![As many readers may know, I have flirted with 4×4 vans for some time. But the dream of a full sized 4×4 van has never really blossomed. I even owned […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/86-CHEVY-4X4-VAN-low-miles-4x4-VAN-copy.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars of a Lifetime: 1986 Chevrolet 4×4 Van – Once We Were Lovers")
![So what is brown, smelly, rather small, and uncomfortable? Yes, it’s a Nissan 720 pickup! What could it do for me? Could it haul the whole family in comfort? No. […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/DSCF1407.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1984 Nissan 720 4×4 Pickup -What Can Brown Do For Me?")
![During the time of my last few COAL posts some big changes were under way in my household. I try not to publish too much of my dirty laundry personal […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/pic.aspx_.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A (New) Lifetime: 2012 Dodge Avenger SXT – Midsized Ride, Big Time Change")
![I spotted this one day awhile ago and had to stop and talk to the owner. According to him it’s a 1972 model. But I can’t see how that is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Image-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Outtake: Now That’s a Truck!")
![One of my longest, most enduring fantasies (other than a personal harem) has always been to own a classic Land Rover. I have looked and looked at them, I have […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSCF1042.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1964 Land Rover Series IIa 109″ Wagon – Dreams are Made of Rust")
![I guess I just like to be propositioned. During my brief fling with the Jeep Cherokee, I was told that a friend of a friend really wanted a Cherokee and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSCF6852.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1991 Lexus ES250 – Luxury For The Proletariat")
![After I got tired of the GM V6 and the limited seating in my Comanche, I put an ad in CL for it for about double what I had paid […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSCF6151.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1991 Jeep Cherokee – Tiresome")
![Once upon a time I found myself looking for a pickup that would get good gas mileage, have four-wheel-drive, be able to pull a trailer, have a large bed, and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSCF6008.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1986 Jeep Comanche 4×4 – Old Soapy")
![(Picture by Gary Nolan) Well here we are again in another Vanagon. Remember how I said I hated them? I did hate them after my diesel Vanagon experience. But then […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/P1010085.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars of a Lifetime: 1980 Volkswagen Vanagon -Vanagonagian Or Some People Never Learn")
![Remember the 4×4 Toyota Van that met an untimely near-death a few cars back? It appears that we were working on killing the un-killable. So for my next victim, I […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IMG_1211.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars of a Lifetime: 1989 Toyota 4×4 Van- The Second Death or History Repeats Itself")
![(Pictures not mine) After we got our Land Rover Discovery (because our Ford van was too big for our shrinking family), I traded the van for a pickup. I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/10014205bj.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Cars Of A Lifetime: 1982 Toyota 4×4 Pickup – How The Japanese Do Four Wheel Drive")
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