The Truth About Cars Down On The Junkyard (2024)

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The Chrysler Corporation sold vans based on the B-Series platform from the 1971 through 2003 model years, giving them Dodge, Plymouth and Fargo badging along ...
As a junkyard historian, I find the era of Detroit's transition from selling rebadged Japanese small pickups to selling their own homegrown versions especially interesting. The problem is that the Chevrolet S-10 was the first of those all-American 1980s minitrucks, and discarded early-production examples are damnably hard to find today.

Maintained cars don't break down very often. I've driven cars for far, far longer than most and have been towed exactly twice in my entire driving career ...
Toyota sold new Camry station wagons in North America from the 1987 through 1996 model years. I've found a couple of examples of the first-year longroof Camry during my junkyard travels, but the final-year cars remained elusive… until I spotted this one in a Silicon Valley car graveyard in April.

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Every year, I do 52 Junkyard Finds for The Truth About Cars, 52 Junkyard Treasures for Autoweek, and 104 Junkyard Gems for Autoblog, and you'll find links ...
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In many cases, the biggest reason to get cash for your junk car is that the money will go towards buying a new car or repairing an old one.
Why would anyone want to buy a junk car that doesn't run and is in horrible condition. Learn why our junkyards give cash for cars in any condition."

... Auto Wreckers, AKA – the junkyard. The wrecks ... "I'm not leaving a child alone to mind herself; in the car – now." Beth made her way down the stairs like she ...
Full online text of The Junkyard by Norm Scanlon. Other short stories by Norm Scanlon also available along with many others by classic and contemporary authors.

20 sep 2018 · Anyone here look at junkyard "gems" at places like Autoblog? Some of the cars ... junkyard-gem ... Down on the Junkyard" or "Junkyard Find" on The ...
Anyone here look at junkyard "gems" at places like Autoblog? Some of the cars I have to laugh at (e.g. Pintos, Vegas or GM X cars) and others are interesting. I do recall the '96 Camry wagon (https://www.autoblog.com/2018/09/19/junkyard-gem-1996-toyota-camry-le-wagon/) but totally didn't...