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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

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It was today's Junkyard Find ! If we're talking about realistic Metro competitors here, the base 1992 Ford Festiva actually managed to undercut the price tag on the cheapest possible Metro two-door hatchback that year: $6,911 versus $6,999. The good news is that it has electronic fuel injection and an overhead camshaft.

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Junkyard Find: 1959 Studebaker Lark VIII Deluxe 4-Door Sedan

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I have documented a half-dozen Studes during my junkyard travels, but none of them were examples of the compact that bought the venerable South Bend company a few more years of survival: the Lark. A nasty (though short-lived) recession in 1958 helped with sales of such fuel-saving machines (and helped kill the Edsel ).

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