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Curbside Classics Archives
About Author: Daniel Stern
Posts by Daniel Stern
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COAL: 1962 Valiant, 1964 & 1970 Dodge Darts – Hot Dogs and Mustard
Posted on April 24, 2021 | 29 CommentsOld cars and stashes of old car parts go together like Calvin and Hobbes or hot dogs and mustard: the one -
COAL: 1992 Chrysler LeBaron – Don’t Say Grey!
Posted on April 17, 2021 | 50 CommentsThe decision to sell the ’90 Jetta was easy, troublemaker that it was. Now then: what would replace it? We talked about it round the -
COAL: 1965 Valiant, Part I – Verschlimmbesserung
Posted on April 10, 2021 | 60 CommentsI turned 16 early in 1992, and about half a year later I spotted a text-only ad in the back of Cars and Parts magazine: -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part II – Go West!
Posted on April 3, 2021 | 39 CommentsWith the ’62 Lancer registered and insured, tuned up and shod with tires from 1990 rather than 1963 or so, dad and I started having fun with -
COAL: 1961 Plymouth Valiant – Not My Precedent!
Posted on March 27, 2021 | 18 CommentsIt was beginner’s luck, really. Had to be; the hardest, fraughtmost, uncertainest part had been -
COAL: 1962 Dodge Lancer, Part I – A Start
Posted on March 20, 2021 | 66 CommentsIn the middle of November 1990 two things happened almost simultaneously: -
![I mentioned last week we might make a stop on the way to the next car, proper, and here we are—before I get too old in this rough chronicle to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IH_Superior.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL – Large Chauffeured Vehicles")
COAL – Large Chauffeured Vehicles
Posted on March 13, 2021 | 60 CommentsI mentioned last week we might make a stop on the way to the next car, proper, and here we are—before I get too old in this rough chronicle to […] -
![I was 13 or so, maybe early 14. Kinda the age where it was starting to be okeh for my folks to leave me alone in the house for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DrainGrate.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Anyone Else Ever Almost Blow Up Your Folks’ House?")
QOTD: Anyone Else Ever Almost Blow Up Your Folks’ House?
Posted on March 10, 2021 | 73 CommentsI was 13 or so, maybe early 14. Kinda the age where it was starting to be okeh for my folks to leave me alone in the house for the […] -
COAL: 1964 Plymouth Valiant – Some Disassembly Required
Posted on March 6, 2021 | 28 CommentsBy the time I was 14, I’d pretty much outgrown monkeying around with small engines, except for my fastidious upkeep of the family lawnmower. It was bound to -
![In the summer of 1990, my folks set out to buy my sister a car, in effect. Nominally it would be theirs, but practically speaking it was my sister’s, at […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/DJS-DAS-Jetta-School_s.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1990 VW Jetta – Fahrverschmerzen")
COAL: 1990 VW Jetta – Fahrverschmerzen
Posted on February 27, 2021 | 61 CommentsIn the summer of 1990, my folks set out to buy my sister a car, in effect. Nominally it would be theirs, but practically speaking it was my sister’s, at […] -
![I mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Gomer_Pyle-Hitcar.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars")
CC TV Two-Fer: Gomer, Wally, Eddie, and Many Mopars
Posted on February 21, 2021 | 78 CommentsI mentioned Gomer Pyle in yesterday’s COAL, so now habbout I pour us some good, stiff shots of Televisionland to wash that fetid Town Car taste out from our mouths, […] -
![It was 1987, and conspicuous consumption was in. That’s how come mother toyed with the idea of getting a Mercedes, and I guess it’s how come dad came to be […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/80-Towncar-VFD-Dash.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car – The Stinkoln Clown Car")
COAL: 1980 Lincoln Town Car – The Stinkoln Clown Car
Posted on February 20, 2021 | 99 CommentsIt was 1987, and conspicuous consumption was in. That’s how come mother toyed with the idea of getting a Mercedes, and I guess it’s how come dad came to be […] -
![“I want one of those cars that fixes itself!” So declared my mother—I guess after misunderstanding a news item about computerised engine control or something of the like. I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1984-chevy-caprice-classic-white-low-miles-near-mint-amazing-vin-2g1an69h8e-4.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: 1984 Chev Caprice – Second Verse, Same(?) as the First")
COAL: 1984 Chev Caprice – Second Verse, Same(?) as the First
Posted on February 13, 2021 | 19 Comments“I want one of those cars that fixes itself!” So declared my mother—I guess after misunderstanding a news item about computerised engine control or something of the like. I was […] -
![In 1984 my mother got her law degree and set out to have a go at being a lawyer. With both parents downtown at work every day—dad’s own law degree […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/1971-jeep-wagoneer-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "COAL: Laurie’s Cars – ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice")
COAL: Laurie’s Cars – ’63 Volvo, ’71 VW, ’71 Wagoneer, ’78 Caprice
Posted on February 6, 2021 | 39 CommentsIn 1984 my mother got her law degree and set out to have a go at being a lawyer. With both parents downtown at work every day—dad’s own law degree […] -
CC TV: A Relatively Large Dodge Dart Relative
Posted on February 5, 2021 | 8 CommentsDodge advertised their new 1963 Dart as “a compact in the large economy size”. Clever! But how big is “large”? And
