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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL 11: TC, or Not TC? That Is the Question!
Posted on December 15, 2023 | 23 CommentsUpon returning home from Indianapolis in 1995, I began looking for a manual 5-speed transaxle for the TC, because I was not happy with the performance of the car with […] -
COAL: 1990 Volvo 240DL Wagon – Swedish Rhapsody Part 1 (A Love Song in Three Movements)
Posted on December 13, 2023 | 14 CommentsAfter a three year hiatus that included a worldwide pandemic and a long-distance move across the country, I’m excited to be back with a new series of COALs. Neither the […] -
COAL #8: Driver’s Ed – Instructing the Invincible on the Inevitable
Posted on December 10, 2023 | 42 CommentsAccording to most sources, one of the first modern driver education programs was created by Penn State professor Amos Neyhart in 1934 and debuting at a nearby high school. However, […] -
COAL #3: 1966 Lincoln Sedan – Lessons My Lincoln Taught Me
Posted on December 9, 2023 | 17 CommentsFather bought a ’63 Lincoln in 1967 when I was in 7th. grade. He kept the car until I graduated from high school in ’73. It was powder blue […] -
COAL Updates: A 2023 Fleet Discussion – The Iron Door Of The North Clangs Open – (1963 Riviera Content & More)
Posted on December 4, 2023 | 40 CommentsAnother year of old car driving has fundamentally come to a close. Yes, the Dirty Dart is still ready to go on dry winter days, but the steady diet of […] -
COAL #7: 1964 Ford Thunderbird – Another Avian Ford
Posted on December 3, 2023 | 15 CommentsLooking back on 1966, it was a year of change. Two years after Mother’s passing, our home in Morris Plains still felt different and emptier than before. Perhaps that was […] -
COAL#2: 1964 Cadillac Convertible
Posted on December 2, 2023 | 19 CommentsYou can go your own way. As Fleetwood Mac would sing in 1977, I decided to follow my own automotive path. My 1966 Mustang had been a compromise. I […] -
COAL #6: 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 – For One Brief, Shining Moment…
Posted on November 26, 2023 | 23 CommentsWith apologies to the famed lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, who penned those words as part of the “book” for the Broadway musical Camelot, that phrase could be used to […] -
COAL #1: 1966 Mustang – Color My World
Posted on November 25, 2023 | 14 CommentsMy COAL series will start with the Cars of My Youth. These are the cars that I owned in the period between my high school years until my marriage. […] -
COAL 20: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek Limited – Uba
Posted on November 22, 2023 | 40 CommentsI had a plan. I was going to buy a new Ford Bronco Two Door, with the 7-speed manual, for off highway exploration. Then I was going to travel all […] -
COAL #5: A Volvo PV544 In The Springtime, 1964
Posted on November 19, 2023 | 9 CommentsWe’re going just a bit out of strict chronological order here, for which I apologize. This COAL deals with the first “foreign” car I was ever exposed to, a car […] -
COAL: 2008 Lexus LS 600h L – The Ultimate Toyota
Posted on November 18, 2023 | 27 CommentsI would own another LS 460L—perhaps with just RWD—but I’m highly interested in owning the LS 600hL. That one seems like an interesting experience, and I’d love to see […] -
COAL 19: 2016 F-150 SuperCrew FX4 – A Crummy End of an Era
Posted on November 15, 2023 | 26 CommentsI had lost one of the key fobs for the old Expedition. It was right around Christmas and while waiting for the parts desk lineup to clear I wandered around […] -
COAL #4: The ’62 Falcon – The First Ford in Our Future
Posted on November 12, 2023 | 34 CommentsIf you’ve been keeping track of the evolution of our household fleet so far, as of mid-1961 it still included my father’s ’58 Plymouth station wagon (already showing the […] -
COAL: 1996 Jaguar XJ12 – This Kitty’s Got Claws
Posted on November 11, 2023 | 45 CommentsWelcome to Jaguar number 3. My prior two Jaguars (here and here) were X350-generation cars, which were the 2004-2009 ones. I found them to be delightful, characterful machines, when they […]