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Mazda GLC Gone

Mike Bumbeck — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 19:32:49 +0000

From our rear-wheel drive hatchback division of junkyards past comes the Mazda GLC, or great little car. Like its Chevrolet Chevette and Toyota Starlet hatchback subcompact market mates, the GLC featured a front-engine with rear-wheel drive setup with a solid rear axle. Also like its contemporaries the Mazda was among the last of its kind […]

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Tool of the Week: Heat Gun

Mike Bumbeck — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 16:12:10 +0000

The heat gun is one of those tools like the five pound sledgehammer which reveals its many uses as time passes. The idea is simple if not slightly dangerous. Like a hopped up hair dryer, the heat gun focuses superheated air in whichever direction it is pointed. This makes the heat gun great for softening […]

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39th Annual Citroën Rendezvous

Mike Bumbeck — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:29:55 +0000

Once each year the greater Saratoga, New York area plays host to the gathering of all things Franco-Automotive known as the Citroën Rendezvous brought to you by Drive She Said! This year marked the 39th annual gathering, with a bonanza of French cars descending the staircase of roadways from thousands of miles around for a extra […]

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Delica Starwagon of the Commonwealth

Mike Bumbeck — Mon, 14 Sep 2015 22:36:36 +0000

The Mitsubishi Delica made its debut in 1968, and is now in its fifth generation. The Delica moniker was coined from the contraction the English words delivery and car. The Delica was sold in light commercial truck and van versions, and was in its third generation of production when this 1989 Delica Starwagon 4WD low […]

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Franco-American Turbowagon

Mike Bumbeck — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:33:17 +0000

From the well and truly forgotten department of Junkyard Chronicle comes this once mighty Peugeot 505 turbo station wagon. It is a mystery now why French turbocharged station wagons never quite caught on here in the United States, especially since the imported longroofs were by all accounts competent and stylish machines. This particular Franco-American turbowagon […]

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Forgotten Datsun

Mike Bumbeck — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:54:31 +0000

The two-tone paint scheme and space age styling of this Datsun 810 saloon would stun any junkyarder into full stop. While the Datsun might look something like a regular Japanese car of the time, the trick stuff was all there in this mid-size sedan. Under the hood was a fuel injected version of the six-cylinder […]

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The Chevette Continuum

Mike Bumbeck — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:05:16 +0000

As odd as many of the occurrences that present themselves at the junkyard may be, there has been no greater moment of duality to date than stumbling onto not one, but two Chevrolet Chevettes in close proximity. With a run stretching from 1975-1987, the GM T-platform Chevette was a rear-wheel drive contemporary of the Toyota […]

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Spanning the Globe for the Constant Variety of Vans

Mike Bumbeck — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 14:04:31 +0000

The last time that custom vans were the big deal in America coincided nicely into an American automotive industry that had slightly lost course with even the muscle car tapped on power. The van trend began as a subculture in the early Seventies, and had more or less been co-opted by the big three by […]

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