junkyard

Vintage gas station turned into a junkyard in Bernardo Larroude, La Pampa, Argentina

April 25, 2014
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During my recent holidays in Argentina we went to visit our grandma on the countryside. On the way we made a short stop to take some pictures of this vintage gas station turned into a junkyard (desarmadero), tire repair shop (gomería) and garage (taller). As it’s normal in Argentina, I’ve found an interesting mix of […]

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Joep’s classic Ford Taunus collection

August 28, 2013
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At the Ford Taunus M Club Nederland I met Joep, a 70+ year old guy who seems like being in his 30s. Last year he and two 80+ year old friends traveled across Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Brasil in a VW T3 Transporter. That gives you an idea of how young this guy feels. […]

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Why Cars & Parts Magazine used to be my favorite subscription

June 21, 2013
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Back in the 80’s and 90’s I subscribed to Cars & Parts magazine. I immediately liked the magazine because of the great articles about car restoration, car history, car auctions, swap mets, etc. But there was a series of articles that I enjoyed most: junkyards. On almost every issue they used to bring an article […]

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From our Readers – Mark and John

February 26, 2013
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I really like this Model T. It reminds me of that old Model T pickup at my grandpa´s junkyard back in the day when my brother and I were kids. It looks like the AMT kit i recently reviewed. I can’t wait to build this as a junker too!  I like the way Mark made […]

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Antique Machinery Junkyard by Tom

February 12, 2013
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One of your readers, Tom, sent me a lot of pics of a junkyard close to where he lives. Thanks Tom! I would like to share these pics with you. I personally like the title picture a lot! In Tom’s own words: “These were used to plow fields as well as power other machinery like […]

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The Jeep estanciera in Argentina – Willys Jeep Station Wagon

January 20, 2013
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I actually had totally forgotten the Jeep Estanciera until I was taking pictures at “Desarmadero El Nene” in Urdinarrain, Entre Rios, Argentina. There were lots of them resting there. I remebered also that one of my grandpa’s used to own one. If I recall correctly it was his first brand new car. After that, in […]

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European cars in Argentina during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s

January 18, 2013
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Ford was one of the first car industries to settle down in Argentina during the 1920s. We can say that during the first half of the 20th century, the market was primarily dominated by american car companies. During the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s european car companies became a serious competitor for the americans in Argentina. […]

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Pickups from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s in Argentina

December 26, 2012
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In one of my previous posts I shared with you many pics of early century pickups, Fords and Chevys. Now I’ve been organizing my 400+ pictures from my trip to Argentina and I have more stuff to share with you. This time pickups from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. By the ’60s and 70’s, there […]

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Old Ford and Chevrolet pickups from the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s at “Desarmadero El Nene” (junkyard The Child) in Argentina

December 19, 2012
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Oscar, the owner of Junkyard El Nene, has a great variety of cars in his junkyard. What caught my attention the most, were the great amount of pre-war pickups.   Of course, there are many A Fords, but some of them I can not identify. I guess most of them were not pickups initially, but […]

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The Ford Falcon in Argentina – Lots of survivors still around.

December 16, 2012
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The Ford Falcon was one of the most successful cars in the argentine car history, and that can be clearly seen on the streets. With 466,796 units made it was one of the most produced cars in Argentina. The car was produced from 1962 to 1991, a total of 19 years.  Six restyling were made […]

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Junkyard “The Child” (Desarmadero El Nene) in Urdinarrain Entre Ríos, Argentina

December 13, 2012
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Last week I went to one of the most unique junkyards in Argentina. A junkyard called “The child” (desarmadero el nene). This junkyard is located in Urdinarrain in the province of Entre Rios, only 280 km away from Buenos Aires. The owner, Oscar, is a very friendly guy with a deep passion for classic cars, […]

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From our Readers – Rods Dioramas

September 11, 2012
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Rod, from Australia, sent me some pics from his dioramas. His stuff is really great! Specially his pictures are really cool, check them out! Rod got inspired by our Texaco Gas Station diorama and built himself one. Not only he paid attention to many usual details, like the ice fridge or the coke machine but […]

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From Our Readers – Some great models from John, Gary and Robin

May 8, 2012
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We get a lot of emails from our readers, some send back greetings or comments – others send us pics of their builds and projects. So my brother and I thought, it would be great to show everybody the cool stuff our readers send us. Of course, we asked for permission first. The title pic is a […]

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Making a Picture Frame with an Old Window

March 30, 2012
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I was walking around a flea market some weekends ago. I saw this old window for a couple of bucks and I though: great thing for a picture frame! This is what I started with. An old window, with just one piece of glass. As the window was pretty well built, and the glas looked […]

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Junk car pics from ModelJunkyard’s friends

October 9, 2011
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Having a blog is great! You start having contact with people you would never have the opportunity to meet other way. I’m surfing here and there and that’s how I sometimes find cool stuff from like minded people. Other times it’s the other way around. Other people find us. Well, here are 2 guys I met […]

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Grandpa’s junkyard [1]

February 25, 2011
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Our grandpa used to have a junkyard. We grew up in the big city and every winter and summer holiday we used to visit him and spend the whole time playing around in the junkyard. The car you see here is a 1969 Ford Fairlane 500. We used to play in that car and also […]

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Book on model car weathering

November 18, 2010
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After the great success with the eBook ‘Underhaulin – How to make a junk model car’, we decided to publish it as a real printed book version of Underhaulin featuring all the basics on how to build a junk model car. Check it out here. This book features over 60 pictures explaining how to make […]

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