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About Author: JJPowers
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COAL: 1965 Oldsmobile 88 – Regrets, I’ve Had a Few
Posted on June 9, 2019 | 35 CommentsWhen Frank Sinatra sung I did it my way, he expressed that his regrets were few to mention. -
COAL 1969 VW Beetle – Zeitgeist
Posted on June 2, 2019 | 73 CommentsZeitgeist (n.) The feeling of a certain era. -
![…Rather Have a Buick?” was one of Buick Motor Division’s memorable advertising slogans. A question posed to me about Buick’s desirability was: John’s looking for a home for his 1963 Riviera, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CC-Riv-Lead-Shot-e1558861276231.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1963 Buick Riviera – “Wouldn’t You Really…")
COAL: 1963 Buick Riviera – “Wouldn’t You Really…
Posted on May 26, 2019 | 25 Comments…Rather Have a Buick?” was one of Buick Motor Division’s memorable advertising slogans. A question posed to me about Buick’s desirability was: John’s looking for a home for his 1963 Riviera, […] -
![Visualize, it’s 1964, you’re around ten years old, and have just disembarked from the school bus, when a station wagon drives slowly by. At first glance it appears like an […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/CC-SW-Sunset-Cliffs-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1967 Buick Sport Wagon – Forty Years of Sky Roofs")
COAL: 1967 Buick Sport Wagon – Forty Years of Sky Roofs
Posted on May 19, 2019 | 25 CommentsVisualize, it’s 1964, you’re around ten years old, and have just disembarked from the school bus, when a station wagon drives slowly by. At first glance it appears like an […] -
![(COAL series continues, in reverse chronological order) It was finally time for my first new car. A fan of Volkswagens, alas, nothing at the VW dealer stirred emotion. While away on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Passat-97-CC-Lead.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1997 VW Passat Wagon – The Black Turtleneck")
COAL: 1997 VW Passat Wagon – The Black Turtleneck
Posted on May 12, 2019 | 8 Comments(COAL series continues, in reverse chronological order) It was finally time for my first new car. A fan of Volkswagens, alas, nothing at the VW dealer stirred emotion. While away on […] -
![At the dealership for unscheduled service on my ’97, I don’t quite know what came over me. With around 80,000 miles and this unwelcome mechanical problem, I began to question […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-14-at-9.06.52-PM.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2001.5 VW Passat Wagon – Living Large?")
COAL: 2001.5 VW Passat Wagon – Living Large?
Posted on May 5, 2019 | 12 CommentsAt the dealership for unscheduled service on my ’97, I don’t quite know what came over me. With around 80,000 miles and this unwelcome mechanical problem, I began to question […] -
![Corporate life was over. After about twenty years with the same family-owned commercial printing firm, a resignation was submitted. We had been bought out, the shop closed, and friends-associates, except […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Element-CC-car-wash.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 Honda Element EX – Through Thick and Thin")
COAL: 2004 Honda Element EX – Through Thick and Thin
Posted on April 28, 2019 | 40 CommentsCorporate life was over. After about twenty years with the same family-owned commercial printing firm, a resignation was submitted. We had been bought out, the shop closed, and friends-associates, except […] -
![(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series, which will be published in reverse chronological order. We were noting the lack of any exposure of the S2000 here recently; no more) Celebrating […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/S2000-CC-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2006 Honda S2000 – Lucky Deuce")
COAL: 2006 Honda S2000 – Lucky Deuce
Posted on April 21, 2019 | 15 Comments(welcome our newest Sunday COAL series, which will be published in reverse chronological order. We were noting the lack of any exposure of the S2000 here recently; no more) Celebrating […]
