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Junkyard Find: 1982 Mercedes-Benz 300 D With 417k Miles

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Remember that 1985 W123 with 411,448 miles we saw in a Denver car graveyard a few years back? That car has been pushed down to 16th in the MMJO list. Here's the legendary OM617 five-cylinder turbodiesel engine that got the job done so well.

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Junkyard Find: 1996 Saturn SC2

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Today's Junkyard Find is an example of the sporty coupe version of the first-generation Saturn S , found in a Denver-area boneyard recently. That year, American car shoppers could buy a new 1996 Honda Civic DX coupe with five-speed manual for just $11,720 ($23,411 now), but that car had a mere 98 horsepower.

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