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- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Find: 1989 Nissan Sentra – Tolerable, Basic and Well-Preserved
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
- Bert Fernandez on Vintage Snapshots: The Cars In Our Neighborhoods In The ’50s-’60s – Part 3
- Moparlee on Vintage Dealers: 1971 Dodges In The Showroom – Opening Day!
- Mike on Curbside Find: 1971 Chevelle Malibu – Not Exactly What Comes To Mind When You Think “Malibu”
- Eric703 on Curbside Find: 1989 Nissan Sentra – Tolerable, Basic and Well-Preserved
- Eric703 on Curbside Find: 1989 Nissan Sentra – Tolerable, Basic and Well-Preserved
- tbm3fan on The Junkyard Sculpture Garden
- Joseph Dennis on Curbside Musings: 1975 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Convertible – Bigger Than Your Appetite
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL #11: 1987 VW Vanagon Westfalia – The Leatherman Multi-Tool Of Curbside Classics
Posted on July 29, 2020 | 32 CommentsThe Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia camper has gained a special set of supporters and detractors over the years. No vehicle is perfect, but the Vanagon seems to bring out a particular […] -
COAL: Diving Into National Competition With My Miata
Posted on July 26, 2020 | 10 CommentsIt was both one of the most rewarding and most frustrating periods of my life. I had never originally intended to end up as one of the Serious Business […] -
COAL: 1979 Subaru 1600 4WD Wagon – Snowpiercer
Posted on July 25, 2020 | 15 CommentsIn 1979 I headed to upstate New York for my first USAF duty assignment – at Plattsburgh AFB. Plattsburgh was about 30 minutes from Lake Placid and about the […] -
COAL #10: 2001 Audi A6 2.7T – The Clean Up Hitter Comes To Bat
Posted on July 22, 2020 | 13 CommentsAudi spent the 1990’s in the US trying to claw back from the death blow provided by the Unintended Acceleration scandal of 1986. Those were dark days for the mark, […] -
COAL: #23: 1986 Volvo 240GL – Ovlov the Grand Lux
Posted on July 18, 2020 | 3 CommentsSomewhere in the middle of working on my P1800, and messing with my 444 I found this 240 GL. As you would expect I was down in Clinton working on […] -
COAL #9: 1991 Audi 200 20V – How Fast Do You Want To Go?
Posted on July 15, 2020 | 23 CommentsThe 1991 Audi 200 20V was a limited production, high performance sports sedan made for one year only. It was the precursor to the Audi UrS4 & UrS6 models, which […] -
COAL: 1993 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham – Mine’s Bigger
Posted on July 14, 2020 | 23 CommentsI have a problem with cars – I tend to change them out like some people change phones or computers. Driving to my girlfriend’s house in Pittsburgh, another vinyl topped […] -
COAL: My 1988 Mazda RX-7, And The Curse Of Merely Good
Posted on July 12, 2020 | 33 CommentsI was very lucky to stumble on a house that was 1) within walking distance of work, 2) next door to my best friends, and 3) had a four car […] -
COAL: #22 1954 Volvo 444 – My Dream Car?
Posted on July 11, 2020 | 18 CommentsAlright, fair warning readers, this post could be a little long as it has a story that I think I should share. -
COAL: 1986 Ford Taurus LX – The Great Fluid And Strut Replacement Of 2020
Posted on July 10, 2020 | 66 CommentsTo paraphrase The Beatles, the Taurus is getting better all the time. With fresh oil, transmission fluid, and filters, the Vulcan V6 has new blood running through its veins. And […] -
COAL #8: 1987 Audi 5000CS – Stylish Executive Transport
Posted on July 8, 2020 | 32 CommentsSome events in history create such a stir that they fuse a person’s time and the outside world’s time together as if captured in a photograph of a single permanent […] -
Curbside Classic: 1969 VW Type 3 Fastback – In Good Company
Posted on July 7, 2020 | 51 Comments(first posted 7/6/2014) There it was, smiling impishly at me, like an old friend. Once upon a time, and for all too brief a time, I had one quite […] -
COAL: #21 Volvo XC60 – The German Swede
Posted on July 4, 2020 | 7 CommentsAfter the Outback had an airbag clock spring concern, I was not confident in the safety of it. I began to search for something that I felt I should have […] -
COAL–2013 Toyota RAV4 AWD Limited: Mom, in Memoriam
Posted on July 3, 2020 | 51 CommentsI’m not having a good 2020. Most of us aren’t. We’re isolated, disrupted, nervous about finances and health. We’ve been shown just what a fragile illusion our booming economy and […] -
COAL #7: 1980 and 1986 Audi 4000’s – The Buttoned Down Sports Sedans
Posted on July 1, 2020 | 18 CommentsThe year was 1984 and everyone in Southern California was preparing for the Summer Olympics to be held in LA and surrounding environs. The Vega GT Estate Wagon (which just […]