Author: Gary Fiske

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. – Robert Louis Stevenson Travel……..[trav-el] verb To move from one place to another: seeking places to discover. A journey to a distant or unfamiliar place; a slow and steady pace can be done by train, plane, ship and…

The 2022 VAE President’s Restoration Award Goes to……Mike Felix & His 1939 Plymouth I never intended to own a ‘39 Plymouth.  It was happenstance that wed me to this car.  Let me explain.  -Mike Felix During the summer of 1998, I attended a car cruise in Highland, NY and struck up a conversation with an attendee in an all…

Are there any guesses what this 2-wheeled vehicle is? Hint… it is now 100 years old. In 1901, 20-year-old William S. Harley drew up plans for a small engine with a displacement of 7.07 cubic inches and a 4-inch flywheel designed for use in a regular pedal-bicycle frame. It didn’t work very well. Over the…

From life in a steel Quonset hut in Tennessee to Charlie Thompson’s loving garage in Colchester, VT. This 1925 Overland has many new adventures ahead. Charlie Thompson has been without an old car ride for a while now. His beloved 1930 Whippet has some engine problems and he needs to have it rebuilt. Most of…

Gary Sassi’s life was really good before he was infected by the “old-car-bug”. His Dad, Gino, was a lifelong stone carver in Barre, Vermont and Gary grew up in his Dad’s shop, learning the trade. When the time came, Gary decided he wanted to go back to his family’s old country to further his training,…

This 1971 Army Deuce and a Half lives in White River, Vermont and is owned by Mary Kay & Dennis Brown How did you get interested in these military trucks Dennis? As a little kid, we used to have several convoys of Armytrucks go past our home on Rt.4 in White River Jct. VT. When…

Have you ever noticed how serene Model T Pickup owners are?  The pickups here are Model A’s and we will try to explain why their owners may not be the serene-type… The red truck is my 1934 Ford Model 46-830 with 21 stud flathead V8.  After many false starts looking at both Model A’s and…

This 1969 Plymouth Road Runner was “the transportation” for Megan and Adam Shafritz when they married. It was the fall of 1985 and Adam Shafritz was looking for a project car to work on for his Advanced Auto Mechanics class during his senior year at Mamaroneck High School (NY).  Late 1960’s muscle cars were just seeing their resurgence. He had…

Bill Cooke and Sarah Moon have a car they call “Tilly”. The car is a 1903 Grout.  Above, is the completely restored Grout, a Model J Drop-front Roadster, of today.  The story from Bill and Sarah  Tilly, our 1903 model-J drop-front Grout, joined the family in the summer of 1967 in a group-purchase that included an ’06…