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- Moparman on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Crossroads on Vintage Snapshots: The Cars In Our Neighborhoods In The ’50s-’60s – Part 3
- J P Cavanaugh on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- 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
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part I – A Start
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 66 CommentsIn the middle of November 1990 two things happened almost simultaneously: -
COAL: 1958 Chevrolet Apache – Yet Another Project
Posted on March 17, 2021 | 19 CommentsIt was not too long after my BMW 2002 left and I was already looking for another old project. This time though, I knew I should get something more on […] -
COAL: 1987 Volkswagen Jetta GL – Nonsense and Sensibility
Posted on March 14, 2021 | 18 CommentsPart 2 – Sensibility. Becoming more of a grownup. -
COAL – Large Chauffeured Vehicles
Posted on March 13, 2021 | 60 CommentsI mentioned last week we might make a stop on the way to the next car, proper, and here we are—before I get too old in this rough chronicle to […] -
COAL: 1996 Nissan Hardbody – Hard to Beat a Hardbody
Posted on March 10, 2021 | 15 CommentsI believe it was a few months after I had sold the VW Kombi, and while I was content with the Jetta, I also really missed having a truck for […] -
PonderosaMatt’s COAL Series
Posted on March 9, 2021 | No CommentsCOAL: 1981 Mazda GLC 4-door Sedan – Respiratory Failure -
COAL: 1962 Triumph TR3B – Nonsense and Sensibility
Posted on March 7, 2021 | 15 CommentsPart 1 – Nonsense. When logic makes a (full opposite lock) left turn. -
COAL: 1964 Plymouth Valiant – Some Disassembly Required
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 28 CommentsBy the time I was 14, I’d pretty much outgrown monkeying around with small engines, except for my fastidious upkeep of the family lawnmower. It was bound to -
Family COAL, Via The Cohort: 1990 Ford E-350 – Passed Around Like A Christmas Ham
Posted on March 5, 2021 | 18 CommentsSeeing this extended length one-ton Ford van posted at the Cohort by William Rubano made me chuckle. Why? I owned one for about two days. Naturally, there’s a story about […] -
COAL: 1976 BMW 2002 – My Real Impulse Buy
Posted on March 3, 2021 | 18 CommentsIf you thought my Volkswagen Bus purchase was impulsive, out of left field and wildly irresponsible, then I’m about to one-up that here. I don’t recall the exact avenue that […] -
COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 30 CommentsWhile I have a reverence for the past, as I suspect most regular visitors to this site share, I’ve always focused on the present and future. “Straight ahead,” I often […] -
COAL: 1990 VW Jetta – Fahrverschmerzen
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 61 CommentsIn the summer of 1990, my folks set out to buy my sister a car, in effect. Nominally it would be theirs, but practically speaking it was my sister’s, at […] -
COAL: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta S – Let’s Try A Sedan
Posted on February 24, 2021 | 31 CommentsIt was early 2012 and while my 1996 Nissan Hardbody 4×4 was providing me excellent service still, I had pined after a nicer vehicle. I had been established in a […] -
A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 14 CommentsFrom the prologue of Duke Ellington’s wonderful and whimsical sort of memoir, “Music is my Mistress.” “The first thing I did was to run out into the front yard, and […] -
COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car – The Stinkoln Clown Car
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 95 CommentsIt was 1987, and conspicuous consumption was in. That’s how come mother toyed with the idea of getting a Mercedes, and I guess it’s how come dad came to be […]