The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 16, 2024

Though the extended Chrysler K Family had many members (including minivans and Maseratis ) and stayed in production deep into the 1990s, there were just five true K models sold in the United States: the Plymouth Reliant, Dodge Aries, Dodge 400, Dodge 600 and Chrysler LeBaron (though not all the LeBarons and 600s were genuine Ks).

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 28, 2023

Chrysler managed the feat for the 1949 model year; we admired a Plymouth Special Deluxe sedan from that year in a Colorado car graveyard last summer, and today we're going to take a look at an example of one of the last of the stopgap postwar Chrysler products : this '48 Dodge in a yard just south of Denver.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Here's one of those first-generation Fairlanes, found in a self-service boneyard just south of Denver, Colorado. Army staff car , a 1965 Dodge D-200 U.S. This dusty sticker on the dash is a piece of obscure 1990s Denver history. There's a lot of great vintage stuff at Colorado Auto & Parts right now.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 10, 2023

After various high-end Imperials got LeBaron branding over the decades, Chrysler decided to turn the Dodge Diplomat into a swanky luxury machine and revive the storied LeBaron name in the process. Here's one of those cars, found in a Denver boneyard recently. Plymouth didn't come out with the Gran Fury until the 1980 model year.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Here's one of those cars, found at a family-owned yard just south of Denver. The heart of the MGB was the antiquated but sturdy BMC B pushrod straight-4 engine , which powered everything from the 1954 Nash Metropolitan to Massey-Harris combine harvesters. The original engine in the '71 MGB (which might even be this one) was a 1.8-liter

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 15, 2023

Today's Junkyard Find , found in a yard just south of Denver , is a nicely preserved example of the final year of the S110 Silvia , as well as of the Datsun name. This car sure looks a lot like the 1978-1983 Mitsubishi Galant Lambda hardtop , sold in North America as the Dodge Challenger and Plymouth Sapporo.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 3, 2024

Ford Rangers from the first few years of production are still reasonably plentiful in the Ewe Pullets of the land, as are Dodge Rampages / Plymouth Scamps and late Ram 50s ), but it appears that the usefulness of all small pickups was outweighed by the lack of widespread affection for the S-10. However, other engines were available: a 2.0-liter

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