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Junkyard Archive
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Junkyard Classic: 1989 Eagle Premier ES Limited
Posted on March 30, 2024 | 129 Comments(first posted 1/7/2014) While Eagle is surely one of the most American brand names, it was ironically applied to a motley collection of badge engineered and imported vehicles. Our featured […] -
Clearance-side Classics: Newark Edition
Posted on February 1, 2024 | 36 Comments(first posted 2/1/2018) New at Newark Street, Newark NJ – Fall, 1980 -
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 | 31 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 […] -
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 […] -
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 | 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? […] -
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 […]
![Junkyard Classic: 1989 Eagle Premier ES Limited (first posted 1/7/2014) While Eagle is surely one of the most American brand names, it was ironically applied to a motley collection of badge engineered and imported vehicles. Our featured […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1989-Eagle-Premier.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Curbside Recycling: 1981 Datsun 210 Hatchback – 354,281 And A Half Miles, Apparently All Of Them In Deep Salty Slush 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Curbside Recycling: 1985 Oldsmobile Firenza S Coupe – A 1970 4-4-2 It Is Not 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&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_20220102_160828_edited.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/IMG_9293.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_20230507_144723838_HDR.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8540.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/IMG_8480.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_7470.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_5492.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/IMG_6965.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/IMG_5314.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![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://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/20230514_162605.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


