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COAL: 1989 Toyota Corolla SR5–Flying By You

Posted on January 5, 2013 | 22 Comments
“The red was so bright and shiny,” she said, “it was hard to look at.” But when I met her, four years post-purchase, the red finish on her 1989 Corolla […]
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COAL: 1989 Chevrolet Beretta–The Dentmobile

Posted on December 29, 2012 | 45 Comments
In 1989 I graduated from engineering school, got a job, rented an apartment and, since Dad wanted his ’83 Renault Alliance back, went car shopping. I wanted to buy a […]
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COAL: 1983 Renault Alliance MT–The Appliance

Posted on December 15, 2012 | 32 Comments
In 1984, at the age of 16, I went to Germany on an exchange program. At the time, our family’s only vehicle was that Chevy van with the unattached rear […]
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COAL: 1978 Chevrolet Van – The Iron Maiden

Posted on December 8, 2012 | 29 Comments
We had been comfortably cruising around in the coolest car Dad ever owned – a 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini coupe – when he decided to go into business for […]
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COAL: 1974 AMC Matador Oleg Cassini – Copper and Rust

Posted on December 1, 2012 | 71 Comments
(ED: Welcome Jim Grey, who is starting a new Saturday COAL series today) During my 1970s kidhood, lots of dads on my block had two-door cars. Moms, on the other […]
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