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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1981 Bonneville Brougham – A True Gift
Posted on April 20, 2024 | 13 CommentsPaul, my father in law, and I learned early on that we both really loved cars. We were always doing car shows, and he would tell me about the 1956 […] -
COAL: Cycles Of A Lifetime – ’77 Harley-Davidson XLCR – With Apologies to Willie G.
Posted on April 17, 2024 | 18 CommentsI went from a chopper to a Cafe Racer. It wasn’t that surprising since I had made a few improvements to my earlier chopper to make it more roadworthy. -
COAL: 1965 Ford Thunderbird — My First Classic!
Posted on April 13, 2024 | 12 CommentsThis was my first classic car. And it spawned a lifetime of my love for classic cars. I had made friends with a girl who went to my school; Kim […] -
COAL: 2020 Subaru Outback Touring XT
Posted on April 11, 2024 | 11 CommentsWelcome to my next, and unexpected, COAL installment. I wasn’t planning on getting rid of the COAL 2018 BMW 740e, at all. -
COAL: Cycles Of A Lifetime — A Harley-Davidson… at Last!
Posted on April 10, 2024 | 20 CommentsThere is an old saying, “You can always tell a Harley rider, but you can’t tell them much!” I had wanted to make the move up to Harley-Davidson for […] -
COAL: The ’74 Audi – A Fox in Winter
Posted on April 7, 2024 | 30 CommentsAfter taking delivery of the Fox in October 1974, I looked for any halfway reasonable excuse to get behind the wheel and explore its virtues. Naturally, it didn’t have the […] -
COAL: 1975 Caprice Classic — Just Classic!
Posted on April 6, 2024 | 25 CommentsMy dad and mom were 40 and 42 when I was born, so it was a different generation. Mom didn’t drive and therefore didn’t really understand cars. However, she knew […] -
COAL – Cycles Of A Lifetime: 1974 Honda CB750 — Freedom Comes In Four Cylinders
Posted on April 3, 2024 | 17 CommentsAfter the debacle of the re-assembled Honda 750 engine and pieced-together chassis and running gear, I decided to get another 750. But this time it would be a factory […] -
COAL #18: The ’74 Audi – A Fox Joins the Family
Posted on March 31, 2024 | 34 CommentsMy piece on the ’70 F-100 should rightly have been COAL #17, following as it did the brief piece on my father’s ’64 T-Bird. So we’ll get back in […] -
COAL: 1973 Mercury Montego Villager & 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme — A Tale Of Two Broughams
Posted on March 30, 2024 | 23 CommentsI’d like to start out my COAL by coming clean; I love all things Brougham! Yes, I like well-overstuffed velour seating as in the Cadillac Fleetwood Talisman, cornering lights, […] -
COAL Cycle Of A Lifetime: Two Honda Twins and a Knucklehead
Posted on March 27, 2024 | 17 CommentsMotorcycles had always been important to me, and I used them as basic transportation. I rode them to work, on various errands, as well as pleasure riding. My Father […] -
Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth
Posted on March 26, 2024 | 67 Comments(first posted 3/26/2018) Most of us have fond memories of the cars of our youth. Didn’t you just love the stuff that was in showrooms before you reached, say, […] -
COAL: 2023 Dodge Challenger SXT – Where Have You Been All My Life?
Posted on March 25, 2024 | 100 CommentsFor my entire adult life, I’ve been preoccupied by old cars: buying them, fixing them, driving them, drawing pictures of them, taking naps in them on warm summer days, etc. […] -
COAL: 1972 Ford Mustang Sprint Special Edition – “What’s Red, White, And Blue And Brand New From Ford?”
Posted on March 24, 2024 | 16 CommentsIt was the summer of ‘72 and exciting things were happening for me despite barely graduating high school due to serious senioritis during the spring. I had attained first-time love […] -
COAL: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Fun Car, SE-Rious Problems
Posted on March 23, 2024 | 31 CommentsI’m honored to submit my first COAL installment, and where better to start than with the first (and only) new car I ever signed my name to, a 1991 Nissan […]