Digging around Hawks Motorsports' huge salvage and new parts operation, we find way more than expected. For years, third-gen GM F-body cars, such as the Camaro, Firebird, and Trans Am, were looked ...

Salvage yard, junk yard, scrap yard, recycling center—what you call it likely has some bearing on how you view these places filled with society’s unwanted detritus. But to me, “That which we call a ...