Chop shop (disambiguation)

Last updated March 19, 2019

Chop shop is a slang phrase with various uses including an illegal location or business which disassembles stolen automobiles for the purpose of selling them as parts.

In motor vehicle theft, a chop shop is a location or business which disassembles stolen vehicles, primarily cars, for the purpose of selling its parts. The term originated from the practice of building a car from two halves by welding them together.

Chop shop may also refer to:

Chop Shop (TV series), a Canadian docusoap TV series directed by Ziad Touma about a "rock 'n' roll" hairdressers
Chop Shop (film), a 2007 American film
Chop Shop (novel), a 2004 novel by American writer Tim Downs
Chop Shop (musician), also known as Scott Konzelmann, a noise musician
Chop Shop: London Garage, a sequel to the TV series Bangla Bangers
Chop Shop Records, a California-based record label

<i>Chop Shop</i> (TV series) television series

Chop Shop is a Canadian docusoap television series created, directed and produced by Ziad Touma that premiered on February 4, 2009, on the Slice Network. The show follows the stylists at a rock and roll hair salon in Vancouver, British Columbia. The series was produced by Paperny Films.

Chop Shop is a 2007 American drama film co-written, edited, and directed by Ramin Bahrani. The film tells the story of a twelve-year-old street orphan living and working in Willets Point, an area in Queens, New York, filled with automobile repair shops, scrapyards and garbage dumps.

<i>Chop Shop</i> (novel) book by Tim Downs

Chop Shop is a crime novel by the American writer and speaker Tim Downs. It was published in 2004 by Howard Books and was preceded by Shoofly Pie.

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