HARWINTON, CT – It has taken dozens hours to compile the 2024 CT Car Show Calendar and the listing of 2024 CT Car Cruises for this website. The job is isn’t finished, either, as organizers continue to announce dates and/or send requests to be included. One request that arrived a …
Read More »1961 Porsche 356 B “Notchback” A Rare “Ugly Duckling”
WESTPORT, CT – Jason Alford of Westport, CT owns a visually appealing, yet uncommon and surprisingly unsought after 63-year-old Porsche model in Aetna blue. It’s a variant of the popular Porsche 356, the brand’s first production sports car that lasted from 1948 to 1965. Alford drives a 1961 Porsche 356 …
Read More »Two Mustang Owners Mark Iconic Ford Model’s 60th Anniversary
WOLCOTT, CT – Paul “Buddy” Musso of Cheshire and Gene Fercodini of Wolcott have known each other for decades. They’re golfing buddies and each owns a 1966 Ford Mustang. Musso’s six-cylinder Mustang hardtop is red with a white vinyl top. Fercodini’s eight-cylinder convertible is black with a black top. Both …
Read More »Gallery: Spring Fling Rally At Compo Beach – April 21, 2024
WESTPORT, CT – Photos from the Spring Fling Rally at Compo Beach, which attracted an array of Porsche and Volkswagen models and smattering of other vehicles just footsteps from Long Island Sound. — — — — — — — — (Photos by Bud Wilkinson)
Read More »Gallery: Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Show – April 20, 2024
HAMDEN, CT – The sixth annual Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Show staged in the parking lot outside of Quinnipiac University’s M&T Bank Arena had cars engaged in a limbo competition. A soggy morning may have kept some away, but there were still dozens of cars and an enthusiastic crowd. — …
Read More »Column: Mustang Marks 60th Anniversary, Some Facts On Its Origin…
HARWINTON, CT – It’s a memory that cannot be erased; a memory of being 12 or 13 years old, accompanying my parents to Crestwood Ford in Watertown, CT, and riding home with mom in a new light gray 1966 Ford Mustang. It was a base model, with a 200-cubic-inch six-cylinder …
Read More »Hot-Rodded 1939 Chevrolet A Gift Meant To Drive
WOLCOTT, CT – When the family business involves building custom hot rods, no member should be without one. It was part generosity and part self-interest that played parts in the making of the bright red 1939 Chevrolet hot rod that Susan Brunetti of Cheshire, CT was gifted in 2018. “My …
Read More »Petrolhead Café Seeks To Lure Racing Enthusiasts To Hartford
HARTFORD – There’s a significance to the stairway leading up to the mezzanine lounge at the new Petrolhead Café in the city’s Parkville neighborhood. It displays a black and white checkerboard pattern. Here’s a clue. The stairs are just beyond the racing simulators that are inside the entrance. Figured it …
Read More »“No-Show” Car Show, Egg Stravaganza Attracts Zero Entrants
BRISTOL, CT – The 2024 Spring Egg Stravaganza Car Show might more aptly be called the “No-Show Car Show” as the event certainly laid an egg today. Maybe it was the chilly and overcast weather. Maybe it was the exorbitant entry fee. Maybe it was the lingering salt on the …
Read More »1954 MG TF Passed Down From Father To Son
WATERTOWN, CT – March marked the 70th anniversary of the arrival of a new 1954 MG TF roadster into Charles McNair’s family. His father was 37 years old when his mother – McNair’s grandmother – gifted it to his father, who kept it until 1981 when he passed away and …
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