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Junkyard Archive
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![I don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/IMG_5036.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside")
Junkyard Classic: 1980 Ford Fairmont Wagon – Business Outside, Party Inside
Posted on September 4, 2025 | 32 CommentsI don’t know if it’s the constant exposure over the last almost-decade to CC or the recent binge-watching of Mindhunter but somehow I’ve come 180 degrees on the Fairmont. While […] -
![(first posted 8/29/2018) Ask the average person on the street what a Daewoo is and the answer will be a blank stare and the response “Day Who?” Yet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_5065.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 2001 Daewoo Leganza CDX – Battling Uphill All The Way")
Junkyard Classic: 2001 Daewoo Leganza CDX – Battling Uphill All The Way
Posted on August 28, 2025 | 69 Comments(first posted 8/29/2018) Ask the average person on the street what a Daewoo is and the answer will be a blank stare and the response “Day Who?” Yet […] -
![(first posted 8/24/2019) Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4457.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1989 Subaru Justy GL ECVT – There Just Isn’t Any Justice")
Junkyard Classic: 1989 Subaru Justy GL ECVT – There Just Isn’t Any Justice
Posted on August 20, 2025 | 31 Comments(first posted 8/24/2019) Justice – If such a concept really existed, then any of the total beaters of the world that we see every day would be […] -
![(first posted 8/16/2019) If Darth Vader was a real person and inhabited this planet in the 1980’s would this in fact be Darth’s choice of ride to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4436.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1990 Saab 900 Turbo SPG – Darth Vader’s Ride?")
Junkyard Classic: 1990 Saab 900 Turbo SPG – Darth Vader’s Ride?
Posted on August 13, 2025 | 39 Comments(first posted 8/16/2019) If Darth Vader was a real person and inhabited this planet in the 1980’s would this in fact be Darth’s choice of ride to […] -
![(first posted 8/9/2019) It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Well, suffer […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4383.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge 600 Coupe – Marooned For Good")
Junkyard Classic: 1984 Dodge 600 Coupe – Marooned For Good
Posted on August 9, 2025 | 56 Comments(first posted 8/9/2019) It’s been a while since we’ve featured anything with a landau top and I’m sure some of you are suffering from serious withdrawal symptoms. Well, suffer […] -
![Here’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/IMG_4405.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1988 Toyota Tercel Coupe – Oh, What A Feeling (Seeing This Here)!")
Junkyard Classic: 1988 Toyota Tercel Coupe – Oh, What A Feeling (Seeing This Here)!
Posted on August 7, 2025 | 22 CommentsHere’s a little secret: Back when I was in my second year of college, I wanted one of these and tried (in vain) to figure out a way to afford […] -
![(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_4203.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing")
Junkyard Classic: 1998 Land Rover Discovery V8i 4×4 LWB – It’d Be A Stretch To Say I Love This Thing
Posted on July 21, 2025 | 35 Comments(first posted 7/21/2019) As a generally ardent supporter of the five-second rule I’m not a germaphobe by any stretch of the imagination but I do approach stretch limos […] -
![I know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/IMG_7446.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s")
Curbside Recycling: 1977 Ford LTD 2-Door Pillared Hardtop – Oh Baby. Oh Baby. Oh. /s
Posted on June 20, 2025 | 35 CommentsI know there’s no such thing as a pillared hardtop. Except that’s what Ford called it in their brochure and like wildfire the term caught on and now it’s used […] -
![(first posted 5/16/2019) Lincoln is many things to many people, but mention the name to me, this is what always comes to mind first. Well, perhaps not […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IMG_2869.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1962 Lincoln Continental – Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust")
Junkyard Classic: 1962 Lincoln Continental – Ashes To Ashes, Dust To Dust
Posted on May 16, 2025 | 93 Comments(first posted 5/16/2019) Lincoln is many things to many people, but mention the name to me, this is what always comes to mind first. Well, perhaps not […] -
![Lately, I have been trying to work on one of our cars to decide whether to keep it or sell it. To clean it up a little, I decided to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/1981-BMW-528i-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Visit To The Junkyard – Musings On A Tour Through The 1990s and 2000s")
Visit To The Junkyard – Musings On A Tour Through The 1990s and 2000s
Posted on April 14, 2025 | 12 CommentsLately, I have been trying to work on one of our cars to decide whether to keep it or sell it. To clean it up a little, I decided to […] -
![Before drunken revelers rang in the calendar year 1960 with tenuous optimism, Edsel was already a dead player. A few unceremonious months out of the 1960 model year’s starting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/068.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1960 Edsel Villager — This Orphan Would Take a Village to Raise")
Junkyard Classic: 1960 Edsel Villager — This Orphan Would Take a Village to Raise
Posted on April 6, 2025 | 26 CommentsBefore drunken revelers rang in the calendar year 1960 with tenuous optimism, Edsel was already a dead player. A few unceremonious months out of the 1960 model year’s starting […] -
![I came across this late 1st generation Mazda RX-7 a couple of weeks ago and was struck by just how right this car has always looked to me; in high […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_2140.webp?resize=115%2C115&quality=70&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL — Cooler Than Ice")
Junkyard Classic: 1985 Mazda RX-7 GSL — Cooler Than Ice
Posted on March 18, 2025 | 24 CommentsI came across this late 1st generation Mazda RX-7 a couple of weeks ago and was struck by just how right this car has always looked to me; in high […] -
![Sometimes, individual cars tell a story by representing profound corporate triumph or failure. Other times, cars seem to speak to the conditions they lived their life in. Occasionally, they can […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/pontiac7.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1978 Pontiac Phoenix — Grady’s Fall From Grace")
Junkyard Classic: 1978 Pontiac Phoenix — Grady’s Fall From Grace
Posted on February 6, 2025 | 23 CommentsSometimes, individual cars tell a story by representing profound corporate triumph or failure. Other times, cars seem to speak to the conditions they lived their life in. Occasionally, they can […] -
![(first posted 12/17/2018) Although most people might consider it odd I enjoy wandering around the junkyard when I get the chance. I have in the past […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/31324020627_e76cf41e79_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard: 2000 (Toyota) WiLL Vi – Less Known Retro Oddity")
Junkyard: 2000 (Toyota) WiLL Vi – Less Known Retro Oddity
Posted on December 17, 2024 | 47 Comments(first posted 12/17/2018) Although most people might consider it odd I enjoy wandering around the junkyard when I get the chance. I have in the past […] -
![The short lived 2007-2011 Chevrolet HHR Panel Van is an interesting footnote in the madness of bankruptcy-era GM. Following in the steps of Chrysler’s successful PT Cruiser, GM’s retro competitor […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/hhr_3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Junkyard Find: 2009 Chevrolet HHR Panel – Quarter Panel Retro Hauler")
Junkyard Find: 2009 Chevrolet HHR Panel – Quarter Panel Retro Hauler
Posted on December 6, 2024 | 25 CommentsThe short lived 2007-2011 Chevrolet HHR Panel Van is an interesting footnote in the madness of bankruptcy-era GM. Following in the steps of Chrysler’s successful PT Cruiser, GM’s retro competitor […]
