Preface
    Introduction
    1. The Automotive Salvage Business in America, 1900–2010
    2. Parts, Parts Cars, and Car Enthusiasts
    3. Arizona Gold
    4. Junkyard Jamboree
    5. Not in My Neighbor's Backyard, Either
    6. Of Clunkers and Camaros
    Coda
    Notes
    Essay on Sources
    Index

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