Time for explore, once again, junkyard finds thanks to the Cohort uploads from canadiancatgreen. The shots seem to date from early spring to recent days. Let’s start today’s tour with the melting snow shots and in the 1960s, with this ’65 Chrysler product. Being a 4-door, and in Canada, it’s either a New Yorker or a Saratoga.
A 2-door hardtop ’66 Mercury Montclair, in a nice green-grayish hue that suited the car well.
A ’62 Pontiac Laurentian, one of those Canada only Cheviacs which we have talked about before at CC.
This ’68 Chrysler droptop must have been quite a nice ride when new.
We’ll skip the ’70s for now and move on to the 1980s with this ’82 Pontiac Firebird, still carrying snow tires. F-bodies were a dime a dozen back in my 1990s California, but these have become rare as of recent.
You may know this shape as a Colt, or as a Mirage; today you’re seeing it as an Eagle Vista. These showed up in Canada as such for a short few years between ’88 to ’92.
For those Panther platform fans, here’s an ’83 Mercury Grand Marquis.
A second-generation Taurus, and looking quite complete.
And another one, from the ’96-’98 third generation with the ovoid-obsessed Ford styling of the period.
Perhaps we should follow those Taurii with this ’91-’96 Oldsmobile Ninety Eight. A rounded and more modern look, which was GM’s way of trying to catch up with Ford’s Aero language.
Now, for the late spring/early summer shots. Let’s start in the early ’80s, with this ’80 2-door Malibu and its clean rational sheer-look styling.
Miss Saabs? Here’s an ’83 (or so), and wearing that brown hue popular with imports from the 1970s to the early 1980s.
An ’87 Cadillac Fleetwood.
On to the 1990s with this ’92 Subaru Loyale wagon.
And we’re closing with this ’98 Chevrolet… Monte Carlo. Mmmm, I still have a hard time referring to these FWD models as MCs.
That does it for today’s junkyard tour. Let’s wait and see what finds appear during the summer.
The 98 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was really a Chevrolet Lumina coupe. Changing the name didn’t really make it a Monte Carlo.
I see what you’re saying, but I’ll respectfully disagree. Even though the name had been dormant for almost a decade, the Monte Carlo badge still had some cachet with certain folks, and the prior Lumina coupe needed all the help it could get in the sales department.
Son #2 needed a cheap ride for a tour in Hawai’i. I inspected this car for him before he bought it. It was pretty low mileage as I recall, ran well and didn’t seem too badly rusted for a Hawai’i car.
Whether you call in a Lumina or Monte Carlo, I think I destroyed my credibility as a mechanic when I told him this seemed a decent car for the price.
In rapid succession, the car destroyed its lower intake gaskets, ate the AC compressor and had both front window tracks give way to internal rust.
Luckily the car only had to last 6 months. It barely made it.
GM would have minimized warranty costs and reputation damage had final assembly ended at the junkyard.
Rick, fine examples. The background for the Taurus wagon is perfect.
I’ve only had one car go directly to the junkyard!
Guy ran the stop light and ripped the front bumper off my ’97 Camry. Drove it home, but insurance totaled the car for it was 7 years old at the time. A wrecker came and got it from my driveway. The rest of the car was in excellent shape. I have a feeling the engine, transmission, and other body panels were gone in a few days.
Sad ending!!
Love a good wrecking yard prowl, I really do, my favourite is Horopito motors, google it dont try pronouncing it. it has among anything else you can think of a good selection of Hillman cars that havent been picked over too badly yet, not dealership level of spares but close enough, nothing in the main yard is newer than mid 60s so I can recognize stuff easily and cars and trucks from the 20s are still rotting in place, anything you cant find for an old car anywhere else ring them they will have one or two of what youre looking for, I always go and pick up my stuff simply for the scenery.
It appears sand is used on the locals roads in winter, as opposed to road salt. Many of theses bodies still appear salvageable, and roadworthy.
Nice images, I miss growing up in the late 50’s > 60’s for all the antique vehicles there used to be .
-Nate
What’s the red vehicle next to the ’87 Cadillac Fleetwood?
Chevrolet Orlando. Sold in Canada, but not the US, starting in 2011. Made by Daewoo!
Review by respected Canadian auto journalist Graeme Fletcher.
https://driving.ca/chevrolet/orlando/reviews/road-test/road-test-2012-chevrolet-orlando-2