Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler Cordoba
We all make fun of the Cordoba now, but we mustn’t forget that Chrysler’s personal luxury coupe sold quite well back in the day, helping slow the company’s slide towards what appeared to be certain...
View ArticleWhen You See a Clean Corinthian Leather Bench Seat In the Junkyard, You Buy It!
When I saw the interior of today’s Junkyard Find, I knew: I must have that Corinthian Leather bench seat! Maybe I’ll put it in the back of my ’66 Dodge A100 van, or maybe I’ll just convert it into a...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1979 Chrysler Cordoba
After yesterday’s Junkyard Find, which was AMC’s answer to the very successful Chrysler Cordoba personal luxury coupe, it seems only right that we look at the car that inspired AMC’s marketers to start...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1980 Chrysler Cordoba
It seems strange, but sufficient Chrysler Cordobas still exist to provide a sporadic flow of fresh examples to self-serve wrecking yards. In this series, we’ve seen this ’78, another ’78, this ’79, and...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1976 Chrysler Cordoba
So far in this series, I’ve had no luck finding Chrysler Cordobas from the first couple years of production. We’ve seen this ’78 (which provided me with a beautiful Corinthian Leather garage couch),...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1979 Chrysler Cordoba
Examples of the Chrysler Cordoba continue to show up in the self-service wrecking yards I frequent, though I tend to skip the ones that are particularly wretched and break out my camera only when I’m...
View ArticleBuy/Drive/Burn: Selecting a Malaise Coupe From 1980
We introduced the new Buy/Drive/Burn series back in December via a QOTD post (read that first for the rules). Shortly afterwards, the inaugural post in the series tackled the destruction of one of a...
View ArticleConcentrated Rides: An Imperial Collection
Certain extraordinary circumstances can move a vehicle from the standard Rare Rides classification and into Concentrated Rides. Take today, for instance, where a concerned collector has gathered...
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