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Fall Foliage 40-Ouncer

July 10, 2015 By Mike Bumbeck

Beneath the layers of foliage captured over several seasons under a yard full of trees is an early version of the Honda Compound Vortex Controlled Combustion or CVCC engine. The engineers at Honda managed to design an engine that made good use of combustion chamber efficiency to meet 1970's EPA emissions standards without use of a catalytic converter. Honda achieved this feat … [Read more...]

Using Lean Burn Technology

July 9, 2015 By Mike Bumbeck

Back in the late '70s the big three were in the soup. Increasingly stringent emissions regulations in conjunction with some long in the tooth designs made for some interesting attempts at fuel and spark management. Some of these things worked. Some sort of kind of worked. A few actually did their job pretty well, considering. In the latter category was the Chrysler Electronic … [Read more...]

One-Dollar Taco Bailout Plan

June 29, 2015 By Mike Bumbeck

While the junkyard floor may serve as great inspiration for engine swaps, or trigger a fresh want for a car or truck which had up to that moment been long since forgotten, it is not a source for fresh or even remotely safe cuisine. No matter how hungry you are while out mining greasy gold inside the junkyard, never eat any food found on the premises or in the vehicles. Even … [Read more...]

Nobody’s Name on My Behind

May 23, 2015 By Mike Bumbeck

Just when you thought nearly everyone had well and truly forgotten about your Cazal and Adidas Superstar wearing days comes this 1984 Ford Thunderbird FILA Edition from a junkyard long ago. The FILA and ELAN Thunderbird editions were offered as part of the top of the line 1984 FoMoCo fleet, and were the only new additions to the Ford Thunderbird lineup in that same model year. … [Read more...]

Take it Easy, Turbo

May 22, 2015 By Mike Bumbeck

Turbocharged automobile engines are experiencing a resurgence in popularity thanks in part to a more performance and efficiency minded consumer hive. This new swell of turbo madness would in fact be the second wave. The first wave of production turbocharged rockets occurred in the Eighties, as fuel control systems drifted away from carburetors and into computerized multipoint … [Read more...]

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Tool of the Week: Heat Gun

The heat gun is one of those tools like the five pound sledgehammer which reveals its many uses as time passes. The idea is simple if not slightly … Continue Reading

Horn Switch Repair

Daily driving classic cars and trucks comes with benefits and pitfalls. 200,000 miles combined with 25 years can have deleterious effects on the … Continue Reading

Tool of the Week: Mechanic Stool

Sitting on a stool is a famously popular activity the world over. Add some slakey beverages, put the stool at a bar, and folks will part with … Continue Reading

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Junkyard Chronicle

Mazda GLC Gone

From our rear-wheel drive hatchback division of junkyards past comes the Mazda GLC, or great little car. Like its Chevrolet Chevette and Toyota … [Read More...]

Peugeot 505 turbo wagon

Franco-American Turbowagon

From the well and truly forgotten department of Junkyard Chronicle comes this once mighty Peugeot 505 turbo station wagon. It is a mystery now why … [Read More...]

Forgotten Datsun

The two-tone paint scheme and space age styling of this Datsun 810 saloon would stun any junkyarder into full stop. While the Datsun might look … [Read More...]

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