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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass S – Never As Good As the First Time
Posted on December 2, 2020 | 28 CommentsAh 1976! Year of the Bicentennial, Philadelphia Freedom, red, white & blue bell-bottoms and Operation Sail. It was also the year of my first car – a popcorn buttery yellow […] -
COAL: 1997 Chrysler Cirrus LXi – Gone Too Soon
Posted on November 29, 2020 | 52 CommentsIt was late 1996 and I was ready to dispose of my troublesome 1987 Bonneville. But with what? -
COAL #43 1993 Volvo 940 Turbo – That’s One Fast Granny
Posted on November 28, 2020 | 9 CommentsRight after my wife and I bought our first house together, my commute shrunk in half. My wife, on the other hand, could basically see Tyson from our backyard. I […] -
COAL: 1958 Plymouth Sport Suburban – The Martin Family Truckster
Posted on November 22, 2020 | 68 Comments(first posted 1/25/2014) When I looked at Russo and Steele’s list of cars to be auctioned at its 2014 Scottsdale event I was knocked out to see the exact car […] -
COAL: 1987 Pontiac Bonneville SE – The Yuppiemobile
Posted on November 22, 2020 | 17 CommentsIn retrospect, my timing on my previous COAL must have been off. I thought I had kept my Caprice Classic through my first year of employment after earning my […] -
COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 3 – Fiat 128 & VW Rabbit
Posted on November 20, 2020 | 74 Comments(first posted 9/23/2012) As soon as I had the bucks, I traded in my ’62 Ford for a brand-new, Positano Yellow 1972 Fiat 128 two-door sedan. The Fiat set me […] -
COAL: The Brougham Antidote, Part 1 – ’57 Chevy And ’60 Plymouth Fury
Posted on November 18, 2020 | 65 Comments(first posted 9/9/2012) My first car was a 1957 Chevy Bel Air two-door post, with the Blue Flame Six and Powerglide. My dad had bought it in 1965, for $300, […] -
COMG: Cars of My Girlfriends
Posted on November 16, 2020 | 55 Comments(first posted 10/28/2012. It’s been five years that Kevin passed, so as a tribute I’m running some of his posts again) The lovely Natalie’s father had a 1966 Saab 850 […] -
COAL: 1977 Chevrolet Caprice Classic – To B Or Not To B?
Posted on November 15, 2020 | 29 CommentsIn the summer of 1984 I had made it through my first year of college unscathed. I had saved $1000 and was scanning the Bargain News ads every week […] -
COAL: 2000 Volkswagen Passat Wagon – No Compromises Dadmobile
Posted on November 11, 2020 | 27 CommentsThe dawn of the new millennium coincided with the arrival of our first child. What does a car guy do when he needs to carry a pack and play, diaper […] -
COAL: 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix – Opportunity Knocks
Posted on November 9, 2020 | 22 CommentsIf there’s one thing I can say for certain when it comes to the wonderful world of vehicles, it’s that you really just never know what kind of opportunity will […] -
COAL: 1971 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate – Wood You Want This For Your First Car?
Posted on November 8, 2020 | 22 Comments(welcome our new Sunday COALer) It was the Spring of 1983. I was about to graduate from High School and had been accepted into the Computer Science program at […] -
COAL: 1978 Nissan Fairlady Z – The One I Wish I’d Kept
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 13 CommentsIn 1983 I was enjoying driving my 1976 Mazda Cosmo around Tokyo, though not the frequent trips to the gas pumps, when an acquaintance who I was taking night courses […] -
COAL # 40 2007 Volvo XC90 – It’s Make or Break
Posted on November 7, 2020 | 8 CommentsIn 2018 my fiancée and I were living in Rogers in a house that I had before we were engaged. We were looking for a house to buy together, and […] -
COAL: 2006 Mazda MPV – Zoom Zoom Family Mover
Posted on November 4, 2020 | 16 CommentsThe sale of the car that was the subject of last week’s COAL was necessitated by the arrival of this week’s COAL – a 2006 Mazda MPV. This is the […]