1975 Mercury Bobcat

When I first came across this car I had no idea what it was.  From the remnants of the badges I could see it was a Mercury Bobcat but I had never heard of it before.  Additionally, it seems to have the MPG package.

It turns out, the Mercury Bobcat is simply a rebadged Ford Pinto!  While the Pinto was made from 1971-1980, the Bobcat was only made from 1974-1980.

This one had a lot stripped from it.  But not much from the engine.  

I have no idea what size engine is in this one.  But I did find that the MPG package means it has different gearing ratios (and that's all I could find about it).

Interior is toast.

1989 Nissan NX Pulsar

  
I remember the first time I came across one of these.  I was driving on the I-17 and I saw one with a rare Sportback.  My first thought was that perhaps it was some kind of import, or rare sports car.  What I saw was a second generation Nissan NX Pulsar (just like this one, except this has the standard hatchback).  
These were made from 1986-1990.

I think the rear is obviously the cooler-looking part of the car.  The front and side seems pretty typical to me.

Not too exciting inside. 

This particular car came with the 1.6L throttle body injection SOHC (with the other option being a 1.8L fuel injection, DOHC)

1989 Ford Probe GT

The first generation Ford Probe.  It was only made from 1989-1992.  The second generation lasted a bit longer ('93-'97).  In any case, out if all the trim levels available this is the big one: the GT!

 Special styling in the rear

It came with the 2.2L turbo charged engine. The whole car is based on the Mazda GD platform.

More special decals on the side.

Came with a 5 speed manual and 4 wheel disc brakes.

This particular one managed to make it almost to 212,000.  These engines were very reliable.  The same engine was also found in the Mazda MX-6 Turbo (which coincidentally I also found at the same junkyard)

1978 Mercury Marquis

First off, this one is in rough shape: paint, interior, everything.  In any case, this was the last year of the 3rd generation of Marquis.

At one point I'm sure it was a great looking car; it is similar to the Buick Electra.

Yikes, look at that.  Also, the odometer showed 78xxx on it (it was only a 5 digit odometer),  But I suspect that it was probably 178k.

I like the design features of the door panel.

Likely the 351 or 400 (5.8L, 6.6L) engine.

1988 Volkswagen Fox

I never heard of one of these until I saw it in the junkyard. In the US these were made from '87-'93. 

It had the same 1.8L as the Golf.  But apparently didn't get very good gas mileage (mid 20's)

 

Supposedly there was no power steering in this car.  All in all a very basic car.

  

Check out those low miles!!

Original hubcaps were still in the car as well.