Some salvage yards will sell damaged or wrecked, but repairable vehicles to amateur car builders, or older vehicles to collectors, who will restore ("rebuild") the car for their own use or entertainment, or sometimes for resale.
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Unbroken windshields and windows may also be removed intact and resold to car owners needing replacements. Other, usually very large, junkyards will rebuild and sell such parts themselves. Other major parts such as the engine and transmission are often removed and sold, usually to auto-parts companies that will rebuild the part and resell it with a warranty, or will sell the components as-is in used condition, either with or without warranty. Late-model vehicles will often have entire halves or portions of the body removed and stored on shelves as inventory. headlights, blinkers, taillights), seats, parts of the exhaust system, mirrors, hubcaps, etc. The parts usually dismantled from automobiles are generally any that can be resold such as the light assemblies (commonly known as just "lights", e.g. The part is usually installed by the customer or agent ("the customer's mechanic") however, some salvage yards also provide installation services. If the yard has the requested item, the customer is usually instructed to leave a deposit and to come to pick up the part at a later time. However, it is more common for a customer to call in and inquire whether the specific item they need is available. This style of the yard is often referred to as a "You Pull It" yard. Some salvage yards expect customers to remove the part themselves (known as "self-service yards"), or allow this at a substantially reduced price compared to having the junkyard's staff remove it. Then a customer who asks for a specific part can obtain it immediately, without having to wait for the salvage yard employees to remove that part.
Often parts for which there is high demand are removed from cars and brought to the salvage yard's warehouse.
Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.Ī "you pull it" junkyard in the United States Loading a barge in New York In the 20th century, these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. At the salvage yard, the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another. The salvage yard offer car removal services, allowing individuals to dispose of their old, non-functional vehicles responsibly, will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict, and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots, and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well. In some cases, when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left, the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away. When an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or is not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard.
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