Category: Featured Article
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A 1949 Indian Roadmaster makes it back on the road.
With a little help from Wendell Noble and an assist from Fred Gonet For as long as I have known him, my friend and neighbor, Dallan Baker, has owned an all original 1948 Indian Roadmaster motorcycle. That’s at least 30 years and I only recall seeing him ride it once. When he recently mentioned that…
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John Johnson’s Pro Street 1967 Camaro SS
A few in the VAE have heard about John Johnson and his Mountain View Auto Body & Sign company in Sheldon, Vermont. If you see the logos on our show trailers, they were made in John’s shop. There are also some beautiful member vehicles that have departed John’s shop ready for the show field. This…
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1930 Ford Model A “Tudor”
Does anyone know why Henry Ford decided to call this Model A a “Tudor“? Read on for a couple of theories… Donald and Anne Pierce found this 1930 Ford Model A in the 2015 VAE car show “Car Corral”. The purchase took them back another 25 years, toward the beginning of the auto era for…
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Ric & Donna Venner’s 1950 Chevrolet Deluxe Project
Ric is a retired Westfalia engineer where he spent much of his time installing and fixing the German company’s milk separators throughout Germany and the U.S. These were fantastic machines that could separate 100s of thousands of pounds of milk per hour. Donna is also retired after a career of working in medical administration. They…
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Richard & Roxie Kerr and their 1951 “Cab Over” Dodge
Why would Richard Kerr want a two ton Dodge truck? Yup, you guessed it… he has been a truck driver since he was nineteen years old and that is what makes him happy. He found the truck about 20 years ago, so the restoration has been a long haul for him. Richard works 10 to…
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Doris Bailey: 1922 – 2016
Doris Jane Doerfler Bailey died on September 13, 2016 at the age of 94. She was born on March 10, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, the fourth of five children of Dr. William and Betty Doerfler. She lived in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York until age seven. Then after her parents’ divorce, she moved to and was…
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The Women of the Annual Car Meet in Stowe
For many years these women have worked to make our show in Stowe the successes they have been. For instance in Pat Mainetti’s case it has been somewhere between 15 and 20 years. Yes, there are also many men involved too, but this is the “quiet group”. Thank you for your dedication
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This 1927 Ford Model T Roadster Pickup is 89 years old…
with its first 28 years still shrouded in mystery… The truck’s known history begins about 1955 when a VAEer found it for sale On North Main Street in St. Albans, Vermont. The Roadster Pickup is locally known as an East Fairfield truck, a little village fifteen miles East of Lake Champlain in Northern Vermont. The…
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Charlie Thompson’s 1930 Whippet Sedan has a story to tell…
Way back in ’67, my friend Dick, who was driving a ’31 Willys as his regular car, told me about a ’29 or ’30 Whippet for sale in Charlotte, VT. Since I always liked old cars and my Dad had told me about Whippets, I went to check it out. The owner was moving and…
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How NOT to buy a car
It is like sitting in your living room recliner when you ride down the road in this 1952 Imperial! I bought this 1952 Imperial from a dealer is Canton, Ohio six years ago. It had been owned by the financial manager at the Canton Chrysler dealership who drove it to Florida every year. I bought…
