The Salvage Yard Playbook

The business model is simple: pay $5 at the gate, sell for $200 on eBay. Here's the full playbook — what to pull, how to price it, and what the real numbers look like.

Go in unprepared and you'll spend three hours fighting one bolt. Here's the exact toolkit that gets you in, gets the part, and gets you out.

Not all salvage yard finds are created equal. These 15 parts have the best resale margins — and knowing which cars carry them is half the game.