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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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Lee Iacocca was still selling the Dodge Mirada and Chrysler Cordoba for 1983, so there was some meaningful Detroit competition for the 200SX in the razor-blade-medallion-tangled-in-chest-hair rear-wheel-drive personal luxury coupe field. Meanwhile, the S12 Silvia would ditch the disco-ized 1970s look for 1984.

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Junkyard Find: 1972 Ford Econoline "BIG CHEESE"

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Customized Detroit vans from the 1960s and 1970s , of course ! There are faded illustrations of cheese and (I think) meat that appear to date back to the 1970s. The build tag says it was built at the Lorain plant in Ohio. Penney sold Pinto mopeds during the 1970s. Perhaps it started out in St.

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

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By the 1950s, however, small manufacturers were being crushed by GM, Ford and Chrysler. A merger with Packard in 1954 didn't help, and so for 1959 the company's lineup would consist of just the Silver Hawk coupe , various slow-selling trucks and the brand-new Lark. I think this Studebaker moved to Colorado in the middle 1970s.

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