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Un-Auto-Biography: The Cars Of Woodstock – I Almost Made It There
Now why would I suddenly find myself thinking of Woodstock on this gray and cold morning? Especially since it’s a bit of a sore spot in my memory banks: I came within a cat’s whisker of going there,...
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My Road Trip With Grandpa Albert
You must be looking at this picture and saying, “A ’92 F-150! What in the world is so special about this?” I agree as there is nothing particularly special about it. It’s a regular cab two-wheel...
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Auto-Biography: 1983 Ford Thunderbird Turbo Coupe – EcoBoosted EgoBooster
[Time to catch up on my very stretched-out AB series. The last episode had me driving a 1980 Buick Skylark. I've been hoping for years to find a suitable gen1 TC in the wild, but no such luck. This...
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Curbside Classic/Auto-Biography: 1984 Ford Bronco II–The Bucking-Bronco...
“Horsey car!” Sometimes the past reappears for just a moment in all its perfect clarity, as if it just happened yesterday. You shake your head to make sure you’re not dreaming but yes, there it is–...
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Auto-Biography: 1985 Jeep Cherokee — Fifteen Years Of Yuppie Mommie-Mobiling...
Back when I was bouncing over Rocky Mountain off-road trails in my VW bug, I sneered at actual Jeeps. And when I headed out across the desert in my Dodge van, I (almost) never missed having four-wheel...
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Curbside Classic: 1957 Chrysler New Yorker–Clara And The New Yorker That...
All my recent talk about Oldsmobiles made me forget that I have another significant family legacy. My Great-Grandmother Clara bought Chrysler New Yorkers exclusively, from her first new-car purchase...
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Van Of A Lifetime: 1971 Ford Econoline E100 – What Might Have Been
At eight-thirty on the morning of February 12, 1971, two weeks after turning eighteen, I sat on a wooded hillside looking down on the large back storage lot at Towson Ford. Instead of going to Towson...
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Curbside Classic: 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Town Victoria – A Favorite Of Mine;...
Ford got off to a bit of a rocky start at the dawn of the Sixties. While the understated 1959 Galaxie was a big success against the wild, crazy and wonderful 1959 GM lineup, the 1960 Ford was perhaps...
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Autobiography: 2001 Ford Crown Victoria – The Jewel Of The Crowns
My wife remembers events by what she wore. I, on the other hand, tend to remember what I drove to said events. Certainly our 2001 Ford Crown Victoria was the car we drove to many monumental and...
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Curbside Classic/Auto Biography: 1994 & 1997 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight – Hooked...
As I recall, it was a bright sunny February morning when I accompanied my grandparents to Quirk Oldsmobile (yes, that was really the dealer’s name), where my grandfather was to purchase a new car. It...
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Auto-Biography: 1986 Mercedes 300E And The Birth Of Telemundo – Dreams...
[This is about my 1986 300E and how I came to have it. It's a long story, and has a lot of non-car related content, having to do with my career in television and the birth of KVEA and Telemundo, in...
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Westfalia Work Van, Mobile Hotel, 1974
Professional photo equipment, including the stool that came with the van All of the photos in this posting were taken in 1974-75 during a film/photo shoot in France, Spain and Morocco. The still photos...
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The Cars Of Our Fathers (Or Father In Law, In This Case)
This post was inspired by Jim Cavanaugh’s moving Father’s Day homage to his father’s 1969 Ford LTD. The original idea was to list all the cars my father ever owned, but then you’ve heard the stories...
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Tractor Driving Maniac: Auto-Biography Part 6
(It’s haying season, and it’s also another perfect day to go up into the mountains here, so we’ll have some summer-time reruns): It’s not just cars that are safer nowadays, but grown-ups too. Imagine...
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Autobiography: 1975 Toyota Corolla – Driving Nirvana
For me, driving bliss is all about the setting. Give me an empty road, spectacular scenery, good company and the freedom to explore without an itinerary or time constraints, and I’m in Heaven. Sure, a...
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Autobiography/QOTD: What Was Going To Be Your First Car?
Today’s Curbside Classic brought back a flood of memories. Now most of those are not so much memories of an actual ’56 Chevy, but my endless machinations (more like imaginations, actually) of how I...
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Platt du Jour: Rust-Bucket Heaven
My neighbor Bob asked me if I wanted to buy a 1967 Buick Gran Sport. He had a friend in upstate New York who had been planning to restore the car, but needed money and was ready to sell. For $900, I...
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Autobiography: Jeep Near-Death Experience on Rollins Pass
memorial to drivers of a Jeep that went over a cliff The first time my brother and I took his newly purchased used CJ5 out into the Rockies, we almost died. We never went four wheeling before, but...
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My Holy Alliance With The Franco-American Motors Renault Alliance
image courtesy automobileandamericanlife.blogspot.com I’ve had a couple of dream jobs. Nah – take that back. I’ve had quite a few dream jobs, one of which was being the guy who decides how many stars...
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Autobiography: Vanished Into The Wilderness – The Daming Xu Memorial Hike
(disclaimer: low automotive content) Sunday, November 4, 2007 dawned an exceptionally warm and sunny day. Usually by this time of year, cold, wet weather has set into the Oregon Cascades, with the...
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