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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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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? -
![I 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/00Q0Q_kHMWsVOeQjW_600x450.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1993 Toyota Pickup – Here For a Limited Time Only")
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 […] -
![The 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/a-crol.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1992 Toyota Corolla – Clearly The Car of Choice For Clean Getaways (and Pizza Delivery)")
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 -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/thumbnail_image4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Toyota Tacoma – The First Of Many")
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 […] -
![The 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DSCN0405-1.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1995 Subaru Legacy Wagon – “Sunshine”")
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 […] -
![I 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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/images.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Police COAL: 1978-2006; Ford, Chevy, Chrysler, AMC, Subaru, and Toyota – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…")
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. […] -
![The 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/3c07cf372a87fd67c09cf1e95de61840.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Dodge Neon Sport – A Pretty Good Car At a Pretty Bad Time")
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 -
![Perhaps 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/thumbnail_IMG_0899.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2014 Nissan Altima – The Family Truckster")
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 […] -
![If 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/listing_photo_131474586213459731.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Cars and Life In Transition")
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 […] -
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: -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/00v0v_4piKjW9DeCh_600x450.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1958 Chevrolet Apache – Yet Another Project")
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.
