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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 …

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 …

— MILLERTON, NY – It was an opportunity that Rob Cooper couldn’t resist. After restoring an old Mobil service station in Millerton. NY to how it looked back in the 1950s, complete with period gas pumps and signage, he’s now doing the same with another gas station nine miles to …

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 …

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 …

SIMSBURY, CT – The 33rd annual Simsbury Fly-In, Car Show & Food Truck Festival scheduled for Sept. 15 at Simsbury Airport was abruptly canceled today after “much thought, consideration and deliberation,” according to an afternoon post on the event’s Facebook page. “Over the coming months, we’ll be doing a lot …

U.S. electric truck and SUV builder Rivian, which reportedly loses nearly $39,000 on every vehicle it sells, is getting a boost from German automaker Volkswagen. VW announced Tuesday that it will invest up to $5 billion in Rivian in an alliance “to create next-generation electrical architecture and best-in-class software technology,” …

A line of thunderstorms that moved into Connecticut late Friday afternoon and into evening forced the postponement of two car shows scheduled to kick off a slate of at least 13 shows across the state this weekend. Getting postponed were the Torrington P.A.L. Car Show in Torrington and the Knights …

LAKEVILLE, CT – There’s never an opportune time to suffer a tire puncture, but Bob Green can recall a case of particularly bad timing. He was behind the wheel of a Dodge pace car at Lime Rock Park racetrack and was about to lead drivers out for the start of …

COLEBROOK, CT – They came riding shotgun in the passenger seat or wedged between bucket seats. Others enjoyed the back seat to themselves. Not the spectators, rather the dogs that accompanied their owners to Sunday’s second annual Pups & Pints Car Show at Norbrook Farm Brewery.  The event benefitted the …