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Auto-Biography Archive
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Cars Of A Lifetime: 1973 Dodge M886 – Soldiering Bravely On Until The End
Posted on November 26, 2011 | 21 CommentsIt was set up exactly like this one stationed at Newark UK. Photo by Przemysław Szczepaniuk Well dear readers the time has come to tell the tale of my beloved […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1987 VW Quantum Wagon – An Audi of Solace
Posted on November 20, 2011 | 21 CommentsIf you have been following these ramblings of mine you might have noticed that I have (or did have) a bit of an affinity for Volkswagens and Audis. You might […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1973 Dodge Dart Swinger – A Pauper in Gold Lamé
Posted on November 13, 2011 | 67 Comments(pictures used with kind permission of oldparkedcars.com) Some of you might remember the more “classic” American car I alluded to in my previous article. Those of you who were hoping […] -
Cars Of A Liefetime: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria – A Decrepit Panther Is No Cougar
Posted on November 6, 2011 | 50 CommentsI had been storing some cars at my house for my friend for several years, most notably his Ford pickup under our trees. One day he shows up in a […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1984 VW Diesel Pickup – Old Rabbit Habits Are Hard To Break
Posted on October 30, 2011 | 38 Comments(pics not of my actual car, but close) In my last article I promised there would be no Rabbits of any kind. I’m a man of my word (mostly): it’s […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1982 Chevy Suburban – Or What’s The Worst Vehicle You’ve Ever Owned?
Posted on October 23, 2011 | 81 CommentsIf you’re a fan of Led Zeppelin, you might want to put on The Lemon Song for this one. Yes, after owning an Audi and many Volkswagens, this one, a […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1984 Audi 4000 S Quattro
Posted on October 16, 2011 | 45 CommentsWhen I was about 14 or 15 I built a model of an Audi Quattro GT. It was my dream car. At the time Audi was winning all the rallies […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1981 Volkswagen Rabbit – Der Edelkampfwagen
Posted on October 9, 2011 | 24 CommentsWe called it Der Edelkampfwagen, literally translated as the Precious War Wagon, or more fittingly, and just as correct, The Precious Struggle Wagon. It started out as a baby blue […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1979 Jeep Cherokee – So Proud To Live
Posted on October 2, 2011 | 17 CommentsWhile we were living in Dallas, OR, I was pretending to be an auto mechanic. A friend of an acquaintance offered to trade me a 1979 Jeep Cherokee if I […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1971 IHC 1210 Travelall – And What Rough Beast, Its Hour Come Round at Last
Posted on September 25, 2011 | 20 CommentsIn my last article I mentioned that I sold my VW bus for a pittance in order to get something bigger, stronger, and four-wheel-drive. That something was a 1971 International Travelall […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1979 Volkswagen ASI Riviera camper bus (one more time around)
Posted on September 18, 2011 | 26 CommentsReaders may remember my other VW bus and associated hippie aspirations. By the time the mid ’90s were underway, the hippie in me was long-dead (never really worked for me, […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1957 International S120 – Old Faithful
Posted on September 11, 2011 | 35 Comments( My none too happy first son on my favorite truck ) If you read my previous post, and by now you surely know my tendencies for car-swapping, then you […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1982 VW Vanagon Diesel – Slower Than A Brown Turtle On Valium
Posted on September 4, 2011 | 47 CommentsIn a previous episode about about my slow Peugeot 504 diesel wagon, I mentioned at the end that I managed to trade it straight across for what was undoubtedly the […] -
Cars Of A Lifetime: 1968 International Scout – Ride Swapping And Hill Hopping
Posted on August 27, 2011 | 31 CommentsReaders of this series may remember my cute little VW Scirocco, which now developed a nasty smoking habit from all the rough play I subjected her too. Maybe I needed […] -
Auto-Biography Part 13: 1963 Corvair Monza, My First Car – The Tilt-A-Vair
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 19 CommentsIn the fall of 1972, my hitchhiking adventures came to a sudden halt as the result of an unexpected happy event: my older brother bequeathed me his 1963 Corvair, as […]