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			Auto-Biography Part 13: 1963 Corvair Monza, My First Car – The Tilt-A-VairPosted 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 […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco – FahrvergnügenPosted on August 14, 2011 | 33 CommentsWhen I was nine or ten years old, I was a great admirer of foreign cars. My friend Dan and I would be on a constant look out for the […]
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			Car Of A Lifetime: 1965 Chevrolet Pickup – Give Me A Brake!Posted on August 7, 2011 | 13 CommentsSo during this trying-on-a-new-lifestyle era, we were living in the leaky 1937 trailer which we had been pulling with the 1978 VW bus. Maybe that contributed to the bus’ smoky […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime – How To Kill Your 1978 Rabbit: A Manual Of Step By Step Procedures For The Compleat IdiotPosted on July 30, 2011 | 11 CommentsDuring the time I had my 1978 VW bus I also acquired several other vehicles. Now that I was more knowledgeable about fixing cars, I was more apt to buy […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 VW Bus – The Hippie Lifestyle Goes Up In SmokePosted on July 24, 2011 | 22 Comments[Hippie bus pictures by PN, which were just waiting for the right article] After my undying affair with the Citation I strayed further down the road to becoming a useless […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – GM’s Immortal SinPosted on July 17, 2011 | 39 CommentsAfter I sold off my broken International, I went car-less again for awhile. We were sharing an apartment with a guy named Eric, who had a 1980 Chevy Citation two […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1973 International 1110 – There’s A Rebel Under That HoodPosted on July 9, 2011 | 28 CommentsAfter I sold the DJ5 I started looking around for something else. I found an advertisement in the newspaper (remember those days?) for a 1973 IHC 1110 pickup. I had […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1981 AMG DJ5 – The Mailman Never KnocksPosted on July 2, 2011 | 25 CommentsDespite the Ford Courier’s best efforts to keep me from the Induction Center, I served in the US Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma. I learned a lot of things in […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1985 Ford Courier – Busted Flat In Ford BluePosted on June 26, 2011 | 14 Comments(note: my Courier was not worth taking pictures of so the pics above are of a very similar truck) This is the truck that almost ruined my life, as well […]
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1993 Hyundai Excel – Speed KillsPosted on June 19, 2011 | 9 CommentsYou know that saying, “speed kills” ? Well I can’t personally attest to killing people with speed, but I can attest to killing a certain Silver Hyundai.
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			Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon – Alaska Or Bust(ed)Posted on June 11, 2011 | 9 CommentsThe summer of 1994 we were in college in Oklahoma, and to prove just how smart we were getting to be, a few of us thought piling in our cars […]
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			The Cars Of A Lifetime: 1968 Volvo 142S – What Is This Pedal For? (Car No. 1)Posted on May 21, 2011 | 11 Comments[I am pleased to present a new weekend CC series, The Cars Of A Lifetime, the highly engaging stories of the (very) many cars in Michael Freeman’s (junkharvester) life. Biographies […]
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			(Immobile) Curbside Classics: One Coming Down; Another To Go UpPosted on May 8, 2011 | 15 CommentsI like houses. But then I like lots of things: cars, boats, airplanes… But houses do have a special hold on me, perhaps because I was homeless for a while, […]
 
				![Auto-Biography Part 13: 1963 Corvair Monza, My First Car – The Tilt-A-Vair In 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 […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Corvair-snow.png?resize=115%2C115&quality=80&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1980 Volkswagen Scirocco – Fahrvergnügen When I was nine or ten years old, I was a great admirer of foreign cars. My friend Dan and I would be on a constant look out for the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Jan2011Rocko.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Car Of A Lifetime: 1965 Chevrolet Pickup – Give Me A Brake! So during this trying-on-a-new-lifestyle era, we were living in the leaky 1937 trailer which we had been pulling with the 1978 VW bus. Maybe that contributed to the bus’ smoky […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/i022743.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime – How To Kill Your 1978 Rabbit: A Manual Of Step By Step Procedures For The Compleat Idiot During the time I had my 1978 VW bus I also acquired several other vehicles. Now that I was more knowledgeable about fixing cars, I was more apt to buy […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/0618081901.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 VW Bus – The Hippie Lifestyle Goes Up In Smoke [Hippie bus pictures by PN, which were just waiting for the right article] After my undying affair with the Citation I strayed further down the road to becoming a useless […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/CC-93-070-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1980 Chevrolet Citation – GM’s Immortal Sin After I sold off my broken International, I went car-less again for awhile. We were sharing an apartment with a guy named Eric, who had a 1980 Chevy Citation two […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/citation.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1973 International 1110 – There’s A Rebel Under That Hood After I sold the DJ5 I started looking around for something else. I found an advertisement in the newspaper (remember those days?) for a 1973 IHC 1110 pickup. I had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/carsandpup090-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1981 AMG DJ5 – The Mailman Never Knocks Despite the Ford Courier’s best efforts to keep me from the Induction Center, I served in the US Army at Fort Sill Oklahoma. I learned a lot of things in […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/jeep1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1985 Ford Courier – Busted Flat In Ford Blue (note: my Courier was not worth taking pictures of so the pics above are of a very similar truck) This is the truck that almost ruined my life, as well […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/31840980003_large-1.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)

![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1978 Toyota Corona Wagon – Alaska Or Bust(ed) The summer of 1994 we were in college in Oklahoma, and to prove just how smart we were getting to be, a few of us thought piling in our cars […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/42ff45adfe804c493a5bd7acd0652a0df76dbc6bb08502f4d75c5462c837c3a96g-720x478.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: 1979 Ford F150 – Unforgettable Driving Lessons Figuring out how to operate a motor vehicle and actually knowing how to drive one are two quite different things. Yes, I had somehow taught myself how to operate my […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Ford-F150-jumping.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![Cars Of A Lifetime: The White Rabbit – Keep Your Head I became acquainted with the White Rabbit after my friend moved away and we began writing each other. She lived in Texas and I lived in Oregon.  As we exchanged long letters, our virtual romantic interests […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/1977-vw-golf-rabbit-oldest-diesel-in-us-2.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![The Cars Of A Lifetime: 1968 Volvo 142S – What Is This Pedal For? (Car No. 1) [I am pleased to present a new weekend CC series, The Cars Of A Lifetime, the highly engaging stories of the (very) many cars in Michael Freeman’s (junkharvester) life. Biographies […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Volvo142-Courtesy-Jalopnik-Murilee-Martin.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)
![(Immobile) Curbside Classics: One Coming Down; Another To Go Up I like houses. But then I like lots of things: cars, boats, airplanes… But houses do have a special hold on me, perhaps because I was homeless for a while, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/CC-136-198-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1)


