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Junkyard Contemp(t)lation: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things – Exhibit #25039

My eyes!  My eyes!  Once seen, some things can’t be unseen.  Such are the sins of our fellow citizens that defy explanation and are the subjects of this (very) occasional series with another entry;...

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Junkyard Classic: 1984 Subaru Hatchback – $146.73 Of Depreciation Per Year...

(first posted 11/9/2018)        Inexpensive.  And Built To Stay That Way.  So read Subaru’s advertising tagline for all of the 1980’s and nowhere was the “Inexpensive” part more apropos than with...

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Junkyard Classic: 1983 Dodge Rampage – It Can Haul 1145 Pounds Of Hantavirus

(first posted 11/23/2018)     Ah, the Rampage.  Dodge’s “Sports Pickup”, sold between 1982 and 1984, was a short-lived phenomenon.  While a few are still roaming the streets, as of this month there is...

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Curbside Recycling: 1983 BMW 745i – Boosted Bahn Brenner

Initially I wasn’t sure that I was going to share this, my latest find.  Don’t get me wrong, I was thrilled to find it seeing as how I hadn’t seen a 745i anywhere in at least two decades.  Yet I’ve...

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Curbside Grab Bag: Mixed Nuts, California Style (and Two More Things!)

The holidays saw the Kleins visiting the in-laws in Orange County, California once again, although this time the climate was curiously rather the same as here in Northern Colorado, i.e. daytime...

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Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More

(first posted 10/16/2018)        This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, ok, sooner), I came across this often...

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1966 Buick Wildcat Great Dale House Car – Woah, Nelly!

(first posted 10/18/2018)         Perusing Craigslist as I am wont to do, I was stopped in my virtual tracks by this offering and figured it had to be shared.  This is a Great Dale House Car.  I had...

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