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Junkyard Find: 1996 Saturn SC2

The Truth About Cars

Today's Junkyard Find is an example of the sporty coupe version of the first-generation Saturn S , found in a Denver-area boneyard recently. The Civic's Integra sibling had three more horses than the SC2, but its price tag started at a daunting $15,460 ($30,882 today). 1996 Saturn SC2 in Colorado wrecking yard.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Ford Fairlane 500 4-Door Sedan

The Truth About Cars

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

The Truth About Cars

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

The Truth About Cars

The MEL engine became exclusive to just the Lincoln Continental starting with the 1961 model year (and staying in production through 1968 ), but the Marauder name was just too good to throw away. 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.

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Modelling the Impact of PHEVs on Ozone in Denver

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Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. Tags: Brief. For other areas, where PM2.5 Hannigan and Jana B.

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Junkyard Find: 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante LS

The Truth About Cars

Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last Diamantes sold here, now residing in a Denver car graveyard. When the second-generation Diamante appeared here as a 1997 model, all production took place in Australia. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard. 2004 Mitsubishi Diamante in Colorado wrecking yard.

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

The Truth About Cars

Last week, a first-model-year Lark sedan showed up at a self-service yard just south of Denver , and I was there to document it in its final parking spot. The first Studebaker car was an EV that went into production in South Bend in 1902. I think this Studebaker moved to Colorado in the middle 1970s.

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