Gallery: “Beaters & Buds” Show – April 19, 2025

TORRINGTON, CT – There were some beaters and some stunners at today’s Beaters & Buds Truck, Car and Bike show in Torrington’s North End, which made for a nice variety. RIDE-CT zeroed in a both survivors and on models that looked to be in showroom condition.

Here’s a gallery of some the vehicles on display:

(Photos by Bud Wilkinson.)

About Bud Wilkinson

Bud Wilkinson writes the "My Ride" classic car feature for Hearst Connecticut Media Group's newspapers in CT. The weekly feature began in 2016 in the "Republican-American" newspaper in Waterbury, CT. He also wrote the "RIDE-CT" motorcycle column in that newspaper from 2005 until 2025. A graduate of Vermont Academy prep school, he holds a B.A. degree journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University. He is the recipient of a Scripps Howard Foundation National Journalism Award in 1992 and a 1991-92 regional Emmy Award for commentary. He currently rides a 1987 BMW R 80 RT and a 2014 Triumph Bonneville and drives a 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata.

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