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Curbside Classics Archives
Junkyard Archive
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![(first posted 11/14/2012. And it’s still there, but given how Portland is booming and this neighborhood getting gentrified, I have doubts about for how much longer) If I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/CC-181-115-1200.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Alamo Volvo: Portland’s Volvo Valhalla")
Alamo Volvo: Portland’s Volvo Valhalla
Posted on April 18, 2016 | 35 Comments(first posted 11/14/2012. And it’s still there, but given how Portland is booming and this neighborhood getting gentrified, I have doubts about for how much longer) If I […] -
![The junkyard is a bittersweet place for car lovers. On one hand, it’s an almost never ending photo opportunity, and it’s like playing the license plate game on vacation: who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/093.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classics: Segregating the Outcasts – Hudsons and Packards Get to Know Simcas and Anglias")
Junkyard Classics: Segregating the Outcasts – Hudsons and Packards Get to Know Simcas and Anglias
Posted on April 18, 2016 | 29 CommentsThe junkyard is a bittersweet place for car lovers. On one hand, it’s an almost never ending photo opportunity, and it’s like playing the license plate game on vacation: who […] -
Junkyard Classics: Relics From The Past- In The Past
Posted on March 19, 2016 | 26 CommentsThis is a nostalgic-sympathetic post of a thirty-years-old Saturday stroll, heading into a junkyard with an aim to photograph specific classics. Oh, and accompanied by faithful Laish. -
![I told you in the last instalment that there would be rarities in Part II, and I delivered. Well, more accurately, Curbsider canadiancatgreen delivered once again with his series of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/canadiancatgreen-pontiac-6000-ste.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 2")
Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 2
Posted on August 25, 2015 | 46 CommentsI told you in the last instalment that there would be rarities in Part II, and I delivered. Well, more accurately, Curbsider canadiancatgreen delivered once again with his series of […] -
![“Every car has a story”, although some lifetimes of some individual vehicles are much more eventful than others. When looking at older cars I’m often left wondering about their ownership history. Who […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5103.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: 1998 Lincoln Navigator – Like A Bomb Went Off")
Junkyard Outtake: 1998 Lincoln Navigator – Like A Bomb Went Off
Posted on August 24, 2015 | 33 Comments“Every car has a story”, although some lifetimes of some individual vehicles are much more eventful than others. When looking at older cars I’m often left wondering about their ownership history. Who […] -
![While browsing our wonderful Curbside Classic Cohort gallery, I came across this array of pictures from Curbsider Canadiancatgreen. These were taken in a Canadian junkyard. It must be a part […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/canadiancatgreen-dodge-aspen.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 1")
Junkyard Classics from the Cohort: A Walk Through a Canadian Junkyard – Part 1
Posted on August 21, 2015 | 57 CommentsWhile browsing our wonderful Curbside Classic Cohort gallery, I came across this array of pictures from Curbsider Canadiancatgreen. These were taken in a Canadian junkyard. It must be a part […] -
![Early Tempests were flawed compacts from a period when General Motors seemed willing to try anything, but I still love them. I think they’re the best looking of the Special/F-85/Tempest […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/0261.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: 1961 Pontiac Tempest–The Rare Wood-Powered Prototype")
Junkyard Outtake: 1961 Pontiac Tempest–The Rare Wood-Powered Prototype
Posted on August 10, 2015 | 42 CommentsEarly Tempests were flawed compacts from a period when General Motors seemed willing to try anything, but I still love them. I think they’re the best looking of the Special/F-85/Tempest […] -
![Poor Mercury. While the brand may not have been treated to the same levels of uniqueness from Ford and Lincoln that other “near-luxury” brands such as Buick, Chrysler, and Oldsmobile were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/IMG_4994.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1997 Mercury Tracer LS – Vanishing Trace")
Junkyard Classic: 1997 Mercury Tracer LS – Vanishing Trace
