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Curbside Classics Archives
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![I have planned to write my COAL series for a long time. I have put it off because that is what I do. Actually that is not the reason. A […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/1964-Cutlass-ad-Crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Prologue – Variety Is The Spice Of Life (If You Like Oldsmobiles)")
COAL: Prologue – Variety Is The Spice Of Life (If You Like Oldsmobiles)
Posted on July 3, 2022 | 38 CommentsI have planned to write my COAL series for a long time. I have put it off because that is what I do. Actually that is not the reason. A […] -
![(first posted 6/26/2016) In early 1978 I was a regular customer of the local Avis in Manhattan and knew most of their fleet intimately. My partner Steve was still driving […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/280Z3.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1978 Datsun 280Z – Baby Blue Rocket, Old School Driving.")
COAL: 1978 Datsun 280Z – Baby Blue Rocket, Old School Driving.
Posted on July 2, 2022 | 43 Comments(first posted 6/26/2016) In early 1978 I was a regular customer of the local Avis in Manhattan and knew most of their fleet intimately. My partner Steve was still driving […] -
![(first posted 6/19/2016) I knew the 1967 OHC-6 Tempest wasn’t long for my world when she could barely make it up the east bound ramp of the Verrazano Bridge heading […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/1972ImpalaActual1-e1464868777496.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1972 Impala Sedan – Brown-Over-Brown Behemoth")
COAL: 1972 Impala Sedan – Brown-Over-Brown Behemoth
Posted on June 26, 2022 | 55 Comments(first posted 6/19/2016) I knew the 1967 OHC-6 Tempest wasn’t long for my world when she could barely make it up the east bound ramp of the Verrazano Bridge heading […] -
![I have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/1970-Mark-III-Yellow.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow")
Curbside Classic / Cars of my Father: 1970 Lincoln Continental Mark III – Lemon Yellow
Posted on June 19, 2022 | 27 CommentsI have wanted to write about a Continental Mark III since I began writing for CC over a decade ago. Not the gargantuan 1959 version, but the one from the […] -
![(first posted 6/12/2016) Minutes after the impact, after I assured the neighbors who came out to investigate the crash that all was OK and there was no need to call […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/ttttnb.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Tempest, Take Two – It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again")
COAL: 1967 Tempest, Take Two – It’s Déjà Vu All Over Again
Posted on June 12, 2022 | 51 Comments(first posted 6/12/2016) Minutes after the impact, after I assured the neighbors who came out to investigate the crash that all was OK and there was no need to call […] -
![My COAL threads split into two, along the way. One thread was hobby cars and race cars (and daily drivers that turned into hobby cars and race cars), and the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/7645C686-4F26-481D-B8B3-5059E31965C3.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2017 Honda Accord and 2020 Honda CR-V — Complete Confidence in Commuting Competence")
COAL: 2017 Honda Accord and 2020 Honda CR-V — Complete Confidence in Commuting Competence
Posted on June 12, 2022 | 18 CommentsMy COAL threads split into two, along the way. One thread was hobby cars and race cars (and daily drivers that turned into hobby cars and race cars), and the […] -
![(first posted 6/5/2016) In 1971 life was diverging onto two paths: excitement and success on a professional level and confusion and despair on a personal level. Grumman was an exciting […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1971DusterRear-e1463658751432.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1971 Plymouth Duster Slant 6 – Bad News From Consumer Reports; Worse News From Home")
COAL: 1971 Plymouth Duster Slant 6 – Bad News From Consumer Reports; Worse News From Home
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 104 Comments(first posted 6/5/2016) In 1971 life was diverging onto two paths: excitement and success on a professional level and confusion and despair on a personal level. Grumman was an exciting […] -
![I still had a 12-A Mazda rotary engine sitting on my shop floor. It had been an unused racing spare. It had gone into my red RX-7, but the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/D098F52B-83A8-4927-A143-248B9122EA43.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 MG Midget — Squeezing a Litre Into a Pint Pot")
COAL: 1973 MG Midget — Squeezing a Litre Into a Pint Pot
Posted on June 5, 2022 | 18 CommentsI still had a 12-A Mazda rotary engine sitting on my shop floor. It had been an unused racing spare. It had gone into my red RX-7, but the […] -
![(first posted 5/29/2016) In 1967 Annie and I had the 1961 Comet and the 1964 VW Beetle that I shared with my father as a commuter car to the NYC […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/67TempestRear.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Tempest OHC-6 – Nice Work, Pontiac!")
