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- Into cars from nearly before I could walk. Can't seem to break the habit.
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About Author: RetroJerry
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![While I have a reverence for the past, as I suspect most regular visitors to this site share, I’ve always focused on the present and future. “Straight ahead,” I often […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GTI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove")
COAL: 1983 VW GTI – A Fit Like a Custom Made Glove
Posted on February 28, 2021 | 27 CommentsWhile I have a reverence for the past, as I suspect most regular visitors to this site share, I’ve always focused on the present and future. “Straight ahead,” I often […] -
![From the prologue of Duke Ellington’s wonderful and whimsical sort of memoir, “Music is my Mistress.” “The first thing I did was to run out into the front yard, and […]](https://i1.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/guinness-greatest-the-keeper-of-world-records-once-rate-joe-girard-as-picture-id502340591.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars")
A Brief Respite From the COAL Mine: Some of the People Behind the Cars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 14 CommentsFrom the prologue of Duke Ellington’s wonderful and whimsical sort of memoir, “Music is my Mistress.” “The first thing I did was to run out into the front yard, and […] -
![I’ve always had a lot of interests, but likely the big three would be music, cars and film. Few people in the film business had a larger-than-life career (and life […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ca0811-112849_1@2x.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 2")
COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 2
Posted on February 14, 2021 | 40 CommentsI’ve always had a lot of interests, but likely the big three would be music, cars and film. Few people in the film business had a larger-than-life career (and life […] -
![Let’s get on with the story. I had now been driving my trusty 1966 Type 1 (Beetle) for around two years. The mileage was climbing past 80,000 (remember, this was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ghia-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 1")
COAL: My Karmann-Ghia Obsession, Part 1
Posted on February 7, 2021 | 26 CommentsLet’s get on with the story. I had now been driving my trusty 1966 Type 1 (Beetle) for around two years. The mileage was climbing past 80,000 (remember, this was […] -
![“First things first, but not necessarily in that order. – Dr. Who Authors note: I kind of half thought about approaching my return to this series chronologically, like an old-time […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_7030_LI.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?")
COAL: 2004 PT Cruiser: 21st Century Answer to a Question No One Asked? or, Just Because You Can, Does It Mean You Should?
Posted on January 31, 2021 | 47 Comments“First things first, but not necessarily in that order. – Dr. Who Authors note: I kind of half thought about approaching my return to this series chronologically, like an old-time […] -
![“I don’t need time, I need a deadline.”– Duke Ellington I’ve been participating in various forms of creative endeavors for most of my life, across a span of categories that […]](https://i2.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/35mm077-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1966 VW, My First Car – Wasn’t It Almost Everyone’s?")
COAL: 1966 VW, My First Car – Wasn’t It Almost Everyone’s?
Posted on January 24, 2021 | 59 Comments“I don’t need time, I need a deadline.”– Duke Ellington I’ve been participating in various forms of creative endeavors for most of my life, across a span of categories that […] -
COAL: 1979 Mustang Turbo – The “Old” “All New” Mustang
Posted on February 19, 2014 | 90 CommentsThe announcement of the “all new” 2014 Mustang brought back my memories of another “all new” Mustang, which was my first new car purchase in late 1978.
