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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1963 Ford Thunderbird–A 19-Year-Old Me’s Wish Fulfilled
Posted on February 27, 2019 | 35 CommentsOwning seven old cars has painted me as a man with no impulse control, but that’s a little unfair. In truth, most of the cars I have bought had been […] -
COAL: 2013 Ford Focus – Oil Change, Recall, And State Inspection Debacle Plus A Brief Observation About Modern Vehicle Infotainment
Posted on February 26, 2019 | 55 CommentsCar maintenance is generally a pretty straightforward thing. And oil changes are perhaps the most predictable upkeep expenses of an internal combustion vehicle. Pulling the oil dipstick out of the […] -
COAL: 1987 Ford F-150 – Bare Bones Work Truck Or A Pretty Nice Ride
Posted on February 23, 2019 | 16 Comments(our newest Saturday COAL series starts today) I’ve had a lifelong love affair with cars, and spent everyday dreaming of being able to drive. My parents told me that when […] -
COAL: 1982 Toyota Celica- How It Felt To Be Cool For Once
Posted on February 17, 2019 | 19 CommentsYour first car will always teach you lessons in Life, Love, and Car Maintenance – on a Budget -
SUVOAL: 2002 Dodge Durango – A Long Term Appliance With 3 Seats
Posted on February 14, 2019 | 35 CommentsDon’t shine a black light on any of the seats of my Durango. 2 wives, 3 kids, 5 dogs, and 4 cats have all been ferried around within its confines […] -
COAL: 1987 Pontiac Trans Am – The Beginning
Posted on February 10, 2019 | 42 Comments(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series writer) I never paid much attention to cars before. Sure I had toy cars and trucks, but never really paid attention to the full […] -
COAL: 1977 Pontiac Bonneville – The Reincarnation of a COAL With Valencia Interior
Posted on February 9, 2019 | 39 CommentsIn the fall of 1977, my father came home in a new car, a black 1977 Bonneville Brougham. It looked pretty much like this, but with a black vinyl top. -
COAL: 2016 Chevrolet Camaro SS2- The Angry Car
Posted on February 3, 2019 | 26 CommentsWith the Miata now departed in the summer of 2017, I had a green light from the Mrs. to replace it. The world was my oyster, within reason. A C-6 […] -
Tractors of a Lifetime: 1951 Ford 8N and 2008 Kioti DK40SE
Posted on February 2, 2019 | 8 CommentsDad and I both had an itch to rebuild an old tractor. We’d both liked the little grey Fergie, and when an 8N came up, we bought it. It was […] -
COAL: Jeep CJ-5 Dragster – My Father-In-Law’s Greatest Car
Posted on January 30, 2019 | 18 CommentsAs the owner of an automobile dealership on Long Island, my father-in-law Frank Holz (1924-1995) must have driven thousands of cars during his lifetime. His greatest car, however, was one […] -
COAL – 1971 Plymouth Satellite – Dad’s Car
Posted on January 29, 2019 | 57 CommentsI haven’t even had that green thing in the picture for 4 years yet, but located within the confines of its steel, plastic and rubber soul is a lifetime of memories and a direct connection (no pun […] -
COAL: 1999 Mazda Miata MX-5 10 Year Anniversary Edition – My First Fun Car
Posted on January 27, 2019 | 23 CommentsIn the spring of 2013, I was almost 47. I had (and have) a good life and much to be thankful for. There were however, a lot of “what […] -
TOAL: 1973 Massey-Ferguson 135 – Nearly Perfect
Posted on January 26, 2019 | 8 CommentsDad had a yearning for another tractor. A co-worker of mine had a Massey-Ferguson 135 Diesel that his father had bought nearly new in the 1970’s, and after decades of […] -
COAL: SAAB 9-3 Turbo X – The Black Beast
Posted on January 26, 2019 | 15 CommentsOn the previous installment, you, dear readers, discovered the beginning of my special relation with Saab. When I turned 18, I quickly passed my driving license, and started my driving […] -
COAL: My Father Through The Cars Of His Lifetime
Posted on January 23, 2019 | 41 CommentsIf you can learn a great deal about people from the automobiles they purchase and drive, then I’d like to introduce you to my father, Carl E. Mueller (1906-1970). Dad […]