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Junkyard Archive
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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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime?
Posted on May 19, 2023 | 77 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? […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
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 […] -
Junkyard Classics: – Savor This Savoy, And More
Posted on March 23, 2023 | 36 Comments(first posted 3/23/2017) We’ve posted a number of Ralf K’s (Don Kincl) junkyard shots here, but there was something about this first shot; the contrast of that very late 50s […] -
The CC Graveyard Part Five: A Citroen Traction Avant Hiding Amongst Cadillacs
Posted on March 5, 2023 | 38 Comments(first posted 9/7/2011) We’re on the the home stretch on our tour. Now this ’66 or ’67 Falcon is hardly an exotic, but they’ve become surprisingly uncommon on the streets, […]
![Junkyard Classics: One Of These Cars Is Not Like The Others 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20220102_160828_edited.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1992 Toyota Corolla – 440,960 Miles, How’d It Hold Up? 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_9293.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: VW Vanagon – One With Nature 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230507_144723838_HDR.jpg)
![Junkyard Contemp(t)lation: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Exhibit #25038 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8540.jpg)
![Junkyard Heirloom Gallery: 1956 Lincoln Premiere – With Factory AC, Just Needs A Recharge 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8480.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1973 Chevrolet Vega Kammback – Oy Vega! 50+ Years Of Long(roof) Memories 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_7470.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1972 Chevrolet Camaro – It Turns Out People Do Junk Vintage Red Camaros 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_5492.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1986 Mitsubishi Starion ESI-R – Boxed In 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_6965.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1992 Chevrolet Cavalier RS – Cut Short In Its…Prime? 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_5314.jpg)
![Junked Classic: 1959 Lincoln Premiere–Crashed Alien Spacecraft 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230514_162605.jpg)
![Curbside Recycling: 1973 Plymouth Road Runner – Squeezing Lemonade From A Lemon Twist 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_3793.jpg)
![Junkyard Outtakes Double Feature: Toyota Edition – More Spray Foam Madness And A Security Issue 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://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_2991.jpg)
![Junkyard Classics: – Savor This Savoy, And More (first posted 3/23/2017) We’ve posted a number of Ralf K’s (Don Kincl) junkyard shots here, but there was something about this first shot; the contrast of that very late 50s […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/8373685649_19fce65dd7_k.jpg)
![The CC Graveyard Part Five: A Citroen Traction Avant Hiding Amongst Cadillacs (first posted 9/7/2011) We’re on the the home stretch on our tour. Now this ’66 or ’67 Falcon is hardly an exotic, but they’ve become surprisingly uncommon on the streets, […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/CC-144-247-800.jpg)


