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- MX5-Racer on Our 1973 Ford LTD – A Special LTD And My Sister
- Peter Wilding on CC In Scale: Off To The Races!
- Tim Bennett on Curbside Classic: 1988 Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country Turbo – Most Downsized Vehicle Of The Malaise Era?
- mike on Vintage Review: Road & Track April 1973 – Testing Nine Showroom Stock Sports Cars As SCCA Racers
- Peter Wilding on CC In Scale: Off To The Races!
- 210delray on Remembering Author Henry Gregor Felsen (1916-1995) – The Granddaddy Of Hot Rodding Novels
- Peter Wilding on Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II (T60) – Rusting Gracefully, Artfully And Carefully
- Mag on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
- Peter Wilding on Curbside Classic: 1971 Toyota Corona Mark II (T60) – Rusting Gracefully, Artfully And Carefully
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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Former COAL: 2002 Toyota Land Cruiser 90 3.0 D-4D – Far From Retired
Posted on January 9, 2023 | 9 CommentsLast year, after 20 years of trouble-free ownership, I sold my tough set of wheels to a (tree) nurseryman. A few weeks ago, a colleague caught it in the nursery’s […] -
COAL: 1999 Chrysler Town & Country LX – Chapter 26, The Best Of Times, The Worst Of Times
Posted on January 8, 2023 | 73 CommentsFor the second time in my life, a car I had become quite fond of was taken out by the combination of a careless driver and an insurance company. My […] -
COAL: 2015 Mazda CX-5 – “My Number One Recommendation”
Posted on January 7, 2023 | 26 CommentsSometimes we think we know what we want and spend a lot of time focused on getting that specific thing. We strike out and end up with a different […] -
COAL: 1980 Honda Civic GL1500 – You’ll Never Forget Your First Love
Posted on January 4, 2023 | 25 Comments(Welcome Gene, our new Wednesday COALer) In my 2nd year of college, I scored an engineering internship at a company out of state, in neighboring Indiana. That meant that I needed […] -
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 […] -
COAL: 2016 Mazda6 6MT – “The One That Got Away”
Posted on December 31, 2022 | 21 CommentsAs life moves forward, we sometimes have to make hard decisions. Decisions from the outside do not make sense to others, but to us, are the right decision. This […] -
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 […] -
COAL: 1993 Ford Ranger – “Family Friend”
Posted on December 24, 2022 | 18 CommentsLast week I told you about my love-hate relationship with my Italian American. Before I tell you what came after that, we must first reflect on the ownership of […] -
COAL: 2019 Mazda CX-5 Touring – What A Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Posted on December 21, 2022 | 58 CommentsThe problem with history is it won’t stand still. I arrived at this conclusion while reading the Road & Track road test of a 435 horsepower ’69 Corvette posted this […] -
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 […] -
COAL: 2013 Dodge Dart: “Bitchin’ Betty”
Posted on December 17, 2022 | 36 CommentsIt is important that we take a quick stop and understand the history of how my next car came into my possession. In the fall of 2012, my dad […] -
COAL: 2010 Mazda 3 Hatchback Sport – In the Eye of the Beholder
Posted on December 14, 2022 | 57 CommentsAlong with other news of the day we were confronted this past week by our Fearless Leader’s post about ChatGTP, an AI platform that strikes fear in the heart of […] -
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 […] -
COAL: 1988 Pontiac Fiero Coupe – “My Girlfriend’s Fiero”
Posted on December 10, 2022 | 14 CommentsSo I have most likely confused you dear reader with the history of the vehicles in my life. Unfortunately, the complexity does not stop and has not stopped. But […] -
COAL: 2002 Mazda Protégé – Mazda’s The Answer…What Was The Question?
Posted on December 7, 2022 | 33 CommentsBy 2001 our 1992 Ford Aerostar was heading towards its long home; I was topping up the transmission fluid on a bi-weekly basis, the air conditioning was kaput, the power […]