50 Vintage Photos of Classic Car Salvage Yards and Wrecks From Between the 1940s and 1950s

Vehicle recycling is the dismantling of vehicles for spare parts. At the end of their useful life, vehicles have value as a source of spare parts and this has created a vehicle dismantling industry. The industry has various names for its business outlets including wrecking yard, auto dismantling yard, car spare parts supplier, and recently, auto or vehicle recycling.

Vehicle recycling has always occurred to some degree but in recent years manufacturers have become involved in the process. A car crusher is often used to reduce the size of the scrapped vehicle for transportation to a steel mill.

Here’s a gallery of 50 haunting photos of classic car salvage yards and wrecks from between the 1940s and 1950s.