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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![“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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1984-chevy-caprice-classic-white-low-miles-near-mint-amazing-vin-2g1an69h8e-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Chev Caprice – Second Verse, Same(?) as the First")
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 […] -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Sams-Pictures-004.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1996 Nissan D21 Pickup – Hands On A Hardbody")
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 […] -
![Let’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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ghia-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 1")
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 […] -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1971-jeep-wagoneer-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Laurie’s Cars – ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice")
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 […] -
![I’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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0094.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "My Curbside Classic: 1991 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue – Almost Doesn’t Count")
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. […] -
![My 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Sams-Pictures-016.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1998 Ranger, A Copper Truck For The Copper State")
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 […] -
![“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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7030_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?")
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 -
![In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-21_09-18-11.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Take This F-150 and Go (South) West, Young Man!")
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 […] -
![When 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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/1986-Ford-Taurus-LX-Exterior-001-Front-Personal-Pic.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1986 Ford Taurus LX – Getting To Know Ms. Cougar")
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, […] -
![“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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/35mm077-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1966 VW, My First Car – Wasn’t It Almost Everyone’s?")
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— -
![It’s funny having this opportunity to intentionally think back on one’s own automotive journey and driving history. For me, this COAL story begins some 20 years ago, in 2001. It […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/a-rang.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Away in a Ranger")
COAL: Away in a Ranger
Posted on January 20, 2021 | 28 CommentsIt’s funny having this opportunity to intentionally think back on one’s own automotive journey and driving history. For me, this COAL story begins some 20 years ago, in 2001. It […] -
![It’s been over two years since I bought my 1963 Thunderbird, and although an old car owner’s work is never done, I’ve finally reached the point in my ownership tenure […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/111_0511.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Two-Year Rule")
COAL Update: 1963 Ford Thunderbird – The Two-Year Rule
Posted on January 18, 2021 | 36 CommentsIt’s been over two years since I bought my 1963 Thunderbird, and although an old car owner’s work is never done, I’ve finally reached the point in my ownership tenure […] -
![(»This is Cars of a Lifetime, so I’m gonna tell the whole story, back to the first roots and shoots of my awareness of cars. There’ll be some chronological turbulence […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1117_Cropped.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1970 Dodge Dart and Associates – Earliest Influences")
COAL: 1970 Dodge Dart and Associates – Earliest Influences
Posted on January 16, 2021 | 41 Comments(»This is Cars of a Lifetime, so I’m gonna tell the whole story, back to the first roots and shoots of my awareness of cars. There’ll be some chronological turbulence […]
