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- -Nate on Curbside Classic: 1973 Starcraft Starcruiser – “Thunder of the Bay”
- Dan Berning on Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow
- Sal on Curbside Recycling: 1987 Ford EXP – Forgotten Commuter Coupe
- Jeff Sun on Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow
- -Nate on Vintage Snapshots: Plymouth Owners In The ’50s-’60s
- Dawn on My New CC: 1987 Suzuki Forsa – Wake Up Little Suzuki; The Forsa Is With Me
- Paul Niedermeyer on Curbside Recycling: 1987 Ford EXP – Forgotten Commuter Coupe
- Paul Niedermeyer on CC Capsule: Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint – Giorgetto Giugiaro’s Brilliant Debut
- Paul Niedermeyer on Curbside Classic: 1970 Fiat Giannini 500 TV – What’s This All Abarth?
- Paul Niedermeyer on Curbside Classic: 1977 Buick LeSabre Custom Coupe – Mellow In Yellow
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 2016 Opel Astra K – A Thoroughly Modern Hatchback
Posted on September 9, 2018 | 49 Comments(83 LeBaron needed a day off, so we have this one-time COAL) It was almost two years ago that I posted this COAL about my family’s main ride, the Opel […] -
COAL: 1995 Dodge Neon – Hi.
Posted on September 8, 2018 | 30 CommentsI still have the plate! I wasn’t happy with the ’86 Firenza I had bought on the cheap. Too slow, not great on fuel, and not a good handler, I wanted something […] -
COAL: 2007 Buick Lucerne CX – eBay Special
Posted on September 2, 2018 | 26 CommentsAs my 98 Pontiac Bonneville was getting older, I thought about looking for a newer car. It was 2009 and I knew that the 3800 engine was out of production, […] -
COAL: 1986 Oldsmobile Firenza – Short Term Flipper
Posted on September 1, 2018 | 33 CommentsNot the actual car. I’d recently moved home, and gotten a job at an auto parts store on the counter. I’d bought the 1987 F150 and sold the 1992 Saturn SC. I wasn’t […] -
COAL: 1975 Ford Pinto–Fecal Brown Freedom
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 81 Comments(first posted 12/22/2012) In the summer of 1986, I was home after my freshman year at engineering school when my Aunt Betty offered me a job driving for the courier […] -
CC For Sale: 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 – After Nearly 32 Years, It’s Time For Different Adventures
Posted on August 27, 2018 | 89 CommentsI recently finished John Toland’s excellent biography of Adolf Hitler. Going into scorching detail on many things, one of the statements about Neville Chamberlain’s negotiations with Hitler struck a highly […] -
COAL: 2001 Buick LeSabre Limited – Grandpa’s Car Part II
Posted on August 26, 2018 | 18 CommentsWe knew that our 2000 LeSabre was getting up in miles (140,000), so it was time to consider getting something newer. My wife liked the ergonomics and the 3800 engine, […] -
COAL: 1987 Ford F-150 – Finally, Another Truck!
Posted on August 25, 2018 | 29 CommentsWhere we had last left off, I had moved back home and taken a job at a local auto parts store on the counter. I’d bought a ’92 Saturn SC previously from […] -
Trucks of a Lifetime: 1986 F150 4X4 – Unstoppable and Unkillable
Posted on August 22, 2018 | 24 CommentsThe “after” picture In my previous story I had decided that the major shortcoming of my 1972 F100 was no longer something I could live with, namely the lack of […] -
COAL: 1995 Plymouth Voyager LE – The Magic Wagon
Posted on August 19, 2018 | 33 CommentsNote: These pictures are of the actual car One day after arriving at work, a co-worker met me in the parking lot for the walk to the office. He saw […] -
COAL: 1971 International Scout 800B – Orange Oddball
Posted on August 18, 2018 | 33 CommentsI’ve always had a soft spot for International Scouts. My parents had one when I was little, and it was replaced with another after my mother rolled it. I’d had […] -
My Cars of a Lifetime: 43 Years of Mostly Mundane Motoring
Posted on August 13, 2018 | 35 CommentsAfter reading many CC contributors’ extensive COALs, I decided to chronicle my own car ownership. I think I can condense it down to one post. I won’t include any […] -
COAL (Cars Of A Lifetime): 2015 Jeep Wrangler JK Sport S – Who Knew? This Thing Is Great!
Posted on August 12, 2018 | 62 CommentsLast summer, my wife reminded me (as if I needed reminding) that our oldest would be getting her driver’s permit in the spring and inevitably the conversation turned towards cars […] -
COAL: 1988 Plymouth Reliant SE : Grandpa’s Legacy
Posted on August 12, 2018 | 21 CommentsNote: These are actual pictures of the car For 20 years, my in-laws spent the winter months in Florida (October to April) to avoid the cold and snow. In 1998, […] -
COAL: 2008 Honda Element – 5,000 Miles in the Pacific Northwest
Posted on August 11, 2018 | 39 CommentsAfter two years of hard wrenching and scads of hard cash, it became apparent that my balky VW van was never going to be reliable enough to adventure with. As […]