![In late 2017 after the FB (for those that have been reading, you know what FB is) met its fate with a semi truck, I was in need of something […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/unnamed-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #34: 2016 Toyota 4Runner – Risen From The Ashes")
![In 2017, right after I had my accident with my 4Runner, I got a call from my grandmother on the other side of the family. She had a friend that […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_6354.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #33 1984 Volvo 240 – Mellow Yellow")
![**Note these cars were bought at different times, so I will try my best to not expose any future COALs. First up, is the silver 1975 Volvo 164. This car […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IMG_3201-e1587589286638-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #31/#32 1975 Volvo 164’s – Junk Yard Specials")
![Alright, this is the post. This is the car that changed it all. So it was late 2017, I had my 2017 Subaru Outback, 1954 Volvo 444, 1962 Volvo P1800, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_2827.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #30 2007 Toyota 4Runner Limited – How the High and Mighty Have Fallen")
![As I write this post I realized that I don’t have great pictures of this car. Sorry in advance. If you know anything about me by now, it’s that I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/gh.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #29 1971 Volvo 164 – A Regal Volvo")
![If you have been following my COAL series, you might recall that I had traded my 1974 Volvo 142 for something. Well this week, you finally get to know what […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/d.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #28 1971 Volvo 145 – The Green Family Machine")
![As luck would have it, I just so happened to be searching Craigslist ads, and spotted my next car. It was being advertised in St. Louis, which was not too […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/IMG_2282.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #27 1966 Volvo 122 – Green With Envy")
![I was longing for a Volvo at this point. I had a 4Runner, and a Subaru that I daily drove, and for the first time ever did not have a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/a-v2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #26 1974 Volvo 142 – Disco Fever")
![In 2017 I had just gotten rid of my Volvo XC90, and my Volvo XC60. I had just bought my first new car, a 2017 Subaru Outback. I had plans […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/q-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #25 2008 Toyota 4Runner – Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone")
![Alright, I know what you are thinking. Didn’t you just have one? You would be halfway right. I had a 2015 Outback, but this time I went with a new […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/q.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #24 2017 Subaru Outback – Another One?")
![Somewhere in the middle of working on my P1800, and messing with my 444 I found this 240 GL. As you would expect I was down in Clinton working on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1737.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #23: 1986 Volvo 240GL – Ovlov the Grand Lux")
![After the Outback had an airbag clock spring concern, I was not confident in the safety of it. I began to search for something that I felt I should have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_0636.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #21 Volvo XC60 – The German Swede")
![At this point in time, I had my 07 XC90, 75 164, 15 Outback, and 62 P1800. I had also been dabbling in various parts cars when I found them. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_0551.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #20 1972 Volvo 1800E – There’s a Corvette Engine In Its Unexpected Future")
![When I sold my 72 1800ES, I had some sort of void that I needed to fill. I wanted an 1800, but I simply did not want all the nonsense […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/vo.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "COAL: #19 1962 Volvo P1800 – Striptease")
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