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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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Though the extended Chrysler K Family had many members (including minivans and Maseratis ) and stayed in production deep into the 1990s, there were just five true K models sold in the United States: the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, Dodge 400, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron (though not all the LeBarons and 600s were genuine Ks).

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

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After various high-end Imperials got LeBaron branding over the decades, Chrysler decided to turn the Dodge Diplomat into a swanky luxury machine and revive the storied LeBaron name in the process. Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard recently. Sticker-priced like Cutlass Supreme. Get a little style in your life.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers. Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S. Do all boys climb trees?

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

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Ford Rangers from the first few years of production are still reasonably plentiful in the Ewe Pullets of the land, as are Dodge Rampages / Plymouth Scamps and late Ram 50s ), but it appears that the usefulness of all small pickups was outweighed by the lack of widespread affection for the S-10.

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Junkyard Find: 1972 Chevrolet Vega Kammback

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The Vega has been a junkyard rarity for decades now, but I just found six early Vegas all within a couple of rows of one another in a Denver self-service yard. It should have been a gigantic sales hit for a decade, but instead turned into an image-tarnishing nightmare for GM despite a few strong years in the showroom.