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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![I 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IH_Superior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – Large Chauffeured Vehicles")
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 […] -
![I 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Hero.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Nissan Hardbody – Hard to Beat a Hardbody")
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 -
![Seeing 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/50808865671_3281feb111_c.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Family COAL, Via The Cohort: 1990 Ford E-350 – Passed Around Like A Christmas Ham")
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 […] -
![If 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/securedownload20023.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1976 BMW 2002 – My Real Impulse Buy")
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 […] -
![While 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GTI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove")
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 […] -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DJS-DAS-Jetta-School_s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 VW Jetta – Fahrverschmerzen")
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 […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/CIMG6776.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2011 Volkswagen Jetta S – Let’s Try A Sedan")
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 […] -
![From 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/guinness-greatest-the-keeper-of-world-records-once-rate-joe-girard-as-picture-id502340591.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars")
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 […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/80-Towncar-VFD-Dash.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car – The Stinkoln Clown Car")
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 […] -
![As 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/621280.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1960 Volkswagen Kombi Bus – My Impulse Buy")
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 […] -
![General 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/111_0705a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside PSA, Starring My 1953 Buick Special – Have You Checked Your Hood Hinges Lately?")
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 […] -
![I’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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ca0811-112849_1%402x.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 2")
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 […]