Posted on May 7, 2015 | 56 CommentsPoor Mercury. While the brand may not have been treated to the same levels of uniqueness from Ford and Lincoln that other “near-luxury” brands such as Buick, Chrysler, and Oldsmobile were […] -
![Last September, this Monterey caught my shutter in the salvage yard because it’s almost certainly the first one I’d seen in the flesh. This is unsurprising, since I was born […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/046.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: 1972 Mercury Monterey Custom–No Perks for Being a Wallflower")
Junkyard Outtake: 1972 Mercury Monterey Custom–No Perks for Being a Wallflower
Posted on March 16, 2015 | 53 CommentsLast September, this Monterey caught my shutter in the salvage yard because it’s almost certainly the first one I’d seen in the flesh. This is unsurprising, since I was born […] -
![Sixteen Candles, starring Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling, was released in 1984. It has a 7.2 rating on IMDB, which means it’s liked but not well-liked, especially when you take into […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16083682164_3798fdce93_z.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: Porsche 944 – Jake Ryan Has Moved On")
Junkyard Outtake: Porsche 944 – Jake Ryan Has Moved On
Posted on March 13, 2015 | 40 CommentsSixteen Candles, starring Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling, was released in 1984. It has a 7.2 rating on IMDB, which means it’s liked but not well-liked, especially when you take into […] -
![There’s nothing like that old car smell. And while the patina trend has been discussed to death, the hard truth of the matter is that my favorite old car times invariably […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/64-Dodge-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Idle Hands and the Craigslist Classic: 1964 Dodge D300–Daddy Wants a Stake Truck")
Idle Hands and the Craigslist Classic: 1964 Dodge D300–Daddy Wants a Stake Truck
Posted on December 15, 2014 | 33 CommentsThere’s nothing like that old car smell. And while the patina trend has been discussed to death, the hard truth of the matter is that my favorite old car times invariably […] -
![It had to happen, sooner or later. The “Official CC Graveyard“, which became widely known after my posts on them went viral, is going to be liquidated. The first ten cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/CC-30-043.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "The ‘CC Graveyard’ Is Being Liquidated – Care To Save Any Of Them From The Crusher?")
The ‘CC Graveyard’ Is Being Liquidated – Care To Save Any Of Them From The Crusher?
Posted on November 6, 2014 | 84 CommentsIt had to happen, sooner or later. The “Official CC Graveyard“, which became widely known after my posts on them went viral, is going to be liquidated. The first ten cars […] -
![Now it’s time for another automotive admission of guilt: my favorite Thunderbird, bar none, was the tenth generation. I’m sure this is to cause nearly as much controversy as my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/blackbird01.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: Junkyard Birds of the Nineties – Bad Breaks")
Junkyard Outtake: Junkyard Birds of the Nineties – Bad Breaks
Posted on October 24, 2014 | 24 CommentsNow it’s time for another automotive admission of guilt: my favorite Thunderbird, bar none, was the tenth generation. I’m sure this is to cause nearly as much controversy as my […] -
![In an earlier post, I hinted at a visit to an ancient salvage yard that was soon to be closing its doors. These two Bullet Birds were sitting side by […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/058.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtake: 1962 and 1963 Thunderbirds – Holding Hands on the Way to the Gallows")
Junkyard Outtake: 1962 and 1963 Thunderbirds – Holding Hands on the Way to the Gallows
Posted on October 24, 2014 | 14 CommentsIn an earlier post, I hinted at a visit to an ancient salvage yard that was soon to be closing its doors. These two Bullet Birds were sitting side by […] -
![Very roughly translated, “mono no aware” is a Japanese term that describes a morose, keen awareness of the transience of things. This feeling drifted acutely over me this week as I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/077.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Junkyard Haul: Mono No Aware")
CC Junkyard Haul: Mono No Aware
Posted on September 29, 2014 | 59 CommentsVery roughly translated, “mono no aware” is a Japanese term that describes a morose, keen awareness of the transience of things. This feeling drifted acutely over me this week as I […]
