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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![(Some driving and some sightseeing) It was winter in Madrid and as we walked towards the supermarket she took me to look at the car, a Rover 200 handed down […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screen-Shot-2022-01-16-at-11.11.51-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 Rover 200 Series – Fading Empires")
COAL: 1990 Rover 200 Series – Fading Empires
Posted on April 8, 2022 | 16 Comments(Some driving and some sightseeing) It was winter in Madrid and as we walked towards the supermarket she took me to look at the car, a Rover 200 handed down […] -
![Many cars and trucks are described or defined by how they look, whether the top folds down, or where the engine is located. Others are more easily described as a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/6BD9C450-EB87-4259-9A9A-540865C6C373.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1986 Ford F-150 — Mechanical Buckboard–And A Couple Of Dodge Pickups Too")
COAL: 1986 Ford F-150 — Mechanical Buckboard–And A Couple Of Dodge Pickups Too
Posted on April 3, 2022 | 12 CommentsMany cars and trucks are described or defined by how they look, whether the top folds down, or where the engine is located. Others are more easily described as a […] -
![The photo above is me taking my Shay Roadster (A 1929 Ford replica) on the longest drive I ever attempted — a trip of several blocks from my garage to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Shay-1-crop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – “1929” Shay Roadster – A Stalled Project")
COAL – “1929” Shay Roadster – A Stalled Project
Posted on April 2, 2022 | 10 CommentsThe photo above is me taking my Shay Roadster (A 1929 Ford replica) on the longest drive I ever attempted — a trip of several blocks from my garage to […] -
![The car was in ruinous state, long way from what it had been just 5 years before. How long had it sat on the front lawn without use? No way […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/IM000029.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 Toyota Corolla (E70) – One Last Stand for the Wounded Warrior")
COAL: 1980 Toyota Corolla (E70) – One Last Stand for the Wounded Warrior
Posted on March 30, 2022 | 15 CommentsThe car was in ruinous state, long way from what it had been just 5 years before. How long had it sat on the front lawn without use? No way […] -
![My racing had reached a stopping point, and I had also arrived at a point in my life when everything was due to change. I had been single, working […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/mhgggn.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1968 MG 1300 — A Driving Interregnum")
COAL: 1968 MG 1300 — A Driving Interregnum
Posted on March 27, 2022 | 33 CommentsMy racing had reached a stopping point, and I had also arrived at a point in my life when everything was due to change. I had been single, working […] -
![(Note: not much sightseeing, but lots of border trouble.) The drive from Oaxaca to Tapachula (the southernmost city in Mexico) was a tedious and uneventful affair. An 8-hour 6,000 feet […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ze-return.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL 1968 Beetle – A Drive Through Mexico, Part III")
COAL 1968 Beetle – A Drive Through Mexico, Part III
Posted on March 26, 2022 | 13 Comments(Note: not much sightseeing, but lots of border trouble.) The drive from Oaxaca to Tapachula (the southernmost city in Mexico) was a tedious and uneventful affair. An 8-hour 6,000 feet […] -
![My daily driver/autocrossing RX-3 was actually an ideal arrangement, mechanically. I kept the engine room stock, so I could pass the biennial smog check, the car was fun and reliable […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rrrd.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 Mazda RX-3 — Racing a Daily Driver")
COAL: 1973 Mazda RX-3 — Racing a Daily Driver
Posted on March 20, 2022 | 4 CommentsMy daily driver/autocrossing RX-3 was actually an ideal arrangement, mechanically. I kept the engine room stock, so I could pass the biennial smog check, the car was fun and reliable […] -
![I picked up my 1965 Ford Falcon nearly a quarter-century ago, and I still own it and drive it quite regularly. It came into my life due to a string […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Painted-Falcon-CropScrubbed.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – 1965 Ford Falcon – The One I Kept")
COAL – 1965 Ford Falcon – The One I Kept
Posted on March 19, 2022 | 28 CommentsI picked up my 1965 Ford Falcon nearly a quarter-century ago, and I still own it and drive it quite regularly. It came into my life due to a string […] -
![By January 2021, I had come to the conclusion that selling my 2013 Ford Focus was a mistake, despite the fact that Carvana gave me a decent price for it. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/20210404_135407.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL/QOTD: 2017 Ford Fusion SE – What Has Your COVID-19 Car Buying Experience Been Like?")
COAL/QOTD: 2017 Ford Fusion SE – What Has Your COVID-19 Car Buying Experience Been Like?
Posted on March 15, 2022 | 36 CommentsBy January 2021, I had come to the conclusion that selling my 2013 Ford Focus was a mistake, despite the fact that Carvana gave me a decent price for it. […] -
![I felt the need to stash my cherished Mustang, and to find something cheap to drive to college and to leave in the harsh environment of the open parking lots. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rxxxx.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1977 Mazda RX-3SP — Mastering Mechanical Malpractice")
COAL: 1977 Mazda RX-3SP — Mastering Mechanical Malpractice
Posted on March 13, 2022 | 19 CommentsI felt the need to stash my cherished Mustang, and to find something cheap to drive to college and to leave in the harsh environment of the open parking lots. […] -
![I had sold my 1969 Dodge Charger, and my 1985 Honda was developing a clicking halfshaft and a slipping clutch that foretold expensive repairs in the near future. As I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/ggtttg.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – 1986 Ford Mustang GT – Rollin’ In My 5.0")
COAL – 1986 Ford Mustang GT – Rollin’ In My 5.0
Posted on March 12, 2022 | 16 CommentsI had sold my 1969 Dodge Charger, and my 1985 Honda was developing a clicking halfshaft and a slipping clutch that foretold expensive repairs in the near future. As I […] -
![By 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Untitled-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL 1968 Beetle – A Drive Through Mexico, Part I")
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 […] -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/C1CFD578-2D8B-4853-AB3B-D4EC7A9293EC.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1965 Ford Mustang 2+2 part 2, The View From the Driver’s Seat")
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 […] -
![She 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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/toyota.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1987 Toyota Corolla FX – Certainty in Uncertain Times")
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, […] -
![A 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rxccv.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1972 Mazda RX-2 — Paleolithic Zoom-Zoom")
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 […]
