MORRIS, CT – Robin Vogel’s connection to her dark red 1966 Ford Mustang convertible goes back to childhood. “When I was a little kid, my father bought it as a parts car. It didn’t have any floors. I mean it was basically ready for the junk yard,” the Morris, CT …
Read More »Ford Bronco II Still On The Road After More Than 450,000 Miles
CHESHIRE, CT – Earl Genest estimates that his 1989 Ford Bronco II XLT compact sport utility vehicle has been driven 465,000 miles. He’s personally watched it turn over the 100,000 mile mark twice in the 25 years that he’s owned it. “I kept it up,” he said Sunday of his …
Read More »A 1967 MGB Roadster In Proper British Attire
MORRIS, CT – David Coté describes his MG – a two-seat 1967 MGB sports car – as a “bottle rocket,” at least when compared to the 1966 MGB that preceded it. With its British racing green exterior and tan interior, it looks showroom new. It also has a beckoning exhaust …
Read More »RIDE-CT: Is There Are Saturation Point For Car Shows In Connecticut
HARWINTON – Is there a saturation point for car shows in Connecticut? It’s a question that I’ve been asking for several years as the number of shows across the state has continued to climb at a good clip. What prompts this examination were emails that arrived this morning. They requested …
Read More »Captivating Color On 1966 Chevrolet Caprice Custom
EAST GRANBY, CT – Ask Tom O’Brien of Windsor Locks, CT how many miles are on his sparkling burnt orange and silver 1966 Chevrolet Caprice Custom coupe and he’ll give an answer that’s misleading, spot-on and totally surprising. “Just under 200,” O’Brien said Tuesday night as he stood beside the …
Read More »Joe Wilcox Provides A Haven For Hudsons
WATERBURY, CT – Joe Wilcox of Waterbury was a 15-year-old high schooler when his father found him a summer job at a local Hudson car dealer. “That’s where I became a Hudson nut,” the 83-year-old Wilcox recalled late last year summer as he sat on a stool in his driveway. Behind …
Read More »Video: Tale Of Two Corvettes At Pomperaug High School Cars & Coffee
SOUTHBURY, CT – There were probably more Chevrolet Corvettes than any other model at the Pomperaug High School Cars & Coffee show on Saturday, and two of them stood out. There was a sparkling blue 1966 Corvette Stingray owned by John Lanteri of Middlebury, CT. He bought it three years …
Read More »It Took Decades But She Finally Got Her Second Pontiac GTO
BETHLEHEM, CT – It’s not a stretch to suggest that Karen Henning was the envy of her classmates at Woodbury’s Nonnewaug High School when she tooled around in what was the hottest muscle car of the era. Indeed, Pontiac’s two-door, high-performance GTO model, which debuted in 1964, is regarded as …
Read More »Chevrolet To End Production Of Electric Bolt Models
DETROIT – Production of the Chevrolet’s electric Bolt and larger Bolt EUV models will come to an end by year’s end, General Motors CEO Mary Barra reported in an earnings call this morning. The suburban Detroit plant where the models are built will be retooled in preparation for building electric …
Read More »Pink And Gray 1956 Dodge Suburban Station Wagon Stands Out
LITCHFIELD, CT – Its exterior is pink and gray. Or, more precisely, Chinese rose and charcoal. It has fewer than 57,000 miles on the odometer despite being 67 years old. What’s equally amazing about the rare two-door 1956 Dodge Suburban station wagon owned by Joe D’Amico is that it’s so …
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