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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1960 Volkswagen Kombi Bus – My Impulse Buy
Posted on February 17, 2021 | 19 CommentsAs I alluded to in my last COAL, on my way back home from Albuquerque I picked up a four-wheeled hitchhiker in Springfield, Missouri. I have no idea if it […] -
Curbside PSA, Starring My 1953 Buick Special – Have You Checked Your Hood Hinges Lately?
Posted on February 15, 2021 | 24 CommentsGeneral Motors products from the early 1950s are not known for their precise panel gaps and hood fitment, and in the Buick world in particular, the 1953 model is particularly […] -
COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 2
Posted on February 14, 2021 | 40 CommentsI’ve always had a lot of interests, but likely the big three would be music, cars and film. Few people in the film business had a larger-than-life career (and life […] -
COAL: 1984 Chev Caprice – Second Verse, Same(?) as the First
Posted on February 13, 2021 | 19 Comments“I want one of those cars that fixes itself!” So declared my mother—I guess after misunderstanding a news item about computerised engine control or something of the like. I was […] -
COAL: 1996 Nissan D21 Pickup – Hands On A Hardbody
Posted on February 10, 2021 | 19 CommentsIn my last COAL story, I touched on the rise and demise of my 1998 Ford Ranger thanks to some quickly changing traffic conditions. My roommate picked me up from […] -
COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 1
Posted on February 7, 2021 | 26 CommentsLet’s get on with the story. I had now been driving my trusty 1966 Type 1 (Beetle) for around two years. The mileage was climbing past 80,000 (remember, this was […] -
COAL: Laurie’s Cars – ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice
Posted on February 6, 2021 | 39 CommentsIn 1984 my mother got her law degree and set out to have a go at being a lawyer. With both parents downtown at work every day—dad’s own law degree […] -
My Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Almost Doesn’t Count
Posted on February 4, 2021 | 30 CommentsI’m not the usual car guy…where words like HEMI or SS454 would excite a normal person, it is “Tufted Velour” and “Padded Vinyl Landau Roof” that gets my pulse quickening. […] -
COAL: 1998 Ranger, A Copper Truck For The Copper State
Posted on February 3, 2021 | 17 CommentsMy last COAL touched on the rise and demise of my 1996 F-150 and a year or so would pass before I’d own another truck. I did buy a used […] -
COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 48 Comments“First things first, but not necessarily in that order. – Dr. Who Authors note: I kind of half thought about approaching my return to this series chronologically, like an old-time […] -
COAL: 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass – Weren’t They All That Colour?
Posted on January 30, 2021 | 83 CommentsMother threw a high holy tantrum shortly after we got to Denver in the Spring of 1980. The thing of it was, we hadn’t quite exactly moved to Denver; we’d -
COAL: Take This F-150 and Go (South) West, Young Man!
Posted on January 27, 2021 | 42 CommentsIn my last post I left off having to hastily sell my Ford Ranger because my family moved to Arizona. Upon arrival to Mesa, Arizona in January 2003, I was […] -
COAL: 1986 Ford Taurus LX – Getting To Know Ms. Cougar
Posted on January 26, 2021 | 41 CommentsWhen I last discussed my adventures with my 1986 Ford Taurus LX, aka “Ms. Cougar,” I detailed the experience of getting covered in transmission fluid, among other things. Since then, […] -
COAL: 1966 VW, My First Car – Wasn’t It Almost Everyone’s?
Posted on January 24, 2021 | 59 Comments“I don’t need time, I need a deadline.”– Duke Ellington I’ve been participating in various forms of creative endeavors for most of my life, across a span of categories that […] -
COAL: 1978 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – Movin’ Upward-Westward
Posted on January 23, 2021 | 92 CommentsThe new car was The New Chevrolet: a metallic medium-deep red (“Carmine”) ’78 Caprice Classic with a blood-red vinyl interior, ordered at Bryner Chevrolet—