By Bud Wilkinson / HARWINTON – It’s the law in Connecticut that vehicle owners must pay a “Passport to Parks” fee of $10 every time they register a car, truck or motorcycle for a two-year period. Yes, it’s a sawbuck for every vehicle. The money goes to the operations of …
Read More »Rare Pontiac LeMans GT Has A Four-Speed And Bench Seat
BETHLEHEM, CT – When Rick Robert was youngster his mother would take him to visit his “Aunt Betty” in Southington, CT and it was always a treat. “Every time, once a week, she used to buy me a Matchbox car. And I’d go, ‘Mom, let’s go back.’ We went back …
Read More »Wyoming Seeks To Ban Sales of Electric Vehicles
Update: The resolution died in committee on Jan. 16 after this story was posted. CHEYENNE, WY – In a move to “ensure the stability of the Wyoming’s oil and gas industry,” a resolution introduced Jan. 13 in the state legislature urges that Wyoming ban the sale of electric vehicles by …
Read More »It Took Two Tries To Obtain A 1966 Dodge Charger
GAYLORDSVILLE, CT – Nearly 50 years elapsed between the first time that Everett A. Pierce Jr. of Gaylordsville tried to buy a 1966 Dodge Charger and the moment that he finally landed one in December 2015. During that time he got married and had a family, but he never gave …
Read More »Ford Model A Roadster Pickup Used For Errands And For Racing
PLANTSVILLE, CT – It hasn’t always been reliable, and it’s not in tip-top shape cosmetically, yet Dennis Brilla’s 1928 Ford Model A Roadster pickup perfectly suits his needs – whether throwing up sand on the beach in The Race of Gentlemen in southern New Jersey or hauling wood from his …
Read More »Ford Brags About Growing EV Sales In 2022
DEARBORN, MI – Ford has now claimed bragging rights as “the second largest automaker of electric vehicles in America” having sold 61,575 battery-powered models in 2022. Ford’s EV sales figures released Thursday show the company sold 39,458 of its Mustang Mach-E SUV last year, which was a 45.4 percent increase …
Read More »Studebaker Zip-Van Still Delivering After 60 Years
SEYMOUR, CT – The vintage license plates on the rare 1963 Studebaker mail truck owned by retired postal worker Frank Haines of Seymour read “MRZIP.” They refer to the cartoon character “Mr. Zip” that the U.S. Postal Service used to hype the 1963 introduction of the still-in-use zip code system …
Read More »RIDE-CT: Chevrolet Vega GT Is The One Car That I Wish Was Still In The Garage
BY BUD WILKINSON / HARWINTON, CT – It sounds ridiculous given the model’s shoddy reputation. Of all the vehicles that have come and gone over the years, close to 30 if motorcycles are included, it’s a limited edition 1973 Chevrolet Vega GT that I wish was still in the garage. …
Read More »Chevrolet Bel Air Took Him To The Prom, And Took His Son, Too
HARWINTON, CT – Nathan Kosak didn’t learn to drive as a teenager on what was then his father’s 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. It wasn’t until a prom approached during high school that his father finally allowed him to get behind the wheel of the stunning yet subtle “Tri-Five” model. …
Read More »Yugo May Be Worst But It’s First With Simsbury Owner
SIMSBURY, CT – It was built in an outdated factory in what was then the communist country of Yugoslavia and has been called the worst car ever made. A “Car and Driver” magazine review declared it “inferior to every other car sold in America.” Its lone selling point was an …
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