Author: Gary Fiske

When the car sold new, the buyer paid $53,000 in today’s funds.  From the “Standard Catalog of American Cars (1805-1942)… Mr. Harry Jewett made his fortune in West Virginia’s coal industry and had the idea he could do the same in this new industry that involved automobiles. In 1909, he took a test-ride in a 3-cylinder, 25HP…

Bill & Marie Smith’s  1989 Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser is one of three station wagons known to be owned by VAE Members.  Bill Smith and his family began traveling from their home in Long Island in 1990 to our August car show. Since then, he believes they have attended at least 30 shows. Five of the trips…

Bill Fagan’s beautiful 110-year-old Cadillac has some stories to tell. That includes being found in this Maine barn, to the left, when the 2nd owner came along in 1943 to buy it. There is a picture of the Caddy (below) when Bill became the 4th owner. Do you remember the Cadillac engine story from the…

Travis Cook found this 1929 Ford Model A pickup, with a blown engine, listed for sale in Wheel Tracks six years ago. Since he had a fine “pickled” engine at home, he bought it. Here, you see the model A 3000 miles later, at our 2023 Waterbury Show. Evidence indicates this Model A might have…

Lloyd Davis’s Antique Car in 1953 was a 1925 Davis, one of 692 made that year in Richmond, Indiana. Lloyd is pictured above, not because of his car, but because he is one of the 29 Charter Members of the VAE. The VAE began 70 years ago, in 1953, with these 29 Members. Bradford Benson,…

Jim Shover Always Wanted a Show Pickup. He Found This One in a Field in 1973. Jim Shover has family all around him and they are very special to him. However, it does not take long to find another type of family in Jim’s life, and we believe if he could add the Shover surname…

(Pictured above is our former Wheel Tracks editor, Gene Fodor, and his beloved unrestored 1953 MG TD, both ready for the 2011 costume event.) The 66th VAE “Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet” is on August 11, 12 & 13. The Souvenir Tent The Souvenir Tent has a new organizer this year……… Lester Felch has…

This 1914 Cadillac Touring car began its life in Iowa Park, Texas when Ernst Goetze needed transportation.  Today, it is garaged in Ludlow, Vermont. Brian Wood is now the Cadillac’s owner/caretaker.  Mr. Goetze, an immigrant from Saxony, Germany, was a cattleman in Iowa Park, Texas. He had seen the two neighbor girls with broken arms…

Why a Ford Model T, Fred?  Fred Gonet’s first experience driving a model T was in 2017.  A friend in New Hampshire had asked him to come for a visit and work on some car projects he had. The friend also asked if he could tune up a couple of T’s that were to be…