Author: VAE
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25th Anniversary Milestone
Anne was unavailable this month for her column, so instead, we have gone back in the Wheel Tracks archives to the 1980s. Enjoys…… Al Ward’s 1982 “25th Anniversary Milestone” Poem. Some 25 years ago at a lovely place called Stowe Stood five old cars pushed all in a row. The occasion of which was a…
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1911 Flanders Roadster Banner
The Shelburne Museum/VAE Father’s Day Auto Festival Award….. Most Original (Unrestored ): 1910 Flanders, owned by Vin Cassidy Vin Cassidy, pictured left, has had the Flanders for a number of years. Wheel Tracks understands that Vin found the chassis and running gear in Massachusetts from Carl Weber. The body was found in Iowa some seven…
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Your Car Engine on an Oscilloscope
Guest mechanic this month started with an article from Ken Barber and finished by Wheel Tracks When an oscilloscope is used by a mechanic to tune your engine, the picture to the left is what one good cylinder looks like during one firing cycle. An oscilloscope allows you to see the voltage pattern of anything…
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1921 Franklin Runabout
“Do you want to buy that Franklin Runabout?” “I don’t need it.” “Yes, you don’t need it, but do you want to buy it?” That is how the ‘partnership’ started for the owners of this 1921 Franklin Runabout. Lloyd Davis and Carl Thompson first met while working at the Quebec Cigar Company in Rutland in 1973,…
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VAE Bridge Celebration
From Granddaughter Kris Trombley… ”My grandmother, Ida Wolcott Wendell, was 15 years old when she attended the Crown Point bridge opening in 1929. She has many memories of the day including having a picnic with her family. She remembers watching the parade at the foot of the bridge on the New York side and remembers…
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A Good Mechanic Is Hard to Find
On St. Patrick‘s Day 2009, my man arrived on the scene and after I over-did myself, yesterday (March 17th). It was such a great weather day. A sudden stroke of good luck came my way in the morning when my ‘61 Triumph TR3A‘s electrical wizard called to say that if we could get my TR…
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Kenneth F. Gypson
North Greenbush — Kenneth F. Gypson, 79 died suddenly Thursday, August 19, 2004 at his residence. Born in Albany, he was the son of the late Lowell H. Gypson and Janet (Dyer) Gypson. He was the loving husband of 56 years to Anne (Gutkowski) Gypson. He had resided in North Greenbush for 45 years and…
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Infamous Lemons: 1950 Rover Whizzard
The Rover Whizzard was a turbine-engine car, and was first unveiled at Silverstone Airport, in England, in 1950. That such a conservative automaker as Rover would come out with a turbine car was a sign of the times, and in a sense, the car was a product of the transportation industry as a whole. The…
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State of the VAE
State of the club message for 2003 and the first 50 years of action since the club’s founding in 1953. Presented to the Board of Directors, January 5, 2004. First let me thank and congratulate all those members that have helped establish the VAE over our history and especially in our golden year 2003. It…
