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- Peter Wilding on Curbside Find: 1971 Chevelle Malibu – Not Exactly What Comes To Mind When You Think “Malibu”
- justy baum on Curbside Classic: 1963 Alpine A110 GT4 – In The Family Way
- Peter Wilding on Curbside Find: 1971 Chevelle Malibu – Not Exactly What Comes To Mind When You Think “Malibu”
- justy baum on Vintage Review: 1961 Dodge Lancer With Three Slant Sixes: 170, 225 & 225 Hyper-Pak – Does It Live Up To The Hype?
- justy baum on Vintage Review: 1961 Dodge Lancer With Three Slant Sixes: 170, 225 & 225 Hyper-Pak – Does It Live Up To The Hype?
- David Lara on Vintage Reviews & Commentary: 1990 Nissan 300ZX Turbo – “Porsche Likes Luxury”
- Midsommar on Our Ex-Curbside Classic: 1989 Volvo 740GL Station Wagon – Mom’s Jinx
- Ate Up With Motor on Cohort Sighting: 1952 Goliath GP 700 Rometsch – It Looks Like A Porsche But It Pioneered Fuel Injection
- Paul Niedermeyer on Vintage Review: 1961 Dodge Lancer With Three Slant Sixes: 170, 225 & 225 Hyper-Pak – Does It Live Up To The Hype?
- Ate Up With Motor on Cohort Sighting: 1952 Goliath GP 700 Rometsch – It Looks Like A Porsche But It Pioneered Fuel Injection
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1992 Chrysler LeBaron – Don’t Say Grey!
Posted on April 17, 2021 | 50 CommentsThe decision to sell the ’90 Jetta was easy, troublemaker that it was. Now then: what would replace it? We talked about it round the -
COAL: 2003 Mazda Miata – A Welcome Gift
Posted on April 14, 2021 | 22 CommentsNot long after my girlfriend and I moved into our house, unrelated, my dad was looking around at options to replace his beloved but aging Mazda Miata. He had it […] -
Police COAL: 1978-2006 Ford, Chevy, Jeep, and ??? – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Part Deux
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 13 CommentsHere are just a few more observations and recollections of police vehicles I had the opportunity to drive over my 28 year military law enforcement career. Again, photos are not […] -
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part I – Verschlimmbesserung
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 60 CommentsI turned 16 early in 1992, and about half a year later I spotted a text-only ad in the back of Cars and Parts magazine: -
COAL: 2018 Buick Encore – I Guess It’ll All Work Out
Posted on April 9, 2021 | 35 CommentsYou never forget your first, right? -
COAL: 1993 Toyota Pickup – Here For a Limited Time Only
Posted on April 7, 2021 | 12 CommentsI had only owned the 1996 Tacoma maybe four or five months before determining it wasn’t for me. I began to look around for a more suitable truck once I […] -
COAL: 1992 Toyota Corolla – Clearly The Car of Choice For Clean Getaways (and Pizza Delivery)
Posted on April 4, 2021 | 13 CommentsThe Neon was pushing towards 130,000 miles and beginning to show its age. The head gasket and paint had been replaced mostly on Chrysler’s dime, but I was beginning to […] -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part II – Go West!
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 39 CommentsWith the ’62 Lancer registered and insured, tuned up and shod with tires from 1990 rather than 1963 or so, dad and I started having fun with -
COAL: 1996 Toyota Tacoma – The First Of Many
Posted on March 31, 2021 | 17 CommentsIt was not long after I bought my Altima (summer 2015) and go figure – I missed having a truck (see a trend here?!) See, to me a truck exemplifies […] -
COAL: 1995 Subaru Legacy Wagon – “Sunshine”
Posted on March 28, 2021 | 16 CommentsThe old wagon was sagged comically in the back, where it was loaded down with all of the possessions of a young man getting ready to close one chapter of […] -
Police COAL: 1978-2006; Ford, Chevy, Chrysler, AMC, Subaru, and Toyota – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…
Posted on March 28, 2021 | 74 CommentsI began my 28 year career in military law enforcement (USAF) in 1978. It may not have had the excitement or splendor of flying an F-15, but it was enjoyable. […] -
COAL: 1996 Dodge Neon Sport – A Pretty Good Car At a Pretty Bad Time
Posted on March 28, 2021 | 35 CommentsThe last thing I needed in the fall of 1997 was the loss of reliable transportation, but sometimes life is like that, delivering exactly what you don’t need when it’s […] -
COAL: 1961 Plymouth Valiant – Not My Precedent!
Posted on March 27, 2021 | 18 CommentsIt was beginner’s luck, really. Had to be; the hardest, fraughtmost, uncertainest part had been -
COAL: 2014 Nissan Altima – The Family Truckster
Posted on March 24, 2021 | 22 CommentsPerhaps you recall from my red Hardbody story, I was caught selling my truck in the dead of winter without having a reliable backup vehicle. I obviously knew I wanted […] -
COAL: Cars and Life In Transition
Posted on March 21, 2021 | 11 CommentsIf I’ve learned anything in my sixty-plus trips around the sun, it’s that the only constant in life is change. And as I moved on from the early 80s into […]