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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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Father’s Day Weekend Special – The Cars of My Father, Part 1
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 35 Comments(first posted 6/20/2015) Doesn’t time quickly slip by? Having had the realization I can remember my father as being significantly younger than I am now, it seemed wise to […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part II – Oh, Grow Up!
Posted on June 19, 2021 | 58 CommentsMy first headlamp upgrade had been on -
COAL: 1971 Chrysler Town and Country Wagon – Movin’ On Up
Posted on June 16, 2021 | 43 CommentsIt seems that the people in marketing at Chrysler in 1970 were somewhat on different pages when it came time to design the sales brochures. On one hand we have […] -
COAL: 1981 Dodge Colt – Big Rig Shifting
Posted on June 13, 2021 | 19 CommentsMy next car would be my first new car purchase. After owning 3 fairly crude, rear wheel drive imports I was ready for something a bit more civilized. But I […] -
COAL: 1990 (+’91) Chrysler Saratoga – An American in Westphalia
Posted on June 12, 2021 | 25 CommentsThis week my German friend Peter Wendt steps up as guest author. I met Peter around 1996 or ’97, early in my learning about the differences between -
COAL: 2000 BMW 540i – The Journey To My First V8
Posted on June 10, 2021 | 27 CommentsMarch 26, 2021 Don’t tell the EPA, but I evicted an entire ecosystem from the paintwork today. Amazingly, there was still a nice car hiding under all the mud, lichen, […] -
COAL: 1964 Simca 1000 – Big Car and Little Car
Posted on June 9, 2021 | 34 CommentsLast post, I went on about how my family’s 1961 Plymouth Suburban defined “car” for me as a toddler. While I stand by that assessment – based largely on recollections […] -
Alfa of a Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164 S, Part 3 – The Long Way Back.
Posted on June 7, 2021 | 27 CommentsIn five months, I had gone from buying my dream car, living what felt like the dream life in a new job and new city, to smashing the 164’s oil […] -
Alfa Of A Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164S, Part 2 – Paradise Lost, Twice
Posted on June 6, 2021 | 14 CommentsWhat is the toughest repair job you have ever taken on? Turns out the Alfa would soon present me with a new challenge that would become a yardstick I would […] -
COAL: 1975 Toyota Corolla 2 Door – Dullsville
Posted on June 6, 2021 | 21 CommentsThis COAL proved to be quite a challenge to write. While the Corolla was a perfectly fine car over two years of ownership, there wasn’t much happening in my […] -
Alfa Of A Lifetime: 1991 Alfa Romeo 164S, Part 1 – Where The Rubber Meets The Road On Childhood Dreams
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 18 CommentsSometimes I am not sure if my stepdad Mike is more mentor or fellow addict who gave me my first taste. Mike has a passion for what a normie might […] -
COAL: 1991 Dodge Spirit R/T, Part I – The AAA-Body
Posted on June 5, 2021 | 94 CommentsIn the summer of 1996 I took a notion to get a Dodge Spirit R/T. I can guess pretty well at the chain of thoughts: I’d become acquainted with the […] -
COAL: 1961 Plymouth Suburban — It Means “Car” to Me
Posted on June 2, 2021 | 60 CommentsFor this first installment in my COAL, I’m going to set the table for what will ultimately be a discussion of the cars that I personally have owned and driven. […] -
COAL: 1969 Beetle – Redux
Posted on May 30, 2021 | 24 CommentsI was having a serious case of buyer’s remorse with regards to my spur of the moment purchase of the 1968 Spitfire. Beautiful car, but I knew enough to know […] -
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part IV – Self-Own Service and Naming Names
Posted on May 29, 2021 | 53 CommentsSpring break ’96 came round, and I was booked on a flight home to Denver leaving Eugene at 6:29 AM on Thursday, so Wednesday afternoon I packed my two carry-on […]