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HARWINTON, CT – Always popular with town residents, the annual Harwinton Fair Car Show on Friday night drew a record number of show entries. An estimated 110 classic cars and trucks (and a few newer models) parked among the tractors and midway rides on what was a pleasant fall evening. …

ESSEX, CT – Some 40 photographers from 20 states will congregate in Connecticut next week for photos shoots involving two Essex Steam Train & Riverboat locomotives. Event organizer and photographer Dak Dillon is seeking a handful of vintage vehicles to pose with them on Tuesday and Wednesday. “Don’t need folks …

WINSTED, CT – Downtown businesses provided the backdrop on Saturday for the 24th Fall Foliage Festival and Car/Motorcycle Show along the main drag in Winsted. The leaves may just beginning to change, but bright colors could be seen in some of the cars on display. Here’s a gallery of the …

EAST CANAAN, CT – Lone Oak Campsites staged its 10th annual car show today under a sunny sky and drew a normal number of entries, despite competition from another show in Winsted. Entries perhaps covered a wide range of years than found at other shows. Here’s a gallery of some …

EAST HADDAM, CT – The sticker on the inner door frame of the Lincoln Nautilus reads “MFD. BY FORD MOTOR CO.” but there’s more to the pilgrimage from factory-to-consumer than that. This star-spangled luxury crossover is actually assembled in Hangzhou, China, just like the similarly Chinese-born Buick Envision. Its place …

NEW HARTFORD, CT – The ski slopes at Ski Sundown provided the backdrop on Sunday for the annual Valley Collector Car Club show, and more than 120 enthusiasts showed up to display their rides. Among the noteworthy models were a 1909 Cadillac, a 1928 REO and a 1961 Chevrolet Corvair …

PLANTSVILLE, CT – Oldsmobile got shut down by General Motors some 20 years ago, but brand enthusiasts persist to this day. On Sunday, they gathered at the Southington Drive-In for the New England Oldsmobile Clubs’s an annual show. It featured many 442 muscle car models as well as a luxury …

CHESHIRE, CT – The 2024 car show season will have a big-ticket finale in October with the staging of the New England Concours d’Elegance at the Farmington Polo Club. It’s described as “a sophisticated car show benefitting those in need.” It will begin at 11 a.m. on Oct. 27 at …

LAKEVILLE, CT – So few of them were built that each one is routinely referred to by its chassis number. Howard Kroplick of East Hills, N.Y. on Long Island owns “#1044.”  Kroplick paid nearly $1.35 million at a Sotheby’s auction in Arizona in 2017 for the privilege of owning a …

EAST HADDAM, CT – Having been discontinued in 2021, the recently reincarnated Toyota Land Cruiser is a new attempt to return to the days of yore with a more affordable off-roader that stands tall. Taller, in fact, than its long-standing 4Runner sibling of similar proportions and at a price point …