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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2013 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab Long Bed – Limousine With A Six Foot Bed.
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 109 Comments(first posted 8/14/2016) It was mid-September, 2001, and a psychiatrist on the PT Cruiser’s radio was saying that the 9/11 terrorist attacks could prompt people to make their lives more […] -
COAL: 1959 Plymouth Fury – Chapter 5, A Backwards Look At The Forward Look
Posted on August 14, 2022 | 53 CommentsThough I didn’t realize it at the time, my life was perfect in October of 1979. I was a sophomore in college and I had an excellent specimen of […] -
COAL: 1986 Plymouth Gran Fury – The Young Marrieds
Posted on August 13, 2022 | 60 CommentsWe all have our quirky automotive predilections. In a reflection of mine, seeing the words “heavy duty” applied to a sedan excite me more than does many other automotive possibilities. […] -
COAL: 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser – We Get A Good One From Chrysler.
Posted on August 7, 2022 | 96 Comments(first posted 8/7/2016) In the summer of 2001 when TIP’s brother-in-law died suddenly while on vacation in Spain, I knew she was terribly upset. At JFK airport she kissed Will […] -
COAL: 1968 Ford Mustang – Chapter 4, A Brief Opportunity To Be Normal
Posted on August 7, 2022 | 60 CommentsWhen we left off I had just sold both my ’67 Galaxie convertible and my ’63 Cadillac Fleetwood to the same guy for not as much money as I should […] -
COAL: 1955 Chevrolet Two-Ten – Portia Faces Life
Posted on August 6, 2022 | 33 CommentsThe article in Cars & Parts magazine hooked me. They were advertising a cruise to happen next year in 1997 along Old US 66, that long storied and fabled highway […] -
COAL: 1965 Oldsmobile Starfire 425 – Rocket Action
Posted on August 3, 2022 | 53 Comments(first posted 8/3/2016) This is not your father’s Oldsmobile, it’s my grandfather’s. And what an Olds it was. -
COAL: 2001 Passat GLX 5 Speed – From the Chrysler Frying Pan Into The VW – er – Frying Pan
Posted on July 31, 2022 | 128 Comments(first posted 7/31/2016) I was still traveling to Rikers about twice a week and needed a more inmate proof car to do that in than the Miata, so once again […] -
COAL: 1963 Cadillac Sedan deVille – Chapter 3, My Personal Pick A Part
Posted on July 31, 2022 | 29 CommentsCar number 2, which you read about last week, was my big black 1963 Cadillac. Among the Cadillacs of 1963, the Fleetwood Sixty Special sedan was the boss of the […] -
COAL: 1996 Ford Thunderbird – The Young & The Restless
Posted on July 30, 2022 | 73 CommentsThe hankering had been growing for a while. I knew what I wanted, had test driven two or three examples, and it was just a matter of acting upon it. […] -
COAL: 1999 Miata – A Permanent Solution To A Temporary Marriage
Posted on July 24, 2022 | 51 Comments(first posted 7/24/2016) My wife TIP (The Irish Princess) poured forth to the marriage counselor dude we were seeing her litany of complaints about her boring husband: […] -
COAL: 1963 Cadillac Fleetwood Sixty Special – Chapter 2, Never Buy An Old Luxury Car
Posted on July 24, 2022 | 70 CommentsIn August of 1978, my grandma had a heart attack. I was preparing to head off to college and was sure that it was not the worst news – after […] -
COAL: 1962 Ford Galaxie – The Brighter Day
Posted on July 23, 2022 | 18 CommentsYes, the title is correct. While I had the 1963 Galaxie for a very long time, there was an interloper in there for about ten years, with this pair stored […] -
COAL: 1995 Eagle Vision TSi – All the Fun and Build Quality of a 1957 Chrysler Without the Benefit of TorqueFlite.
Posted on July 17, 2022 | 112 Comments(first posted 7/17/2016) (Also a Mini-COAL report on a 1996 Saturn SL2) In early 1990 after the birth of our son, my Dublin born and Manhattan bred wife TIP (The […]