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- Sarcasmo on Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?
- Sarcasmo on Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?
- Paul Niedermeyer on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
- AntiSuv on Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II (T60) – Rusting Gracefully, Artfully And Carefully
- Magnolia on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
- Bryan on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
- Angel Harris on Vintage Snapshots: Cadillacs On The Road In The ’50s & ’60s
- hank kauffman on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
- Ed Stembridge on Vintage Dealers: A Rambler-Hillman Dealer In The Early ’60s
- Darian Dennison on Curbside Classic: 1963 Rambler Classic 770 Cross Country – The Last Great AMC Car?
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan · Chapter 17, My Last Minivan (So Far)
Posted on June 17, 2023 | 29 CommentsDodge Grand Caravan By August of 2012, the 2001 Plymouth Voyager was showing its age. We took both the Voyager and the Town & Country to a party one weekend, […] -
COAL 4: The 1960s – Serving, Saluting, and Swapping
Posted on June 16, 2023 | 21 CommentsIn the fall of ’61 I got my U.S. Army draft notice, and signed up in the U.S. Marine Corps instead. Since I would be away for some time, I […] -
COAL: The Mercedes Years
Posted on June 14, 2023 | 26 CommentsWe’re now up to January, 2017. We’d been in Seattle for six months, and we were loving life. We had a beautiful home across the street from Lake Washington, in […] -
COAL № 16: Subaru Wagons – Practical And Bland, But A Little Different
Posted on June 11, 2023 | 18 CommentsThis may come as a surprise; I always had old British cars plus the odd modern when it was needed for long commuting. So why a Subaru? I had looked […] -
COAL/TOAL Chapter 16b: The Cumbres & Toltec Railroad
Posted on June 10, 2023 | 13 CommentsThe Cumbres & Toltec Railroad After the Santa Fe Bicentennial Convoy, several of us travelled to Antonito, Colorado to take a ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. The […] -
COAL 3: Motoring Into the Working World
Posted on June 9, 2023 | 25 CommentsAfter graduating, I took a summer job at an auto repair shop in Palisades Park, NJ. I don’t recall all the details, but one day after work I discovered someone […] -
COAL № 9: The BMW Era
Posted on June 7, 2023 | 46 CommentsBack in the aughts (the 2000s, for our younger readers) there was a joke going around: Q: What is the difference between a BMW and a porcupine? A: The porcupine […] -
COAL № 15: 1967 Jaguar 420 • Beautiful Classic Jaguar
Posted on June 4, 2023 | 44 CommentsAbout 17 years ago, something made me think it maybe was possible to drive a Jaguar for daily use and for commuting the 60 miles. As a daily driver, high […] -
COAL: 1944 Willys MB – Chapter 16a, Do You Know The Way To Santa Fe?
Posted on June 3, 2023 | 7 CommentsIn 2021 I participated in a convoy held in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Santa Fe trail. This closed-loop convoy began at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, […] -
COAL 2: Being American and Picking a Car Company
Posted on June 2, 2023 | 23 Comments(Chapter 1 was awhile ago; it is here.) My birthday would come on October 17 and I looked forward to my first set of wheels in America while mother and […] -
COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee and ’96 Grand Cherokee • Entering the SUV Era
Posted on May 31, 2023 | 26 CommentsIt’s now the mid-1990s, and we are living in Washington, DC and driving a 1993 LHS and a 1994 Miata. For a few years now we had been making long […] -
TOTGA: 1974 Dodge Charger Coupe – Sui Generis Stripper
Posted on May 29, 2023 | 26 CommentsSui Generis is an old Latin legal term that means one-of-a-kind, or that there is nothing else like it. In other words, something that is unique. It is the term […] -
COAL № 14: 1968 Sunbeam Chamois Mk2 • Long Term Imp
Posted on May 28, 2023 | 18 CommentsSorry, I had to write another chapter about Imps—this is about the Imp I have owned the longest and still do, 24 years already! and counting. When I bought the […] -
COAL: 1944 Willys MB – Chapter 16, My Real Jeep – Part 2
Posted on May 27, 2023 | 18 Comments1944 Willys in California (2004) As part of the Return to Flight effort after OV-102 Columbia was lost Boeing Space Systems got authorization to add to their System Safety staff […] -
COAL: 1987 Ford Taurus MT-5 • Tragedy, An Unexpected New Car, And Two Midlife Crises
Posted on May 24, 2023 | 36 CommentsWhen I left off, Rick and I were living in Washington DC and driving a 1987 Toyota Celica. It was a great little car: fun to drive; sporty, and […]