LibGuides: ENGL 120: Pruitt-Westover: Junkyards and Salvage

Circulating Books

Building with Secondhand Stuff : How to Re-claim, Re-vamp, Re-purpose & Re-use Salvaged & Leftover Building Materials by Chris Peterson
Call Number: 690.802 PETERSON (Napa Main Only)
ISBN: 9781589236622
Publication Date: 2011-10-01
Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers and Dumpster Divers. by Laura Pritchett (Editor)
Call Number: On order (363.728 GOING - at Napa Main Branch)
ISBN: 9780806140131
Publication Date: 2009-05-15
Junkyards, Gearheads, and Rust by David N. Lucsko
Call Number: On order
ISBN: 9781421419428
Publication Date: 2016-05-15
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 cars.

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Copart - Auto Salvage
This site contains an auction to bid on autos with salvage titles.
Crashed Toys
This site is for locating motorcycles, boats, and RVs which have salvage titles.
Junkyards/Salvage Yards in Napa County
Local salvage yards
Scrap Metal Recycling - Napa
The Hidden Dangers in You Pull-it Junkyards
Jakarta's Trash Mountain
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