Junkyard Gem: 1967 Ford Fairlane Ranchero
After decades of making plenty of pounds selling coupe utilities Down Under (Australia didn’t switch to...
Junkyard Gem: 1977 Toyota Celica GT Liftback
Toyota spent the second half of the 1960s watching Detroit print dollars by taking plain-looking...
Junkyard Gem: 1990 Jeep Cherokee
During the late 1970s, both Chrysler and American Motors were in trouble and sinking fast....
Junkyard Gem: 1978 Datsun 510 Wagon
1977 was one of the years of Peak Wagon in the United States, a year...
Junkyard Gem: 1994 Chevrolet Corvette Coupe
The Chevrolet Corvette is not the kind of vehicle that shows up frequently in ordinary...
Junkyard Gem: 2001 Acura MDX
The point of the Junkyard Gems series is to share automotive history, and the period...
Junkyard Gem: 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche Z66
As the best-selling Detroit pickups evolved from no-nonsense two-doors with huge beds to luxurious four-door...
Junkyard Gem: 1990 Chevrolet Lumina APV
Chrysler managed to get to the end of the 1980s before General Motors could come...
Junkyard Gem: 1989 Chrysler TC by Maserati
Lee Iacocca’s friendship with Alejandro de Tomaso went way back, and it led to the...
Junkyard Gems: Part 2
During my recent trek to the “pick-and-pull” junkyard (which you can read about here), I...