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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1982 Toyota Celica XX – A Supra By Any Other Name
Posted on October 18, 2014 | 22 Comments(submitted by Michael Leckie) Way back in the mid 90’s, when I was a teenager looking for my first car I fell in love with the many JDM Celica XX’s […] -
Curbside Divorce: 2013 Beetle Convertible – Irreconcilable Differences
Posted on October 17, 2014 | 113 CommentsLong-time CC readers are familiar with my affinity for Volkswagens – I’ve been continually driving VW products for nearly thirty years. When my 2000 New Beetle reached 219,000 miles and […] -
COAL: 1984 Ford Tempo and 1984 Ford Ranger – The Forgotten 84s
Posted on October 13, 2014 | 49 CommentsDon’t let the title fool you. I’ve loved Fords that may have been better off as scrap metal. But when reviewing my car history in preparation for writing a handful […] -
COAL: 1987 Honda CRX Si – A Roach By Any Name
Posted on October 12, 2014 | 57 CommentsSometimes what you read on paper and imagine in your mind doesn’t manifest itself in practice. Even with the low gas prices of the mid 1990’s it was pretty clear […] -
COAL: 1984 Dodge Power Ram – The Seed Of Mopar Mania Is Planted
Posted on October 11, 2014 | 17 CommentsIt’s been a couple months since my last COAL submissions, which details my origins as a gearhead in childhood. By the time my sixteenth birthday rolled around, as a resident […] -
COAL: 1968 Ford Galaxie 500 Fastback – The Legend Lives On
Posted on September 29, 2014 | 41 CommentsIf you polled the majority of my friends and other kids at the time, the first car of the Midwest teenager during the mid-nineties was anything but memorable. I […] -
COAL: 1978 Triumph Spitfire – How To (Almost) Fix Up A Classic Car For Under $200
Posted on September 28, 2014 | 30 CommentsIt has became a bit of a theme in my COAL series that I have a bigger appetite for classic or interesting cars than my modest budget allows. To mitigate […] -
COAL: 1965 Buick Skylark Sport Coupe–Occasionally, Even I Get One Right
Posted on September 22, 2014 | 50 CommentsAfter a year as a long-term substitute in a poor rural school district, I was hired as a full-time teacher in June of 2003. The first thing I did was […] -
COAL: 1984 Volvo 244 GLE – Canadian Swede
Posted on September 21, 2014 | 28 CommentsI have always admired the Volvo 240 series of cars but never expected to own one. This one literally fell into my lap and become the favorite of my winter […] -
COAL: 1990 Plymouth Voyager – Never Say Never
Posted on September 15, 2014 | 25 CommentsAt about thirteen years old I realized something – the next “family car” was likely going to be the one that I would be driving when I turned sixteen. My […] -
COAL: 1964 Ford F100 – Grateful for Each Other
Posted on September 14, 2014 | 29 CommentsMy parents had few things to complain about during my teenage years. I stayed out of trouble, got good grades, and faithfully manned the drive-thru of the local McDonald’s for […] -
COAL: 1965 Envoy Epic Deluxe – The CC Circle of Car Life
Posted on September 14, 2014 | 42 CommentsThe first CC I wrote over at the other site was on the subject of that Canadian market special, the Envoy Epic. The write up eventually migrated over here as […] -
COAL: The Strange and Obscure Cars of My Father
Posted on September 11, 2014 | 95 Comments“When accountants buy cars dude.” My brother said to me with a mild undertone of disgust. We were looking through old photos of my dad and the cars of his […] -
COAL: 1970 Mercedes Benz 220D – Finally a Family Classic
Posted on September 7, 2014 | 22 CommentsMy recent history with buying family-friendly classics had been only somewhat successful at best. The Mazda 808 was one of my favorites, but a lack of rear seat belts hindered […] -
COAL: 1982 Toyota SR5 Pickup – I Killed The Pizza Planet Truck
Posted on August 31, 2014 | 15 CommentsAnyone who has kids of a certain age knows the Pizza Planet pickup truck that appears in most every Pixar film, most prominently in the Toy Story franchise. As my […]