COAL: 1967 Tempest OHC-6 – Nice Work, Pontiac!
Posted on May 30, 2022 | 91 Comments(first posted 5/29/2016) In 1967 Annie and I had the 1961 Comet and the 1964 VW Beetle that I shared with my father as a commuter car to the NYC […] -
![(first posted 5/22/2016. I forgot to rerun this last Sunday; my apologies) In early 1967 things were humming along better than ever. Shell Oil was a great place to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/vw-cutaway01-e1462490220612.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1964 VW Beetle – Baby, Beetle, and the F-14")
COAL: 1964 VW Beetle – Baby, Beetle, and the F-14
Posted on May 29, 2022 | 49 Comments(first posted 5/22/2016. I forgot to rerun this last Sunday; my apologies) In early 1967 things were humming along better than ever. Shell Oil was a great place to […] -
![Sigmund Freud may or may not have said “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. Given all the reasons, interpretations, and obsessions with owning or driving certain cars…well, in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/E06A3089-89C7-4113-9DFE-6319D845D99F.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2005 and 2007 Ford Five Hundred — Sometimes a Car is Just a Car")
COAL: 2005 and 2007 Ford Five Hundred — Sometimes a Car is Just a Car
Posted on May 29, 2022 | 49 CommentsSigmund Freud may or may not have said “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar”. Given all the reasons, interpretations, and obsessions with owning or driving certain cars…well, in […] -
![By the summer of 2021, my enthusiasm for my 240D project was waning and I had became tired of putting money into it. Though I loved the car, learned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/240D-CC2-1-4.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Moving On From The 240D")
COAL: Moving On From The 240D
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 23 CommentsBy the summer of 2021, my enthusiasm for my 240D project was waning and I had became tired of putting money into it. Though I loved the car, learned […] -
![The old Monty Python quote seems appropriate here, because not only is this car British, but it is an oddball that has no good reason to exist. As readers of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/5FC62EFF-FAA5-4D0F-BC8F-7BFF90763719.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1970 Lenham Le Mans Coupe — “And Now For Something Completely Different”")
COAL: 1970 Lenham Le Mans Coupe — “And Now For Something Completely Different”
Posted on May 22, 2022 | 28 CommentsThe old Monty Python quote seems appropriate here, because not only is this car British, but it is an oddball that has no good reason to exist. As readers of […] -
![I’ve always found it easiest to learn by doing. Whether it’s studying verb conjugation for a foreign language, how to grill up a proper hamburger, or a humble oil change, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/mmmcds.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2003 Mustang GT – Finale for the Fox Body")
COAL: 2003 Mustang GT – Finale for the Fox Body
Posted on May 21, 2022 | 33 CommentsI’ve always found it easiest to learn by doing. Whether it’s studying verb conjugation for a foreign language, how to grill up a proper hamburger, or a humble oil change, […] -
![My mother’s first cousin Nathan R. died in Alon Shvut, near Efrat, Israel, a few days before Purim last March. He was the last member of my family to have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/gggaax.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1966 SAAB 96 – AM MISHPOCHAH CHAI")
COAL: 1966 SAAB 96 – AM MISHPOCHAH CHAI
Posted on May 17, 2022 | 27 CommentsMy mother’s first cousin Nathan R. died in Alon Shvut, near Efrat, Israel, a few days before Purim last March. He was the last member of my family to have […]
