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December 16, 2024

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Chevrolet Camaro RS Coupe

When GM introduced the third-generation Chevrolet Camaro for the 1982 model year , it was 367 pounds lighter than its 1981 predecessor . The third-gen Camaro had gained most of that weight back by its final model year of 1992, but it still showed plenty of early-1980s-style swagger. Today's Junkyard Find is one of the very last third-gen Camaros ever built, found in a Denver car graveyard recently. This car was built at the notorious Van Nuys Assembly plant in California's San Fernando Valley . This car made it to nearly 200,000 miles, but most of its Van Nuys-built siblings didn't hold together quite so well. The plant was shut down forever , soon after this car was built. There's a shopping mall called The Plant where Van Nuys Assembly once stood. 1992 was the 25th anniversary of the first Camaro, so all the '92s got commemorative dash badges. There was also a 25th Anniversary Heritage Edition Camaro package that year, with extra stripes and special ...

Chip Shortage Lambasts Europe, Supply Chains Confront New Problems

Even though the global semiconductor shortage has been going strong for about two years now, the world has failed to successfully manage the situation. Production stoppages remain relatively common within the automotive sector, with manufacturers continuing to attribute factory stalls to an inability to procure a sufficient number of chips. But the excuse seems to […] The post Chip Shortage Lambasts Europe, Supply Chains Confront New Problems appeared first on The Truth About Cars . via Autobuzz Today

Junkyard Find: 1984 Chevrolet Corvette

Out of all the eight generations of Chevrolet Corvette production, the biggest success in the showrooms was the 1968-1982 C3 . The C3 looked wild and boasted Jimi Hendrix and Joan Didion provenance , but it handled like a truck and power numbers were grim once the Malaise Era took hold. The General decided he'd be wise to make its C4 successor a cornerin' and brakin' machine, and today's Junkyard Find is a first-year C4 discovered in a Northern California car graveyard last year. For the record, the best-ever model year for Corvette sales was 1979, with 53,807 sold. The second -best year was 1984 (51,447 sold), and this one was built in June of that year. We might consider the '84 Corvette to be two model years in one, because ( much-debated ) production delays meant that no 1983 Corvettes were sold to the public. Still, its impressive sales figures weren't entirely due to pent-up Corvette demand after the lost year. I graduated from the Class of 198...

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