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COLEBROOK, CT – With its oxidized black paint and rusty running boards, Jon Gray’s “rare but not priceless” 1937 Studebaker President always gets attention at car shows because it hasn’t been restored cosmetically.  “It’s the best kind of show car to have because it only requires mechanical maintenance and a …

LAKEVILLE, CT – It’s an annual Labor Day Weekend treat; the exhibit of high-end, rare, exotic and noteworthy cars on the straightaway at Lime Rock Park racetrack. Sunday’s Historic Festival 42 did not diasppoint. RIDE-CT shot a few photos of the exquisite vehicles parked along the Sam Posey Straight and …

EAST HADDAM, CT – The nomenclature for Mazda’s new 2025 CX-70 crossover is a bit unusual. Most manufacturers follow a naming convention that signifies a defined product hierarchy: The bigger the model number, the bigger the car. Thus one would assume that the CX-70 slots in between the compact Mazda …

PROSPECT, CT – It’s always one of the best attended car shows in the Connecticut every year and Sunday’s Sock Hop on the Green lived up to its reputation for having extraordinary entries and drawing hundreds of spectators. RIDE-CT captured both video and photos. Let’s start with a video of …

GLASTONBURY, CT – The Camp Car Show benefitting the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp drew a steady stream of entries on Saturday morning, with recent and vintage Chevrolet Corvettes and Ford Mustangs perhaps filling a disproportionate number of parking spaces at Glastonbury Riverfront Park. The weather was spectacular and …

HARWINTON, CT – The number of car shows across Connecticut keeps growing. The addition today of a few shows to RIDE-CT’s 2024 CT Car Show Calendar brings a loose tabulation of the total to 328 between March and November, although saying “more than 325” is probably safer. The total doesn’t …

TORRINGTON, CT – Postponed by a week due to rain, the annual Torringford VFD car show attracted a sizable crowd to downtown Torrington on Friday, with numerous models that were new to the show. RIDE-CT managed to get a few photos for a gallery… — — — — — — …

EAST HADDAM, CT – There’s simply no substitute for a big, brawny, V8-powered American-made pickup truck, and the Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 is an example of what this country’s auto industry does best. That’s the good news. The bad news, though, is “How big is too big?” The Silverado ZR2 towers …

THOMASTON, CT – It has long been said that bad things happen in threes. My recent string of adverse luck began with my dishwasher deciding to expire (after at least 22 years of use). A tire on a wheelbarrow then popped the bead and going flat when I overloaded it …

CARMEL, CA – There’s no reserve and pre-auction estimates have it selling for between $25,000 and $35,000. Up for grabs this week is a Ford Mustang convertible owned by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Tom Petty. The posting by Bonhams describes it as a “nicely restored ‘1964.5’ example …