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Curbside Classics Archives
Junkyard Archive
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![Sometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_4011.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush")
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush
Posted on January 18, 2024 | 30 CommentsSometimes I will be stopped in my tracks while in the junkyard. At times it’s due to a Maserati, other times a Lancia, and ever so slightly more often anything […] -
![Lord, won’t you buy me an Oldsmobile sang no one ever, certainly not Janis, and not any of the legions of artists since. Yet here we were in the times […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IMG_5251.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – A 1970 4-4-2 It Is Not")
Curbside Recycling: 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – A 1970 4-4-2 It Is Not
Posted on January 4, 2024 | 54 CommentsLord, won’t you buy me an Oldsmobile sang no one ever, certainly not Janis, and not any of the legions of artists since. Yet here we were in the times […] -
![Found on Facebook Marketplace, location: Poolesville, MD. No other description given. Only 588 of these Packard Hawks were made; who knows how many survive today in any form. Is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Screenshot-2023-12-14-at-20-26-41-409182606_7226733637366305_1392915141045358127_n.jpg-JPEG-Image-960-%C3%97-720-pixels.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC For Sale: 1958 Packard Hawk – “Parts car here will cut up Soon”")
CC For Sale: 1958 Packard Hawk – “Parts car here will cut up Soon”
Posted on December 19, 2023 | 26 CommentsFound on Facebook Marketplace, location: Poolesville, MD. No other description given. Only 588 of these Packard Hawks were made; who knows how many survive today in any form. Is […] -
![It’s Sunday, let’s go for a stroll in the yard! I took these pictures a while ago when I was in Gunma prefecture, about 100 miles north of Tokyo. There […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20220102_160828_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classics: One Of These Cars Is Not Like The Others")
Junkyard Classics: One Of These Cars Is Not Like The Others
Posted on October 1, 2023 | 19 CommentsIt’s Sunday, let’s go for a stroll in the yard! I took these pictures a while ago when I was in Gunma prefecture, about 100 miles north of Tokyo. There […] -
![Behold the humble Corolla. Respected the world over, doing its job day in and day out, year after year, decade after decade. Demanding little, yet giving all of itself. This […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_9293.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1992 Toyota Corolla – 440,960 Miles, How’d It Hold Up?")
Curbside Recycling: 1992 Toyota Corolla – 440,960 Miles, How’d It Hold Up?
Posted on September 18, 2023 | 46 CommentsBehold the humble Corolla. Respected the world over, doing its job day in and day out, year after year, decade after decade. Demanding little, yet giving all of itself. This […] -
![We were going through a heat wave this past April, just when I agreed to join my wife in one of her teaching outings. A trip to the beach of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230507_144723838_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: VW Vanagon – One With Nature")
Curbside Recycling: VW Vanagon – One With Nature
Posted on August 5, 2023 | 10 CommentsWe were going through a heat wave this past April, just when I agreed to join my wife in one of her teaching outings. A trip to the beach of […] -
![Once upon a time there were vinyl tops. And some of them fit nicely, were snug to the metal below, and served to accentuate the shape and form they were […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8540.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Contemp(t)lation: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Exhibit #25038")
Junkyard Contemp(t)lation: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Exhibit #25038
Posted on July 11, 2023 | 28 CommentsOnce upon a time there were vinyl tops. And some of them fit nicely, were snug to the metal below, and served to accentuate the shape and form they were […] -
![This first-year 1956 Lincoln Premiere was bucking hard to be saved, but not by me, not today. It has maybe a couple of weeks left before it shuffles off this […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1956 Lincoln Premiere – With Factory AC, Just Needs A Recharge")
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1956 Lincoln Premiere – With Factory AC, Just Needs A Recharge
Posted on July 6, 2023 | 47 CommentsThis first-year 1956 Lincoln Premiere was bucking hard to be saved, but not by me, not today. It has maybe a couple of weeks left before it shuffles off this […] -
![GM might as well be the abbreviation for Genius Marketers instead of General Motors. How else to explain over TWO MILLION suckers that purchased a Vega? And it’s not like […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_7470.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1973 Chevrolet Vega Kammback – Oy Vega! 50+ Years Of Long(roof) Memories")
Curbside Recycling: 1973 Chevrolet Vega Kammback – Oy Vega! 50+ Years Of Long(roof) Memories
Posted on June 21, 2023 | 58 CommentsGM might as well be the abbreviation for Genius Marketers instead of General Motors. How else to explain over TWO MILLION suckers that purchased a Vega? And it’s not like […] -
![Well, one, anyway; this one. A (presumably) once-cherished Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe, probably lovingly specced out from the brochure; custom-ordered, and waited for with tingly anticipation. Or just bought right […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_5492.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Camaro – It Turns Out People Do Junk Vintage Red Camaros")
Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Camaro – It Turns Out People Do Junk Vintage Red Camaros
Posted on June 15, 2023 | 30 CommentsWell, one, anyway; this one. A (presumably) once-cherished Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe, probably lovingly specced out from the brochure; custom-ordered, and waited for with tingly anticipation. Or just bought right […] -
![This particular car was born the same month I received my driver’s license. It’s on the (long) short list of cars that I would have liked to have seen in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_6965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1986 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R – Boxed In")
Curbside Recycling: 1986 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R – Boxed In
Posted on June 10, 2023 | 26 CommentsThis particular car was born the same month I received my driver’s license. It’s on the (long) short list of cars that I would have liked to have seen in […] -
![Ah, the Cavalier. Or Cadavalier. Or Crapalier. Or “Cockroach of the Road”. What other denigrating terms are/were there for these? Dozens I’m sure. But did they really suck so bad? […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_5314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime?")
Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime?
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 75 CommentsAh, the Cavalier. Or Cadavalier. Or Crapalier. Or “Cockroach of the Road”. What other denigrating terms are/were there for these? Dozens I’m sure. But did they really suck so bad? […] -
![I use the word “alien” because this car would be alien to most people–how many individuals living today would be able to identify this as a Lincoln, let alone […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230514_162605.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junked Classic: 1959 Lincoln Premiere–Crashed Alien Spacecraft")
Junked Classic: 1959 Lincoln Premiere–Crashed Alien Spacecraft
Posted on May 16, 2023 | 43 CommentsI use the word “alien” because this car would be alien to most people–how many individuals living today would be able to identify this as a Lincoln, let alone […] -
![I write this on April 13, 2023 after returning from the junkyard this afternoon, and realize that it’s a day like any other. Except it isn’t, it’s the exact 50th […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3793.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist")
Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist
Posted on April 14, 2023 | 51 CommentsI write this on April 13, 2023 after returning from the junkyard this afternoon, and realize that it’s a day like any other. Except it isn’t, it’s the exact 50th […] -
![Well, here we are again with more random engineering and other (mis)adventures spotted in the junkyard over the weekend. Today’s features both involve Toyotas, curiously the last time we did […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2991.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue")
Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue
Posted on March 26, 2023 | 24 CommentsWell, here we are again with more random engineering and other (mis)adventures spotted in the junkyard over the weekend. Today’s features both involve Toyotas, curiously the last time we did […]
