Countless boys across many generations have been mesmerized by Chevy’s Corvette. In the 70s and 80s it was the only real American mass production sports car to fantasize about. I […]
There must be a correlation between when a car model is on sale and the age of the fan of that particular car. Some younger children love cars, but those […]
(note: the cars in this COAL series have not been in chronological order. ED) My first car. A friend saw this car for sale in a nearby trailer park. He […]
“Buy low/sell high” is a great rule for practically any business venture. If you can do both, you’re well on your way to profitability. If you can regularly achieve at […]
Contact information in a classified ad is necessary, but by revealing it you can’t select who is going to contact you. Its a double-edged sword. You need serious, prospective buyers […]
The Chevy El Camino makes me smile. It is one of those vehicles people love to hate on. The El Camino was certainly a niche market vehicle and those outside […]
The first time I saw it, it was parked down the street in the neighbor’s driveway: A very plain, white, Fox-bodied Mustang. This car was not a hatchback, it was […]
I was young, married, with three little kids, and another one on the way. Money was tight. My father-in-law found out my wife and I were sharing our ‘94 Grand […]
One of the positives of buying and selling cars is all the different people you get to meet. One of the downsides of buying and selling cars is all the […]
“Autos For Sale” was the section of the classifieds I was perusing in the newspaper. It was 1990 and I was a college kid who just needed some transportation. Flush […]
(note: Mr. Pastor’s COAL series is not in chronological order. ED) I was looking for cheap transportation. It was the late 1990s and my wife and I had just plunked […]
(Please welcome our newest COAL series author, James Pastor) A couple of years ago, when my son was about 13, I noticed his addiction to video games was getting […]