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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1987 Dodge Ram 250 – The Bold and The Beautiful
Posted on September 24, 2022 | 54 CommentsEverybody has their kindred automotive spirit. Of the various cars and pickups I have owned over the years, long ago I concluded this quad-toned Dodge pickup must have been mine. […] -
COAL: Simca 1204 – Stranger in a Strange Land
Posted on September 22, 2022 | 48 Comments(Welcome our new mid-week COAL series and writer, Steven Vettura) This tale begins on the steps of My Old School (apologies to Steely Dan) in Montpelier, Idaho sometime in the […] -
COAL: 1971 VW 1302 (Super Beetle) – Thinking With Your Dipstick
Posted on September 18, 2022 | 25 CommentsThis is the only good picture of my ’71 VW 1302. (first posted 8/6/2016) Another Beetle! But after totaling the Peugeot 304 I had no car at all and had […] -
COAL: 1966 Plymouth Fury III – Chapter 10, Reverting To Type
Posted on September 18, 2022 | 62 CommentsThere I was in the fall of 1987. I was six months into home-ownership and ready to jump from the frying pan of a new car with payments into the […] -
COAL: 2001 Ford Crown Victoria – General Hospital
Posted on September 17, 2022 | 30 CommentsThis Crown Victoria is only included by default. I’ve covered it before, in a piece that has a few medical related parallels. Given it received coverage over nine years ago, […] -
COAL: 1968 VW 1300 – My First Car; What Were The Odds?
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 72 CommentsThe beetle and myself somewhere in Alsace, France (first posted 7/23/2016) After missing out on a beautiful Ford Taunus 12 M I was using the classified ad to scout for […] -
COAL: 1963 Ford F-100 – Chapter 9, A Post-Breakup Pick Me Up
Posted on September 11, 2022 | 43 CommentsIn the early fall of 1986 I was living the life I thought I wanted. I was a young lawyer in a small law firm, I had a nearly-new […] -
Almost-COAL: Ford Taunus 12 M – 2 Birds In The Bush And One Heck Of A Ride
Posted on September 4, 2022 | 25 Comments(first posted 7/16/2016) After two years I realized that my BMW R 26 would not meet my transportation needs, particularly so in the winter. I ventured out to find a […] -
COAL: 1985 Volkswagen GTI – Chapter 8, Fahrvergnugen!
Posted on September 4, 2022 | 57 CommentsThe summer of 1985 was a time of transition for me. For the first time of my life, I was on the verge of real life – which included two […] -
COAL: 2001 Ford Taurus SES – Another World
Posted on September 3, 2022 | 49 CommentsNothing in life is perfect. Keeping that snippet of wisdom in mind really helps put things in perspective for my ownership of our 2001 Ford Taurus. Enough of such introductory […] -
COAL: 1956 BMW R 26 – Cycle Of A Lifetime
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 36 CommentsMy pride and joy: 1956 BMW R 26 (first posted 7/9/2016) I had been an avid reader of “Das Motorrad” magazine. Obviously, I made their opinions my own and came […] -
COAL: 1977 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham – Chapter 7, The Beautiful (But Troubled) New Yorker
Posted on August 28, 2022 | 81 CommentsThus begins the strangest tale in my entire vehicle ownership experience. Which is saying something. This was a car that never should have come into my life, but that […] -
COAL: 1986 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – The Guiding Light
Posted on August 27, 2022 | 55 CommentsFor several years now, my wife has had the observation about events in life not aligning in a conducive manner. She says the figurative gears grind since nothing meshes they […] -
COAL (or MOAL): 1968 Hercules MK IV – Moped Of A Lifetime.
Posted on August 21, 2022 | 55 Comments(first posted 6/30/2016) (Welcome our newest COAL series, by Wolfgang, our first to start in Europe. Links to his whole series are here) My dad was scared. It was […] -
COAL: 1971 Plymouth Valiant Scamp – Chapter 6, The Scamper
Posted on August 21, 2022 | 61 CommentsThe Fever. The pattern had become quite apparent to me. Each spring and each fall I got the almost irresistible urge to buy a car. Six months was pretty perfect […]