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Junkyard Find: 1948 Dodge Custom Sedan

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For a few years after the end of World War II, Detroit's automakers sold mildly facelifted prewar designs while they made the switch back to peacetime production. The 1946-1948 Dodges and Plymouths (and DeSotos ) were mechanically nearly identical, but it was easy to tell them apart at a glance. liter) version with 95 horses.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

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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. The cheapest possible 1982 LUV listed at $6,256, while the most affordable S-10 had an MSRP of $6,270 (those prices come to $20,801 and $20,848 in 2024 dollars).

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