Steve Magnante is a hot rod historian, author, and lover of all things cars. On Roadkill's Junkyard Gold, he travels the country uncovering the forgotten and hidden gems of the automotive world.

Steve Magnante, host of Junkyard Gold, is outside Rambler Ranch in Elizabeth, Colorado, looking for four-wheel-drive vehicles from AMC (American Motors Corporation). When most people familiar with the ...

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It’s no secret that crossovers have taken over the auto market. The marriage of a long-roof hatchback style, car-like handling and weather-defeating all-wheel traction has now become the default ...

Over the years I’ve owned some unusual four-wheel-drive vehicles. I don’t go looking for ’em, but for some reason they find me. An example is the ’84 AMC Eagle wagon I purchased in the early ’90s to ...

Today, there are so many new vehicle introductions that it's easy to justify any 'killing' of various nameplates. Besides, in the past, entire brands were sent into retirement without so much as a ...

The 83 AMC Eagle Sport 4x4 tackles terrain that most cars can’t, showing how design and capability come together in classic ...

A 4WD system was once reserved for other types of vehicles. However, the five legends in this article broke new ground and proved the advantages of the system in passenger cars. During the 1960s, ...

If all of the Autopian staff is looking forward to watching a PBS documentary, you can sort of assume that it won’t be some snoozefest about the Great Potato Famine or a Ken Burns thing on the ...

American Honda Motor Company's marketers did a great job picking out images of some of the confusing controls used to select drive mode and/or manage differentials. You've got the AMC Eagle, Ford ...