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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1993 Nissan Sentra SE-R – Kismet
Posted on February 23, 2024 | 20 CommentsThe time had finally come. I’d been dreaming of having a classic car pretty much my entire life, but either finances, circumstances or both had gotten in the way. -
COAL: 1970 Buick Riviera — Part 1: Different From Everything Else
Posted on February 21, 2024 | 60 CommentsA Time of Change Our goal in moving from Endicott to Vestal, NY in winter of 1974 was recapturing the rural magic of living in Unadilla. While the move was […] -
COAL #12: 1997 Chrysler Town and Country LXI
Posted on February 17, 2024 | 11 CommentsAs I mentioned in my last post, this time I was looking for a fancy minivan! While I wouldn’t have considered a Chrysler in the same league as a […] -
COAL: 1971 Ford Ranch Wagon — A Mint-coated Turd Is Still A Turd
Posted on February 14, 2024 | 18 CommentsWe acquired a 1971 Ford Ranch wagon in summer of 1974, which shared driveway space in Endicott with our ‘66 Country Squire. In our previous COAL installment, I referred […] -
COAL #11: ’94 Cadillac Seville STS – Can A Dream Car Serve As A Family Car?
Posted on February 10, 2024 | 26 CommentsThis was my second dream car. It raised the question; “Can a dream car really serve as a family car?” I hadn’t thought too much about Cadillacs for quite a […] -
COAL: 1966 Ford Country Sedan — Ten Years Is Too Long To Wait
Posted on February 7, 2024 | 20 CommentsWith our Pontiac gone, it appeared we were in dire transportation straits in the fall of 1972. But surprisingly, we had a utility infielder waiting in the transportation dugout. […] -
COAL #15: The ’69 Mustang – My Little Pony (Car)
Posted on February 4, 2024 | 13 CommentsReturn with me now to those bygone days… long before the PC, the internet, and the cellphone. In May 1972, when it came time to replace the ’66 Comet, I […] -
COAL #10: ’90 Honda Civic SI
Posted on February 3, 2024 | 23 CommentsThis was another one of the few cars that we bought new. In many ways, it was my favorite of all the cars that I have ever owned. It was […] -
COAL: 1967 Pontiac Catalina Convertible — Months For Some, A Lifetime For Others
Posted on January 31, 2024 | 26 CommentsMusic takes me places, at least in my mind. “In Only Seven Days,” the eighth track on Queen’s 1978 “Jazz” album, is streaming on Spotify as I write this. I […] -
COAL #9: ’90 Dodge Caravan
Posted on January 27, 2024 | 47 CommentsWhile the Cougar wasn’t the worst family car, the birth of our son made it clear that something bigger was needed. We were already a family of three, our daughter […] -
COAL: 1963 Cadillac Sedan deVille — The Tale Of The Fin
Posted on January 24, 2024 | 44 CommentsAh, to be four years-old again. I quickly landed on 1971 as I pondered the “If you could go back in time . . .” scenario (again) one afternoon. […] -
COAL #13: One Last Mercury Caliente Story: Cross-Country Comet Capers
Posted on January 21, 2024 | 15 CommentsBefore we leave my first car in the metaphorical Curbside Classic dust, it may be worth relating some snippets of cross-country adventures successfully completed during my college years at Art […] -
COAL #8: ’84 Mercury Cougar
Posted on January 20, 2024 | 25 CommentsMy new job was in Downtown Los Angeles, we lived approximately twenty miles east in Whittier. My work commute usually took a half hour when traffic was light and we […] -
COAL Update: 2016 Opel Astra and 2015 Honda Civic Tourer – Bye Bye
Posted on January 17, 2024 | 19 CommentsIt might seem planned that both our family’s rides would be sold within five months of each other, but actually this was, as many things are, just a luck of […] -
The Art Center Years: Settling In, Out West – Arriving To The School Where Cars Are Born
Posted on January 14, 2024 | 13 CommentsTime for a short break in the COAL series. When we left our protagonist, he had completed his first coast-to-coast trip in his trusty ’66 Caliente convertible. Figures just-unearthed […]