Murilee Martin
1983 Peugeot 505 STI Sedan Is Junkyard Treasure
From the era in which Americans could still buy new Peugeots and Renaults.
1974 Ford LTD Brougham Shows You What Build Quality Is All About
Go ahead, bounce up and down on those cloth-and-vinyl seats!
1995 Toyota Previa All-Trac with 413,530 Miles Is Junkyard Treasure
It reaches the Junkyard Odometer Top Ten—by shoving another Toyota into 11th place.
Flea Market Yields Bonanza of Vintage European Racing Decals
€16 well spent.
2002 Chrysler Concorde Is Reward for Moderate Success
Pairs well with a brand-new Handspring Visor Edge PDA.
1991 Pontiac Firebird Is Down on the Luxembourg City Street
Perhaps not the ideal car for the narrow streets of a Western European capital city, but here it is!
Japanese Toyota Starlet Racer Beats Shelby F-150 Super Snake at Pikes Peak
With front-wheel-drive and 1.3 liters of Tercel power under the hood.
Alpine Comes to Pikes Peak, Plants Tricolore with 9:17 Climb
The revived French racing marque comes to America’s Mountain.
Saab Has Great 1982 US Sales, Disses ‘Ultimate Driving Machines’
That’s why you should buy a new 1983 Saab 900!
1979 Lancia Zagato Is Junkyard Treasure
An example of the US-market version of the Lancia Beta Spider, found in Colorado.
Enjoy 1973 Chevrolet Caprice Luxury While You’re Still Young Enough
Why wait to climb the GM Ladder of Success?
1969 Opel GT Is Junkyard Treasure
The distant German cousin of the C3 Corvette, found in California.
1979 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser Has Smooth Ride, Even When Full of Eggs
The station wagon version of the cushy Oldsmobile Delta 88.
1979 Ford Pinto Runabout Is Down on the Denver Street
A rare square-headlight Pinto hatchback visits the Mile High City’s Brutal Poodle.
2006 Peugeot 407 Is Junkyard Treasure
Some 32 years after the last new Peugeot cars were sold in the USA, this one shows up in a Denver junkyard.
2017 Renault Duster Is Junkyard Treasure
Built in Colombia, sold in Mexico, will be crushed in Denver.
1966 Studebaker Commander Is Junkyard Treasure
One of the very last Studebakers ever built.
1971 Chevrolet Impala Custom Coupe Is Junkyard Treasure
Two doors, 402 big-block cubes, no serious rust.
You’ll Swing Like Ford in a 1973 Country Squire
In other words, you'll get the Famous 3-Way Doorgate in the back of your Squire.
1965 Chevrolet Biscayne Four-Door Sedan Is Junkyard Treasure
With 6-cylinder engine and 3-on-the-tree manual transmission, the cheapest full-size GM sedan of 1965.
1973 Colt Wagon, from Japan to America c/o Dodge
Built across the ocean, serviced across the street.
2002 Toyota RAV4 EV Is Junkyard Treasure
One of the first production EVs of the modern era, a contemporary of the GM EV1.
1970 Datsun 240Z Is Junkyard Treasure
One of the first Zs sold in the United States, now awaiting the crusher in California.
Now You Can Have the New Downsized 1979 Chrysler Newport... Now
And you can have a big 1979 mustache to go with it.
1996 Honda Civic Sedan with 435,028 Miles Is Junkyard Treasure
Honda now owns four spots in the Junkyard Odometer Top Ten, more than any other manufacturer.
Drive the New 1966 Ford Fairlane Convertible into a Lysergic Sunset
It’s the Wizard of Aah’s!
1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow Is Junkyard Treasure
It sold new for the 1974 equivalent of $216k, but now it’s next to a used-up CR-V at Pick-n-Pull.
1982 Dodge Rampage Is Junkyard Treasure
A rare example of Chrysler’s short-lived front-wheel-drive cartruck.
1989 Mercury Tracer Makes You Feel Comfortable Hugging a Road
An Australian Mazda with Mercury badges, built in Mexico.
1980 Cadillac Eldorado San Remo Dorado Convertible Is Junkyard Treasure
One of the rarest of all coachbuilt Cadillacs, now discarded like a Catera.
This Is the New 1979 Lincoln Versailles
The pride of owning a Lincoln distilled to a 110-inch wheelbase.
1975 Datsun B210 Sedan Is Junkyard Treasure
Nissan sold plenty of these cars here during the Malaise Era, but few remain.