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- Jose Delgadillo on Garage Find: 1972 Ford Thunderbird – A Less Remembered ‘Bird?
- la673 on Curbside Classic: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Pay 8% More, Get 13% Less HP and 33% Fewer Cylinders
- XR7Matt on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
- XR7Matt on Driveway Find: 1967 Pontiac Firebird – Hot Street Machine
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL 1968 Beetle – A Drive Through Mexico, Part I
Posted on March 9, 2022 | 16 CommentsBy December 2002, after a couple of years of poor finances the harsh truth couldn’t be denied: my stay in the city of San Francisco had come to an […] -
COAL: 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 part 2, The View From the Driver’s Seat
Posted on March 6, 2022 | 30 CommentsIn the Summer of 1979, I was zoom-zooming my Mazda RX-2 around, doing summer jobs while home from college. For whatever unexplained reason, my parents decided that they were done […] -
COAL: 1987 Toyota Corolla FX – Certainty in Uncertain Times
Posted on March 2, 2022 | 19 CommentsShe wanted me tag along, to go and together to check out a Corolla FX on Craigslist. Could I look it over? Make sure it was in sound condition? Sure, […] -
COAL: 1972 Mazda RX-2 — Paleolithic Zoom-Zoom
Posted on February 27, 2022 | 41 CommentsA friend had waxed all of us at the midnight back country grudge races with his sister’s borrowed RX-2. In our little automotive world of highly abused four-cylinder engines working […] -
COAL: 1969 Dodge Charger – Musclecar of a Lifetime
Posted on February 26, 2022 | 34 CommentsIn 1995 I had just purchased the 1969 Dodge Charger you see above for $1960.00, as detailed in my last COAL, and I was heading back up the Peninsula to […] -
COAL: 1980 VW Rabbit – Hellish Ride in GTI Guise via Westmoreland!
Posted on February 23, 2022 | 29 CommentsEdmund S. generally avoided performing work for others, instead staying busy on his own cars; a couple of 1980 beige Rabbits, and a faded black one of same vintage. […] -
COAL: 1972 Toyota Celica- Starting in Cologne, Winding Up In Japan
Posted on February 20, 2022 | 29 CommentsI was sixteen, I had been saving my money, I had my license, I had been driving the family’s Mercury wagon, I had been lusting for the family’s Mustang, and […] -
COAL: Shopping for Budget V8 Muscle
Posted on February 19, 2022 | 17 CommentsIn the mid-1990s, I started to get the itch for another V8 American car. My daily driver ’85 Honda Civic was reliable, thrifty, and actually pretty nice to drive, but […] -
COAL: 1968 Beetle, Part II – Learning to live with the Bug.
Posted on February 16, 2022 | 18 CommentsIt sat for a couple of months in a corner of the Arco station on Glenoaks Blvd, Glendale. A used light blue 1968 Beetle, in straight shape, sitting next to […] -
COAL Update: I hate you, 4Runner. I love you, 4Runner.
Posted on February 14, 2022 | 56 CommentsVehicles engineered toward a specific use can be frustrating when they also must be applied as broad-spectrum transportation. Five years and sixty-thousand miles into our 4Runner ownership, I’ve had […] -
COAL: 1973 Mercury Colony Park – The Incredible Hulk
Posted on February 13, 2022 | 42 CommentsPer my last COAL posting, I had fallen head-over-heels for the family’s Mustang Fastback, but it was now time to get my license and actually start driving cars for […] -
COAL – 1985 Honda Civic 1300 Hatchback – Base Model Bargain
Posted on February 12, 2022 | 17 CommentsMy last few automotive purchases were a case of me coming across a car that captivated me and deciding to buy it rather than being in need of a car […] -
Off To New Pastures: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Posted on February 11, 2022 | 84 CommentsOn February 28, 1983, CBS aired the final episode of M*A*S*H, the long running series about a US Army hospital in the Korean War. Titled Goodbye, Farewell and Amen, it […] -
COAL: 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 – Glorious Misery From The Back Seat
Posted on February 6, 2022 | 39 CommentsI include my birth year in my on-line name, because it can help to explain where I might be coming from in my comments, based on my age. For […] -
COAL – 1976 Mercury Capri II – The Sexy European
Posted on February 5, 2022 | 25 CommentsMy Capri II is another car I picked up for $400.00, which is the approximate price point of several memorable cars in my past, and for the use I got […]