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Cars Of A Lifetime Archive
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COAL: 1967 Chevrolet Bel Air Wagon – A Travelling Party Room For The Single Gentleman
Posted on November 21, 2015 | 31 CommentsTurquoise wagon images via oldparkedcars.com At the age of 24, I found myself in a booming mountain tourist town. I was living the party life, and for a brief period did […] -
COAL: 2009 Kia Rondo, Korean Renault (Or What Americans Don’t Want)
Posted on November 15, 2015 | 36 CommentsIn 2005, I was blessed to travel to Majorca, Spain with my father, my now ex-wife and my at the time two children, ages 5 and 3, to visit family […] -
COAL: 1995 Suzuki DR650 – Self Taught Lessons
Posted on November 14, 2015 | 20 CommentsI used to think motorcycles were stupid. I thought you had to have a death wish to ride them, they’re just inherently dangerous. Since my younger self had a tendency to […] -
COAL: 1985 Chevrolet G20 Sportvan – Go West Young Man, In A $1 Van
Posted on November 7, 2015 | 30 CommentsTwo automotive rites of passage that I feel every gear head should experience is to live in a vehicle and to own a $1 vehicle. The romantic idea of living […] -
COAL: 1970 AMC Hornet – A Dissertation On The Owner-Beater Relationship
Posted on October 31, 2015 | 36 CommentsYep, I’m going to beat you over the head with the AMC hammer again. Don’t worry though, I won’t wax poetic over how this machine is technically superior to a […] -
COAL: 1957 Chevrolet 210 – You Can’t Keep Them All
Posted on October 24, 2015 | 30 CommentsIs it possible to go to a car show and not see a ’57 Chev? Probably not. Is it possible to be offered a ’57 Chev for $500 (in 2002) […] -
COAL: 2015 Kia Rio – What A Knocking Taurus And $200 Can Get You
Posted on October 19, 2015 | 69 CommentsLast April, I leased a new 2015 Kia Rio LX with manual transmission, a total stripper. There is not a single option on this car, but that’s not the point […] -
COAL: 1975 AMC Gremlin X V8 – Permanent Back Burner, Garage Hogging, Neverending Project Car
Posted on October 17, 2015 | 38 CommentsWhat was your dream car as a kid? Mine was a V8 Gremlin. I know, that’s really weird. And when you set the bar low, it’s pretty easy to attain. […] -
COAL: 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance – Exceptional, What With RHD and 500 Cubic Inches
Posted on October 6, 2015 | 64 Comments(Submitted by Peter Jenkins) I am a new contributor, from Auckland, New Zealand. This is my 1981 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D’Elegance, which is much like other Cadillacs of this […] -
COAL: 1987 Jeep Cherokee Laredo – What If…
Posted on October 3, 2015 | 18 CommentsYou may have noticed in my past COALs that I had a propensity to learn things the hard way and make less than stellar decisions when purchasing vehicles. That trend […] -
COAL: 1987 Cadillac Brougham – From A Curbside Classic To My Curbside Classic
Posted on September 27, 2015 | 95 CommentsHere is the back story. I am a 34 old guy from the rusty Northeastern US. Massachusetts to be exact. I have always wanted one of these cars since 1987 […] -
COAL: 1986 Chevrolet S-10 – All My Friends Know The Lowrider
Posted on September 26, 2015 | 20 CommentsI was 18, working as a pizza delivery guy, but didn’t have my own set of wheels. School was a 15 minute drive away and I did not consider taking […] -
COAL: 1977 AMC Gremlin – Very Easy To Find In A Parking Lot
Posted on September 19, 2015 | 68 CommentsI’ve always had a bit of a thing for the underdog. In the automotive world, AMC is pretty easy to cite as the biggest underdog. Their cars were just […] -
COAL: 1974 BMW 2002 – Rust-Bucket Resurrected
Posted on September 13, 2015 | 20 CommentsThe finished project! For Sale to recover all the unplanned $’s spent Do you remember back when you could by a classic car for one dollar? I do! In 1998, […] -
COAL: 1965 Plymouth Valiant Barracuda – You Only Get One First Car; Preferably One That Can Actually Be Driven
Posted on September 12, 2015 | 45 Comments(Welcome our newest COAL series writer, Nelson James. Thanks to our recent appeal for new COAL writers, we now have two new series underway, one that started last Sunday […]