SOUTHBURY, CT – Wesley Knecht doesn’t need a large garage to park his heavy-duty trucks. He keeps two inside his house. At the time we met, a third was in the process of being assembled and sat atop a bench in a workshop behind his home in Southbury. Others that …
Read More »Cars For Sight Show Draws A Crowd In Harwinton
Photos from the Cars for Sight Car Show staged by the Harwinton and Bristol Lions Clubs at the recreational fields and Town Hall in Harwinton, CT on July 23, 2023. — — — —
Read More »Ad Leads To Feeding Frenzy Over 2008 Ford Ranger
HARWINTON, CT – An astute salesperson or someone with greater knowledge of the automotive marketplace probably would have foreseen what happened, but I’m not that person. It’s unimaginable to me that 12 hours after posting a Facebook Marketplace ad for my 2008 Ford Ranger pickup that Messages would still be …
Read More »Paradice Classic Cruisers “Thanksgiving” Show – July 15, 2016 (with Video)
Photos from the Paradice Classic Cruisers Car Club’s annual “Thanksgiving in July” Car Show staged July 15, 2023 in New Milford, CT. More than $5,000 was raised for a local food bank with a show drawing a noteworthy variety of models. Before the photos, let’s go to the video… Now …
Read More »Understated Oldsmobile 442 Muscle Car Took 18 Years To Restore
BARKHAMSTED, CT – It came off the assembly line a decade before Robert Brainard III of Barkhamsted was born – a 1964 Oldsmobile with a seemingly confusing concoction of badges that proclaimed it to be an “F-85,” a “Cutlass” and a “442” model. Brainard’s owned the red coupe since 1987, …
Read More »Morgan Returns To U. S. With New Three-Wheeler
MALVERN LINK, Worcestershire – After a four-year absence, Morgan models from England are being sold in the United States again. The company announced today that its new Super 3 three-wheeled, two-seat model is now becoming available at dealerships across the country. There’s but one dealership in the Northeast – Morgan …
Read More »Audrain Automobile Museum Shows Off Muscle Cars For Summer
NEWPORT, RI – David de Muzio has an enviable job. He is the caretaker of (and the authority on) what he calls “an embarrassment of riches – over 350 cars, 120 motorcycles.” Among the rarities that de Muzio oversees are a 1938 Packard Twelve landaulet luxury car and a 1929 …
Read More »Falls Village Car & Motorcycle Show – July 9, 2023 (with Video)
A forecast calling for rain hurt attendance at today’s Falls Village Car & Motorcycle Show in Falls Village, CT, and the show was cut short when rain arrived, but there were still loads of models to ponder. RIDE-CT went to the show to provide a peek, just in case you …
Read More »Wheels For Wheels Car Show – July 8, 2023 (with Video)
The eighth annual Wheels for Wheels Car Show was staged today in New Milford, CT with two light green cars – a rare 1972 Toyota Carina and a customized 1956 Buick Special – drawing attention. RIDE-CT compiled a video and took a lot of pictures: — Now for some photos… …
Read More »A 95-Year-Old Ford Model AA Peddler Truck Is Back At Work
Seated on the driver’s side running board of her store’s time-weathered peddler truck, Yvonne Gilyard Reynolds was enthusiastically recalling the history of the 1928 Ford Model AA. “The store has owned this truck for 95 years,” she said. “The business itself started five years earlier, so this was bought brand …
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