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Man Saves Pre-WW2 DKW From the Junkyard, Gets It Running After 60 Years
Man Saves Pre-WW2 DKW From the Junkyard, Gets It Running After 60 Years

26 Jun 2024, 17:10 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Even though it's better known for motorcycles, DKW was the first European company to build mass-produced front-wheel drive cars.

 
Saved From the Crusher but Still Unlucky: 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Is a Sad Junkyard Find
Saved From the Crusher but Still Unlucky: 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Is a Sad Junkyard Find

4 Jun 2024, 12:55 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Would you rescue and restore a 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge that most people would describe as too far gone? This one has been sitting for decades.

 
1966 Plymouth Barracuda Is Fed Up With This Junkyard, Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover
1966 Plymouth Barracuda Is Fed Up With This Junkyard, Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover

23 May 2024, 07:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A 1966 Barracuda currently parked in a junkyard checks many boxes for a restoration candidate; the owner says it has clean floors

 
Mysterious 1970s Ford Maverick Found in a Junkyard Flexes Big Scoop, Meaty Hoosier Tires
Mysterious 1970s Ford Maverick Found in a Junkyard Flexes Big Scoop, Meaty Hoosier Tires

6 May 2024, 12:29 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced for the 1970 model year, the Maverick replaced the Falcon. Ford sold 2.1 million units through the 1977 model year.

 
Arizona Junkyard Is Home to Several Pre-WW2 Gems, Cadillacs and Packards Included
Arizona Junkyard Is Home to Several Pre-WW2 Gems, Cadillacs and Packards Included

3 May 2024, 12:50 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Abandoned for decades, these classic cars may never get a second chance. The yard includes many pre-WW2 luxury cars and orphan-brand vehicles.

 
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Hidden in a Camaro Junkyard Is a Holy-Grail LS6
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Hidden in a Camaro Junkyard Is a Holy-Grail LS6

2 May 2024, 13:19 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Once a mean-looking and powerful muscle car, this black-on-black 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS is now a sad rust bucket.

 
Abandoned Junkyard Hidden in the Woods Is Home to Hundreds of Classic Cars
Abandoned Junkyard Hidden in the Woods Is Home to Hundreds of Classic Cars

29 Apr 2024, 11:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Loaded with US classics from the 1940s to the 1970s, this junkyard is also home to rare sports cars and a double-decker bus.

 
Massive Junkyard Hidden in the Woods Is Home to Over 1,000 Classic Cars
Massive Junkyard Hidden in the Woods Is Home to Over 1,000 Classic Cars

15 Apr 2024, 13:09 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Located somewhere in southern Sweden, Kyrko Mosse junkyard is home to more than 1,000 classic cars. It's one of Europe's largest.

 
1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Emerges From a Junkyard, Impala Alternative Wannabe
1961 Chevrolet Bel Air Emerges From a Junkyard, Impala Alternative Wannabe

14 Apr 2024, 22:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A 1961 Chevy Bel Air that has likely been sleeping outside for years is a rough project that only the bravest would attempt to restore

 
1970 General Lee Rots Away in a Mysterious Forest Packed With Classics, You Can't Save Any
1970 General Lee Rots Away in a Mysterious Forest Packed With Classics, You Can't Save Any

27 Mar 2024, 13:22 UTC · By: Razvan Calin / This salvage yard find is found on a 106-acre private property (address unknown), and it is almost impossible to get any of the cars out of the woods

 
1929 Ford Doodlebug Wannabe Spent 75 Years in a Yard, Engine Refuses To Die
1929 Ford Doodlebug Wannabe Spent 75 Years in a Yard, Engine Refuses To Die

26 Mar 2024, 13:35 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Retired sometime in the 1940s and cut in half for doodlebug tractor duty, this 1929 Ford Model A ended up sitting for decades.

 
Maserati Mistral Found in an Abandoned Junkyard Is a Rare Italian Gem
Maserati Mistral Found in an Abandoned Junkyard Is a Rare Italian Gem

25 Mar 2024, 13:51 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Maserati built more than 900 Mistrals from 1963 to 1970, but only 20 to 30 coupes were produced for right-hand-drive markets.

 
Junkyard-Found 1969 Plymouth Belvedere Gets the Perfect Gift: 426 HEMI
Junkyard-Found 1969 Plymouth Belvedere Gets the Perfect Gift: 426 HEMI

8 Mar 2024, 23:01 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The Belvedere wasn't available with the 426 HEMI in 1969, so this swamp pretty much turns this Mopar into a one-of-none rig.

 
Rare and Gorgeous 1954 Victress S4 Emerges From Fiberglass Junkyard
Rare and Gorgeous 1954 Victress S4 Emerges From Fiberglass Junkyard

5 Mar 2024, 14:56 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Introduced in 1954, the Victress S4 is one of the first fiberglass kit cars sold in the United States. It's also among the rarest.

 
1958 Chevrolet Biscayne Completes First Step From Junkyard to "Perfect 10" Transformation
1958 Chevrolet Biscayne Completes First Step From Junkyard to "Perfect 10" Transformation

9 Feb 2024, 17:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / This Biscayne is a junkyard survivor that's now a step closer to its long overdue return to the road; the car has already received a repaint

 
1969 Ford Country Squire Rescued After 41 Years Hides a Big Surprise Under the Hood
1969 Ford Country Squire Rescued After 41 Years Hides a Big Surprise Under the Hood

5 Feb 2024, 14:52 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Ford built more than 1.8 million Country Squire wagons from 1950 to 1990, but this grocery-getters are getting harder to find in one piece.

 
Solid 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Junkyard Find Begs for a Complete Restoration
Solid 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Junkyard Find Begs for a Complete Restoration

31 Jan 2024, 16:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Oldsmobile sold more than 300,000 Cutlass models in 1975, but you rarely see them on the road today. This one might be doomed to rot away.

 
This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Sitting in a Junkyard Is One of the First Ones Made
This 1955 Chevy Bel Air Sitting in a Junkyard Is One of the First Ones Made

27 Jan 2024, 10:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A 1955 Chevrolet Bel left to rot in what looks to be a junkyard is one of the first ever produced by the carmaker for this model year

 
This 1968 Plymouth Fury Convertible Is a Junkyard Gem Waiting for a Second Chance
This 1968 Plymouth Fury Convertible Is a Junkyard Gem Waiting for a Second Chance

26 Jan 2024, 12:45 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Plymouth sold more than 300,000 Fury examples in 1968, but fewer than 7,000 were convertibles. This abandoned Fury III is one of them.

 
Abandoned 1968 Dodge Charger R/T Hides Desirable Color Under Crusty White Paint
Abandoned 1968 Dodge Charger R/T Hides Desirable Color Under Crusty White Paint

18 Jan 2024, 15:32 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Supposedly retired from public roads in 1972, this 1968 Dodge Charger R/T will need more than a cleaning to run and drive again.