UNIONVILLE, CT – Good deeds sometimes get rewarded. So does patience. Ken Griffin of Unionville wasn’t expecting any gratuity some years ago when he noticed a shaggy lawn behind the house of his elderly next-door neighbor and offered to help out. “I asked him what was wrong and he said …
Read More »Model Train Maker Lionel Making Boxcar With Markings of Connecticut’s Naugatuck Railroad
THOMASTON, CT – Long before so many classic car enthusiasts adopted their preferred hobby, they built model cars and played with electric train sets as kids. The renown Lionel toy train brand has long produced locomotives and other rolling stock bearing familiar railroad names. It’s now adding a boxcar bearing …
Read More »A Honeymoon Jaunt In A 1929 Ford Model A
(From the RIDE-CT archives…) LITCHFIELD, CT – Debbie Deziel and Guy Livolsi of Litchfield went from saying “I do” while getting married at the Hopkins Inn in Warren, CT back in September 2021 to adopting an enthusiastic “Let’s do it” attitude the next day by loading up their 1929 Ford …
Read More »Restoring 1949 Ford F1 Pickup Took Patience And Parts
LITCHFIELD, CT – Jeff Crampton of Litchfield wasn’t like so many others who get the urge to acquire an old vehicle and then quickly get in over their heads. He neither gave up nor forked over large sums of money for someone else to do the restoration job. Crampton had …
Read More »1959 Chevrolet Impala Takes Owner Back To His Childhood
CHESHIRE, CT – Like so many other classic car owners, Bill Borriello of Meriden, CT gained his love of a specific make and style as a child, and that explains why he has owned his vibrant white 1959 Chevrolet Impala sport coupe since 1981. In fact, it’s the second ’59 …
Read More »Rare 1948 Lincoln Continental Has V12 Engine And Rusty Exterior
WATERBURY, CT – It has the heft and profile of a hippopotamus and a gait to match when in motion, despite having a V12 engine. “It’s not a hot rod. It goes, but it’s smooth, nice and easy. Stopping it is harder than going,” said Jarrett Smith of Waterbury last …
Read More »A Recall Rich Week Prior To Christmas
It was a busy week for recalls with Honda, Toyota and Tesla announcing issues involving nearly four million vehicles that need to be addressed: Honda Recalls 2.54 Million Vehicles In U.S. Over Fuel Pumps Risk of a fuel pump failure prompted Honda to recall 2.54 vehicles in the United States. …
Read More »Short-Lived Daimler SP250 Boasted V8 Power In Small Package
BLOOMFIELD, CT – The mid-20th century marked the heyday of British sports cars. Brands like MG, Triumph, Austin-Healey, Sunbeam and Jaguar produced memorable two-seat convertibles, such as the Midget and MGB, Spitfire and TR6, Sprite and 3000, Alpine and Tiger, and the XKE. Having a much lesser profile was Daimler, …
Read More »Buick Sheds Nearly Half Its Dealers Nationally, Brand Down To Three Stores In CT
DETROIT – Buick will end 2023 with only around 1,000 dealerships nationwide after nearly half of its stores opted to take voluntary buyouts from parent company General Motors rather than invest in selling and servicing electric models. Buick has committed to having an all-electric lineup by 2030. The “Detroit Free …
Read More »Dodge Viper Evokes Memories Of Cobra For Owner
GOSHEN, CT – Bob Wachtel of Goshen has owned his 1999 Dodge Viper GTS for nearly as long as the sports car model was built. The Viper debuted in 1991 and the first generation went on sale in 1992. It lasted through a fifth variant until 2017, although there were …
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