I’ve written a little in the COALs I did a while back about my Dad owning a repossession agency, and while digging through my old photos recently I stumbled […]
My previous Car of a Lifetime entry was a bit of a novella, because I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and wrenching and planning on that truck; this one […]
Upon return from my honeymoon, I was faced with a dilemma: What to do with a balky, unreliable Ford Taurus that didn’t owe me anything. At this point it had […]
Image: IMCDB.com, a still from an episode of the X-Files. That could be Mulder behind the wheel. By 1999, my trusty CRX was getting long in the tooth. It was […]
In my sophomore year of college, my roommate and I returned to school, and to our new off-campus apartment, with our vehicles. I had my trusty Mazda, and he had […]
That’s actually my CRX, in front of my old house. My neighbor Bertha’s ’73 Dodge Dart Swinger is at left. In 2014 Ate Up With Motor did a comprehensive […]
Image: Hemmings.com I’ve touched on my family’s history with wagons in previous installments, but I’ll add a little more color in this one before putting the subject to bed. As […]
Image: classiccarsofthe80s.com. Unfortunately I have no shots of my Subaru. Growing up, our family spent a lot of time in station wagons. My generation (X) may have been the last […]
Image: SMClassiccars.com Foreword: Because this was 30 years ago, and my memory is hazy, this series is going to go slightly out of order. I’m lumping the next three vehicles […]
(Welcome our newest COALman. He has a short series of six cars, and then our next new COALer will start his series). Driving to the store the other day with […]