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Junkyard Find: 1986 Dodge Aries SE Four-Door Sedan

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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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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

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Sales were strong, and the Detroit Big Three plus the Kenosha One got busy preparing midsize cars to slide between the compacts and the full - sizers. 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.

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Chrysler Splits Dodge into Ram and Car Brand Organizations

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Chrysler has split the Dodge Brand into two separate organizations: the Dodge Ram Brand and the Dodge Car Brand. is appointed President and CEO, Dodge Ram Brand with profit and loss responsibility for the Dodge Ram product portfolio. He was previously the Director of the Denver Business Center.

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

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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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Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships

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Lithia mentioned it offered Bentley of Denver-Lotus of Denver, in the past housed in its Ferrari of Denver dealership in Highlands Ranch, Colo., Lithia’s gross sales figures come with dealerships outdoor the U.S. The sale of the Bentley-Lotus bind was once Lithia’s first U.S. and expanded from there.

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Junkyard Find: 1983 Datsun 200SX Coupe

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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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Junkyard Find: 1983 Chevrolet S-10 Durango 4x4

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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.

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