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I became a member of VAE just a few years ago when I registered my 1967 Austin Healey 3000 MK III . Although I have never participated in any of the events, I have enjoyed your monthly magazine. The pictures and articles have sparked many memories of my past challenges with automobiles.  The Model A…

Ken Gypson’s Journey with His Mercury Creation  The old car hobby has many facets, maybe too many. Grandpa was into Maxwells, early Buicks and Pierce Arrows. Dad was into British sport cars, open wheel race cars (midgets and sprint cars) and Franklins and Packards.  Me? I’m into all of the above plus vintage stock cars and…

This 1933 Master Eagle Phaeton Chevrolet now belongs to Gary and Nancy Olney. Some of us travel to the other side of our nation in search of our treasured antique auto. For the Olneys, the car had been hiding in a barn only 20 miles away, since 1954. The picture, right, is what a couple…

Mike Daigle and sons Domenico and Charlie have a new project at their home. The 1918 REO Model F Speed Wagon will be their winter project… And maybe beyond winter. Asked why a REO Speed Wagon Mike Daigle said “Probably because of his neighbor Gene Towne.”  Gene Towne died a few years ago, but he left a huge foot-print in our memories,…

Allan Wright’s 1951 Ford Victoria is almost 70 years-old and has 80,000 miles on the odometer…..but, if you look closely, the car is in better shape than when it came from the factory.  After a complete professional restoration and winning a number of national awards, Allan was able to purchase this Ford “Vic” from its…

This is a test… is Fred Gonet’s automobile, pictured here, really, a Chrysler or is someone playing a joke on us, and it is really a Maxwell?Answer… in 1925, this exact model would have had a Maxwell badge on its hood. That same year, Chrysler bought out Maxwell, named this car the Model 25 and…

VAEer Richard Spitzer has a project on his hands with this 1960 Chevy Impala.  This from Richard Spitzer… When my dad told me he saw a 1960 Impala for sale, I had no clue what one looked like.  Fins and a bubble top. What? I was 17 and driving a SAAB 99. I liked old cars, but…

The Right Power for the Bigger Jobs Wherever power is needed, the practical and careful man buys a McCormick-Deering 6HP engine to do his work. The 6HP engine has water-cooled cylinder head and belt pulley can be put on either side.  I believe it was the 2006 Shelburne Vt car show where I first met…

First there was the 9N, then the 2N and finally the 8N. Our history and the history of at least one of the 350,000 N-tractors made, have most likely crossed paths at some time  When the idea of doing a story on the iconic Ford N tractors came to Wheel Tracks, the idea seemed great and…

“I just really like Fords” was Dave Martin’s response to “Why a Ford?”  Dave Martin is a retired carpenter and now has the extra time to work in his home shop in Newbury, Vermont. He is very close to finishing up a 1940 Ford Tuder that started out with a broken frame and seized engine.…