Gallery: Cruisin’ with the Clauses – June 25, 2026

June 25, 2026 Leave a comment

HARWINTON, CT – The third annual Cruisin’ with the Clauses (as in Santa and Mrs. Claus) car show was held Thursday evening at the athletic fields behind Town Hall. A lot of Harwinton residents showed up as did car owners from nearby towns. The best represented model had to be the Chevrolet Corvette – both old and current versions – but there were also several Ford Mustangs and Chevrolet Camaros.

RIDE-CT got the low-down on a early 1980s Mercedes-Benz 300SD sedan (shown below driving in) with well over 200,000 miles on the odometer. The owner from Avon said he recently bought it for only $800 after spotting it on Facebook Marketplace. A nice acquisition.

Here’s a gallery of some of the cars on display…

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(Photos by Bud Wilkinson.)

About Bud Wilkinson

Bud Wilkinson is editor and publisher of RIDE-CT. He also writes the "My Ride" classic car column for Hearst Connecticut Media Group's newspapers in CT including the "Connecticut Post" (Bridgeport), "Republican-American" (Waterbury), "Stamford Advocate," "New Haven Register," "Danbury News-Times," "Norwalk Hour" and more. The weekly feature began in 2016 in the "Republican-American." 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 drives a 2010 Mazda MX-5 Miata and rides a 1987 BMW R80RT and a 1996 BMW R850R.

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