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Curbside Classics Archives
Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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![My 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1975 Caprice Classic — Just Classic!")
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 […] -
![After 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/red-Honda-750-1976.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – Cycles Of A Lifetime: 1974 Honda CB750 — Freedom Comes In Four Cylinders")
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 […] -
![My 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/74-Fox-Magazine-Ad.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL #18: The ’74 Audi – A Fox Joins the Family")
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 […] -
![I’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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1977Cutlass4Door.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1973 Mercury Montego Villager & 1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme — A Tale Of Two Broughams")
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, […] -
![Motorcycles 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1971_honda_350_sl_16079968868644dbfdIMG_1650-1.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Cycle Of A Lifetime: Two Honda Twins and a Knucklehead")
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 […] -
![(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, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/1968ChryslerNewport07.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1968 Chrysler Newport – My Fountain Of Youth")
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, […] -
![For 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. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/PXL_20240317_155021007a.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2023 Dodge Challenger SXT – Where Have You Been All My Life?")
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. […] -
![It 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1972_ford_mustang_1574520776ca737580c87110-scaled.webp?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1972 Ford Mustang Sprint Special Edition – “What’s Red, White, And Blue And Brand New From Ford?”")
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 […] -
![I’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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1991-landscape-1459178887-ser.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Fun Car, SE-Rious Problems")
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 […] -
![By 1985, my sister had graduated high school and was working full time in retail while pursuing a career in secretarial performing arts. She had proven to my parents that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/1985-0070-Pams-New-Honda-CRX-May.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Extra: 1985 Honda Civic CRX – Never Co-sign For A Car Loan")
COAL Extra: 1985 Honda Civic CRX – Never Co-sign For A Car Loan
Posted on March 21, 2024 | 13 CommentsBy 1985, my sister had graduated high school and was working full time in retail while pursuing a career in secretarial performing arts. She had proven to my parents that […] -
![One of my earliest memories is of going to the wrecking yard with my Grandpa Ed. He was friends with the guy who owned the place, so we got […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/edfredharleys-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Grandpa Was a Gearhead")
COAL: Grandpa Was a Gearhead
Posted on March 20, 2024 | 25 CommentsOne of my earliest memories is of going to the wrecking yard with my Grandpa Ed. He was friends with the guy who owned the place, so we got […] -
Mazda Of A Lifetime: 1982 Mazda GLC Sport – One Owner Since New
Posted on March 19, 2024 | 19 CommentsSo how many of these are left on the road anywhere? As a daily driver no less. Well here is one I am very familiar with. -
![Art Center graduation was less than a year away, and there was little or no prospect of landing a junior designer position at any of the then-Big Three (least of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/70-Ford-Pickup-Brochure-Cover.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: The ’70 F-100 — From Pony Car to Pickup")
COAL: The ’70 F-100 — From Pony Car to Pickup
Posted on March 17, 2024 | 11 CommentsArt Center graduation was less than a year away, and there was little or no prospect of landing a junior designer position at any of the then-Big Three (least of […] -
![In 2004 my father bought his second new personal car in my lifetime. Before he had used those of the Army in 1946, then company cars during his working life, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PICT0001.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Buick LeSabre — Father To Son Again")
COAL: 2004 Buick LeSabre — Father To Son Again
Posted on March 16, 2024 | 26 CommentsIn 2004 my father bought his second new personal car in my lifetime. Before he had used those of the Army in 1946, then company cars during his working life, […] -
![I’m calling this one an “Extra” because this was not my car nor a car I ever drove. This was my sister’s first car, and it’s a good enough story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/1984-0141-Pams-1977-Gremlin-May.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL Extra: 1977 AMC Gremlin – The Dangers of Procrastination")
COAL Extra: 1977 AMC Gremlin – The Dangers of Procrastination
Posted on March 13, 2024 | 34 CommentsI’m calling this one an “Extra” because this was not my car nor a car I ever drove. This was my sister’s first car, and it’s a good enough story […]
