WEST CORNWALL, CT – It was while living for six years in western France in the 1970s that Jerry Roth of West Cornwall became aware of the Fiat 850 Spider roadster. The two-seat convertible model was introduced in 1965, an Italian response to the British-made MG Midget, Triumph Spitfire and …
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TORRINGTON, CT – It was originally purchased about 40 years ago by Vito “Luke” Colucci’s second cousins, twin brothers Anthony and Dominick Colucci, and has been in his family longer that he’s been alive. “They picked it up in an estate sale,” Colucci recalled, referring to the striking green 1953 …
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BETHLEHEM, CT – When Rick Robert was youngster his mother would take him to visit his “Aunt Betty” in Southington, CT and it was always a treat. “Every time, once a week, she used to buy me a Matchbox car. And I’d go, ‘Mom, let’s go back.’ We went back …
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GAYLORDSVILLE, CT – Nearly 50 years elapsed between the first time that Everett A. Pierce Jr. of Gaylordsville tried to buy a 1966 Dodge Charger and the moment that he finally landed one in December 2015. During that time he got married and had a family, but he never gave …
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HARWINTON, CT – Nathan Kosak didn’t learn to drive as a teenager on what was then his father’s 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible. It wasn’t until a prom approached during high school that his father finally allowed him to get behind the wheel of the stunning yet subtle “Tri-Five” model. …
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SIMSBURY, CT – It was built in an outdated factory in what was then the communist country of Yugoslavia and has been called the worst car ever made. A “Car and Driver” magazine review declared it “inferior to every other car sold in America.” Its lone selling point was an …
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