Gallery: Summertime Classic Car Show – August 29, 2026

WEST HAVEN, CT – It’s generally accepted that the first year of staging a car show is always the hardest, but the second annual Summertime Classic Car Show put on Saturday by the Surfside Veterans at West Haven City Hall suffered a sophomore slump not of its own doing.

A local car club reportedly suffered the death of a member and the funeral was held opposite the show, which siphoned off many potential entries and left the parking lot half filled. Nonetheless, there were still some interesting entries – flashy, imaginative and well used.

RIDE-CT hung out for much of the show, had a great time meeting owners, and has assembled a photo gallery of some of the entries…

(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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