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 »Old Cars Set To Roll In Sunday’s Veteran Car Run In Rhode Island
(Editor’s note: A wet day didn’t deter the participants from taking their ancient cars over rain-soaked streets for the second annaul Adurain Veteran Car Run on Sunday, April 30th.) NEWPORT, RI – The weather forecast for Sunday morning may be iffy, but a few raindrops aren’t apt to deter the …
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 …
Read More »Traffic Deaths Soared in Connecticut In 2022, But Declined Nationally
Traffic fatalities soared 28.9 percent in Connecticut in 2022 over 2021, while deaths decreased slightly nationally, statistical projections released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed. Connecticut had the greatest percentage increase in traffic fatalities among the 50 states and the District of Columbia. A total of 384 …
Read More »Gran Turismo Video Game Model Was Real-Life Custom From Japan’s Tommykairo
HAMDEN, CT – It appears to be not that much larger than a steamer trunk. It only came in bright red with a wide white racing stripe. Not many were built and few remain even though it was a relatively recent product of the 1990s. “From my understanding, there’s probably …
Read More »Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Cost More Than The Average House in 1958
Hand-built and costing more than an average house late 1950s, Cadillac’s Eldorado Brougham was a flashy yet elegant luxury model with all the trimmings. “The MSRP was $13,074 and it cost G.M. about $23,000 to make one of these. So every time they actually made one of these, they lost …
Read More »Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Show Attracts A Crowd (with Video)
HAMDEN, CT – A picturesque hilltop setting and an expansive parking lot combined today to make the Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Show a success as cars and patrons old and young gathered outside the M&T Bank Arena. “This is our fifth annual show and definitely one of the biggest. We …
Read More »Quinnipiac Car Club Spring Show – April 15, 2023
Photos from the Quinnipiac Car Club’s fifth annual spring car show staged in the parking lot outside Quinnipiac University’s M&T Bank Arena in Hamden, CT.
Read More »Corvette Gets Named “Queenie” Because Of How It’s Treated
Gerry Casey of North Haven, CT spotted his first Chevrolet Corvette when he was early in his teen years. “I think I was about 13 or 14 and a friend of my father’s drove up in a canary yellow,” he recalled on Saturday. He was standing in the parking lot …
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