On a snowy Sunday of late, my dad and I made our annual sojourn to a local Model A Restorers Club swap meet, which was unfortunately less well-attended by vendors […]
It’s clear by my fairly consistent COAL updates that I have no problem buying cars and figuring out storage later, but I think all of us have a list of […]
Wits as diverse as Lao Tzu and Aaron Tippin have long argued that no project is going to start itself, and my new-to-me ’63 Riviera is no exception. As the […]
I often have to pause mid-conversation and explain the rationale for something I just said to my wife, not because she doesn’t understand the topic, but because she doesn’t understand […]
Fans of early-1960s full-size Fords are often divided by evens and odds, with those being in favor of the 1961 and 1963 models being in the completely unscientific majority. As […]
The irrepressible Oscar Wilde subtitled his most famous play “A Trivial Comedy for Serious People,” a work whose protagonist was “Ernest in town and Jack in the country” because this […]
There’s something inside me that can’t help but wonder if 1963 was the apogee of American popular culture. The radio began its short-lived dalliance with bossa nova music, introducing us […]
(first posted 11/28/2016) The history of the automobile is riddled with fascinating anecdotes involving spectacular failures in addition to the successes of popular folklore. Mercury’s story is more often sad […]
In anticipation of a new COAL subject (a ’63 Buick Riviera) coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for […]
In anticipation of a new COAL subject (a ’63 Buick Riviera) coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for […]
In anticipation of a new COAL subject coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for my mind to wander, […]
In anticipation of a new COAL subject coming soon, I plan to update my fleet adventures of the past year or so. Given the propensity for my mind to wander, […]
As my parents celebrate their 50th anniversary this winter, I can appreciate, among other things, that they’ve stayed together long enough that I never had to deal with the prospect […]