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![Last week’s tale began with two drivers in our household and ended sixteen years later with two drivers. Between that time there was a lot of activity around here, which […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/1996-Odyssey-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Honda Odyssey – Chapter 25, What Is Not A Miata Or A Town Car for $500, Alex")
COAL: 1996 Honda Odyssey – Chapter 25, What Is Not A Miata Or A Town Car for $500, Alex
Posted on January 1, 2023 | 44 CommentsLast week’s tale began with two drivers in our household and ended sixteen years later with two drivers. Between that time there was a lot of activity around here, which […] -
![It was the summer of 2006 and we had a car-problem. We had two aging Fords with V8 engines and gasoline had cracked $4 a gallon. Several months earlier we […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2007HondaFit02-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Chapter 24, And Now For Something Completely Different")
COAL: 2007 Honda Fit Sport – Chapter 24, And Now For Something Completely Different
Posted on December 25, 2022 | 66 CommentsIt was the summer of 2006 and we had a car-problem. We had two aging Fords with V8 engines and gasoline had cracked $4 a gallon. Several months earlier we […] -
![“I won a car!” That was what my mother was saying over and over on the phone when she called me one day in the spring of 2005. An […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1993-Crown-Vic-5.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Chapter 23, Full Utilization")
COAL: 1993 Ford Crown Victoria LX – Chapter 23, Full Utilization
Posted on December 18, 2022 | 37 Comments“I won a car!” That was what my mother was saying over and over on the phone when she called me one day in the spring of 2005. An […] -
![In the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/89MyCadillac7-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac")
COAL: 1989 Cadillac Brougham – Chapter 22, Back In A Big Old Cadillac
Posted on December 11, 2022 | 53 CommentsIn the early fall of 2001, I had spent about 4 years driving what had felt like someone else’s car – the 1984 Olds Ninety-Eight Regency coupe. Life was […] -
![After getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1984-Olds-98-02a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car")
COAL: 1984 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency – Chapter 21, Somebody Else’s Car
Posted on December 4, 2022 | 47 CommentsAfter getting a stupid idea and a 2 door Buick out of my system, I was as happy as I had ever been with a pair of cars – the […] -
![This begins a really odd chapter in my car ownership experience. Or maybe we should say “another” really odd chapter. It began with a harebrained idea. You know the kind […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/1985-Buick-LeSabre-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1985 Buick LeSabre Limited – Chapter 20, It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time")
COAL: 1985 Buick LeSabre Limited – Chapter 20, It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Posted on November 27, 2022 | 50 CommentsThis begins a really odd chapter in my car ownership experience. Or maybe we should say “another” really odd chapter. It began with a harebrained idea. You know the kind […] -
![(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/1976InternationalScout05.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck")
Curbside Classic: 1976 International Scout Terra – The Hometown Truck
Posted on November 24, 2022 | 79 Comments(first posted 11/16/2016) As a car-crazed kid growing up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I was always envious of other people who came from “car towns”. Detroit was, of course, the […] -
![I had married a 1988 Honda Accord (and the girl it brought with it). That Honda had been rock solid in its role as Car No. 1 for our […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1968Newport02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom – Chapter 19, One More Drink From The Well")
COAL: 1968 Chrysler Newport Custom – Chapter 19, One More Drink From The Well
Posted on November 20, 2022 | 50 CommentsI had married a 1988 Honda Accord (and the girl it brought with it). That Honda had been rock solid in its role as Car No. 1 for our […] -
![Because each chapter has been published in the order the cars came into my life, it may have been difficult to keep track of their comings and goings, so let’s […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1994-Club-Wagon-02.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1994 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Chapter 18, Let’s Go Clubbing")
COAL: 1994 Ford Club Wagon Chateau – Chapter 18, Let’s Go Clubbing
Posted on November 13, 2022 | 26 CommentsBecause each chapter has been published in the order the cars came into my life, it may have been difficult to keep track of their comings and goings, so let’s […] -
![In the summer of 1993, my car life was in fine shape: We had the stalwart ’88 Accord sedan and the ’86 Marquis Wagon (the smaller one, like a Fairmont) […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1985-Crown-Victoria-02-Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Chapter 17, Heavy The Head That Wears The Crown")
COAL: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – Chapter 17, Heavy The Head That Wears The Crown
Posted on November 6, 2022 | 46 CommentsIn the summer of 1993, my car life was in fine shape: We had the stalwart ’88 Accord sedan and the ’86 Marquis Wagon (the smaller one, like a Fairmont) […] -
![In a short 18 months or so, I had gone from piloting a land yacht (’66 Fury III) to having a blast in a go kart (’83 Colt) to needing […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1986-Marquis-Wagon-01-Feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1986 Mercury Marquis Wagon – Chapter 16, No Not That Marquis, The Smaller One. Like A Fairmont")
COAL: 1986 Mercury Marquis Wagon – Chapter 16, No Not That Marquis, The Smaller One. Like A Fairmont
Posted on October 30, 2022 | 69 CommentsIn a short 18 months or so, I had gone from piloting a land yacht (’66 Fury III) to having a blast in a go kart (’83 Colt) to needing […] -
![I had just spent four years in automotive daily-driver-almost-nirvana with my 1966 Plymouth Fury III. Those years, 1987-91 were four of my most satisfying years of automotive ownership. But you […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/1983-Colt-feature.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 Plymouth Colt – Chapter 15, Keep It In The Family")
COAL: 1983 Plymouth Colt – Chapter 15, Keep It In The Family
Posted on October 23, 2022 | 54 CommentsI had just spent four years in automotive daily-driver-almost-nirvana with my 1966 Plymouth Fury III. Those years, 1987-91 were four of my most satisfying years of automotive ownership. But you […] -
![(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/1966PontiacGTO3-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?")
Curbside Classic: 1966 Pontiac GTO – A Goat or a Mule?
Posted on October 18, 2022 | 119 Comments(first posted 6/11/2012) Paul Niedermeyer and I have occasionally described ourselves as yin and yang when it comes to Curbside Classics. So, when Paul the Yin brought us a 1967 […] -
COAL: 1964 Imperial Crown Coupe – Chapter 14, The Royal We
Posted on October 16, 2022 | 115 CommentsOld cars are funny things in the way they affect people. Like how a relative’s unhappy experience in selling one old car led to my happy experience in finding another. -
![(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1967ChevyCaprceEstate01-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough")
Curbside Classic: 1967 Chevrolet Caprice Estate – Nice, But Not Nice Enough
Posted on October 9, 2022 | 102 Comments(first posted 7/23/2012) I have always been fascinated by the Chevrolet-Ford rivalry. As Henry Ford’s bare-bones Model T hit its stride, the Ford Motor Company had a kind of market […]
