OAKVILLE, CT – Chevrolet only built the Fleetmaster for three years after World War II. It lasted from the 1946 through 1948 model years. “Bondo Bob” of Oakville owns a two-door “Town Sedan” version from 1948 that shows its age on the outside but is modern beneath its sheet metal. …

Uses Grand Canyon Driftwood To Accent The Interior NORFOLK, CT – He’s a professional woodworker with a love of the outdoors who finds inspiration in wild locations. He’s also a classic car owner with a sporty 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad station wagon that has armrests and other interior accents …

Photos from the Sunday in the Park car show at Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, CT. It was part of the venue’s Historic Festival 41 and featured a 1963 Chrysler Turbine car that was ahead of its time as well as many other Chrysler products, MGs and dozens of other …

Photos from AMCs at the Drive-In, the 28th annual regional car meet for owners of American Motors/Ramblers models and staged by the Connecticut Chapter of the American Motors Owners Association. It was held from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Southington Drive-In in Southington, CT and drew numerous AMX, …

GOSHEN, CT – Photos and a video from the Litchfield Hills Historical Automobile Club Car Show staged Aug. 20, 2023 at the Goshen Fairgrounds. Perfect weather brought a crowd with both familiar vehicles and loads of new ones. And now some photos… — — — — —

NEW MILFORD, CT – It’s a muscle car with a criminal past that did hard time in an impound lot. It was then surreptitiously sprung and sold to an unsuspecting buyer who didn’t know that it had been stolen – a 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T.  For the past 22 years …

Photos from the New England Auto Museum Car Show staged Saturday evening (Aug. 12, 2023) in downtown Bristol, CT. Overhead video footage is courtesy of Lee Cormier of Wings of a Dove drone services. Now for some photos… — — — — —

Each of the classic vehicles owned by Mike Peters of Burlington, CT has a nickname. His 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo goes by “Rodney,” while his 1968 Mercury Cougar is known as “Freddy.”  Even his 1977 Datsun 720 pickup has a playfully scatological moniker, “Chitbox.” The reasons are “because it’s a …

HARWINTON, CT – The buyer of a blue 2008 Ford Ranger pickup that I parked in July because of frame rust that had made it unsafe to drive in the opinion of a local mechanic is now trying to flip it after purchasing it for $1,600 and giving it a …

WATERBURY, CT – He first poked his nose out in an issue of “Car Craft” magazine in 1963 and he’s been part of car culture ever since. On Sunday, the hot rod character of Rat Fink, a cartoon creation of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth who died in 2001, was seen …