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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now. This dusty sticker on the dash is a piece of obscure 1990s Denver history. 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 sedan in Colorado junkyard.

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Junkyard Find: Gray-Market 1981 Mercedes-Benz 380 SEL

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Today's Junkyard Find is one of those cars, found in a self-service boneyard near Denver, Colorado. I'd found several discarded gray-market W126s in Colorado car graveyards before spotting this one, including a 1980 280 SEL , a 1980 500 SE and a 1983 500 SEC. 1981 Mercedes-Benz W126 in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The door tag tells us that this car was assembled in St. The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. The DSO code of 51 shows that it was sold out of the Denver sales office. 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder in Colorado wrecking yard. Louis on November 7, 1963.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

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Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. It appears that its final owner left it parked with missing or expired registration in an apartment parking lot or on the street in an HOA-oppressed neighborhood and the car got red-tagged and towed. Was it a runner? Are you in?

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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Tags: Brief. Three sizes rocket motors ranging from internal diameters of 0.75 Rishal, Grant A.

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Study reveals impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles

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Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory believe they have the answer. They modelled the impact of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles replacing light duty petrol vehicles in the Denver, Colorado, area since the summer [.].

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Successful Engineering Validation Flight of US Commercial Jet Using 40:60 Synthetic Jet Fuel Blend

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The aircraft departed Denver International Airport and climbed to an altitude of 39,000 feet where the onboard team collected data on the performance of the fuel during several maneuvers, including taxi, takeoff, climb, cruise, auxiliary power unit start, descent and approach. Earlier post.).