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- Ralph L on Curbside Classic: 1983 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Grandpa, Tell Me ’Bout The Good Old Days
- Ralph L on Curbside Classic: 1977-78 Buick Riviera – A Short Life In Hard Times
- Jeff Tingle on Those Curious Long Wheelbase West Coast COE Trucks – Why Did They Do This?
- Chip on Curbside Classic: 1983 Buick Electra Park Avenue – Grandpa, Tell Me ’Bout The Good Old Days
- Doug on Cohort Classic: 1981 Oldsmobile Omega – X Marks The Spot
- kiwibryce on 2003 Infiniti M45 – The Closest Thing To An American-Style V8 Four-Door Hardtop In A Long Time
- Ed Stuchbery on T87 Singles Collection, Winter 2025 Edition – Part 3: More Foreign Cars (German, Italian, etc.)
- deejayq on Vintage Photos: Buick Rivieras On The Road In The 1960s
- deejayq on Vintage Photos: Buick Rivieras On The Road In The 1960s
- deejayq on Vintage Photos: Buick Rivieras On The Road In The 1960s
Junkyard Archive
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Curbside Recycling: 1989 Chrysler’s TC By Maserati – Did TC Stand For Total Crap Or ‘Talian Chrysler?
Posted on September 21, 2022 | 97 CommentsI may have inadvertently ruffled a feather or two with my oh-so-erudite comparative analysis between two Cadillac Cimarrons recently, the upshot was we’ve (again) been more or less accused of […] -
Curbside Recycling: E-Waste Special – Why Were A Batch Of Brand New 2017 Ford Focus EVs Sent To The Junkyard in 2022? (UPDATED!)
Posted on September 19, 2022 | 50 CommentsWe’ve seen lots of beaters in this series, we’ve also seen cars that looked very well preserved, and we’ve seen cars that we’ve bemoaned the fact that they weren’t offered […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1981 Lancia Beta Zagato Spyder – Mad Toy
Posted on September 15, 2022 | 44 CommentsWandering down a random aisle in the import section of a Denver-area junkyard, I tripped slightly as the earth stopped rotating. Catching myself, I then heard angelsong. Bright lights, confetti […] -
Curbside Recycling Challenge: 1983 Cadillac Cimarron VS 1987 Cadillac Cimarron – Can Two Cimarrons Make A Right?
Posted on August 31, 2022 | 62 CommentsSomehow it feels like we had a bit of a Cadillac Week (or was it a Week And A Half?) and it’s time to go out with a bang. Or […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1976 Ford Pinto Runabout – Who Does A Bare-Metal Restoration Of A Pinto?
Posted on August 25, 2022 | 68 CommentsNobody, that’s who. And to be fair, this one wasn’t ever finished and is unlikely to ever be, certainly not in time for Barrett-Jackson in Scottsdale. Maybe someone confused it […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1997 Geo Metro LSi – Clearly Gasoline Prices Are Coming Down
Posted on August 18, 2022 | 63 CommentsWhat else would explain the reason to scrap what appears to be a perfectly usable gas-sipper? Well, this is the LSi model which features the gas-swilling 1.3 liter that has […] -
Curbside Recycling: I Tripped Over A Hornet’s Nest At The Newest Land Of Milk And Honey And Parts
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 46 CommentsColorado has an abundance of junkyards but in the great tradition of America, more is always better and less is never enough. For the last couple of years the guys […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1965 Jaguar S-Type 3.8 – The Upper Lip Seems A Bit Aquiver
Posted on July 15, 2022 | 31 CommentsIt matters not what some may say about the original Jaguar S-Type, the reality is that this is an old Jaguar and hence worthy of respect even if one knows […] -
Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1953 Dodge B4D Express 126WB
Posted on May 29, 2022 | 33 CommentsWe haven’t done a Junkyard Heirloom Gallery post in a while and today someone posted a new comment on the first one of the series which was just the impetus I […] -
Junk Yard Tales
Posted on February 28, 2022 | 90 Comments(first posted 2/28/2016) I first encountered Colorado Auto and Parts at the age of 14 or so, when my folks let me buy a running-but-not-driveable ’64 Valiant to faff around […] -
Salvage Yard Photographs, Part II: September 2015 – This Could Be The Last Time
Posted on February 21, 2022 | 25 CommentsA few weeks ago, I pictorially recounted a trip to an old Mid-Michigan junkyard that had been purchased by another yard and was forever closing its doors. The cost of […] -
Curbside Recycling: Audi 50 – Fitting the Pieces
Posted on February 15, 2022 | 19 CommentsWhat in the name of Europe is this? I said, as I approached the recently discovered VW salvage yard in search of missing Golf A3 parts. An unknown shape on […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1974 Jaguar XJ12L CHE – Look At The Cat Someone Dragged In
Posted on February 13, 2022 | 43 CommentsIf I had all of the money in the world, I’m pretty sure I’d have one of these in my own personal showroom, albeit in a condition more befitting my […] -
Salvage Yard Photographs: September 2014 – A Bittersweet Walk Through A Closing Junkyard
Posted on February 7, 2022 | 48 CommentsTo paraphrase William Carlos Williams, so much depends upon the price of scrap metal. Back in 2014, word on the internet grapevine was that a well-known old-school junkyard in Michigan […] -
Curbside Recycling: BMW 2002, Bavarian Chocolate
Posted on January 28, 2022 | 12 CommentsWork had taken us to a vintage household in downtown Santa Tecla (El Salvador), a town with still some semblance of the old Spanish style city grid. The house was […]