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- Been driving for 45 years, so you can figure out about how old I am. First car I owned was a 1961 Ford I purchased for $75; yes, it needed some work. Have always been fascinated by cars, starting at age 7 or 8. Just too bad my income has never lived up to my automotive wants.
![When it came time to trade in the VW Rabbit on something newer, and nicer, I wasn’t exactly sure what car I wanted. I knew I didn’t want a new […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Mustang-1984-gt-silver-800.jpg "COAL: 1984 Mustang GT – My First Pony")
![In the spring of 1978 I traded my well used Nova in on a new 1978 VW Rabbit. I know that VW’s in general (and Rabbits in particular) have a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/CC-70-031-1200.jpg "COAL: 1978 VW Rabbit – Mine Was a Good One")
![I sold my Vega in the summer of 1976 and decided to try to go carless and build up a nest egg before purchasing something else. My roommate worked in […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Nova-1973-ss.jpg "COAL: 1973 Chevrolet Nova SS 350 – Torque Wins Out")
![Hi, my name is Joe and I’m a (former) Vega owner. When I sold my VW Super Beetle in the spring of 1974 I purchased a lightly used (11K miles) […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Vega-1973-gt-fq-sm.png "COAL: 1973 Vega GT – Were They Really That Bad?")
![This edition of COAL is going to be a two-fer, because the next two cars after the 1963 Plymouth were (1) not that memorable, or (2) not kept all that […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Pontiac-1965-catalina-4-door-f-hdtp.jpg "COAL: 1965 Pontiac Catalina and 1973 VW Super Beetle – Unhappy Downsizing")
![As it turned out, I only owned my first car, the 1961 Ford, for about nine months, roughly coinciding with my senior year in high school. Its replacement was a […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/1963-Plymouth-2.jpg "COAL: 1963 Plymouth Belvedere – A Step Up In Class, And Power")
![The very first car I ever purchased was a 1961 Ford Fairlane 500 two door sedan. There are a surprisingly large number of photos available online for 1961 Fords but […]](https://www.curbsideclassic.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/61-Ford-3.jpg "COAL: 1961 Ford Fairlane – My First Car")
