Category: Featured Article
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1937 Dodge MC Pickup
Mike Felix’s 1937 Dodge MC Pickup From the build sheet I obtained from Historical Services at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, I have determined: My 1937 Dodge MC was built on June 23, 1937 at the Chrysler Corporation, Dodge Truck Division, Hamtramck plant in Michigan. When it left the factory it was shipped to Perth Amboy, New…
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1968 Ford Mustang Coupe
The Mustang was the right car at the right time Hello fellow enthusiasts, I know what you’re thinking, oh great another story about a Mustang. A dime a dozen at the car show, just like a Model A or Camaro. We’ve seen them before and there’s nothing more to see and I suppose for some…
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1955 17 foot Shepard Runabout
Selby & Maureen Turners’ 17 foot Shepard Runabout. It’s winter, the snow swirls around my storage barn, just feet away from the Lake and safely tucked in among the cedars on Isle La Motte. I enter, almost tentatively because I’ve not been in for several weeks. I flick on the lights and suddenly the 35×75′…
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1935 Packard Limousine
Tom Noble’s 1935 Packard Limousine I think the best way to tell the story of the car is in two parts – first the part I know is actually true, and secondly the part that might be complete bunk… The car is a 1935 Packard V-12 limousine that my grandfather, Bert Pulsifer, acquired sometime during the…
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1919 Ford Model T
Tin Lizzie, Leaping Lena, or Flivver is a few of the names for Ford’s Model Ts. Dave Welch’s 1919 Model T, above, fits these names. David Welch has a clock shop in the old Kennedy Brothers building in Vergennes and has been in the repair business for many years. He is also “the cook” according to…
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A Drop in the Bucket List
About a year ago during a visit with our daughter, Martha in Colorado, she guided us on a trip to the Grand Canyon. On the way back she commented, “Mom we should go on another trip”. Where would you like to go? I suspect that she was thinking along the lines of a bucket list.…
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1966 Chevrolet Corvette Stringray
This is Len & Jeanne Pallotta’s 1966 Stingray Corvette. This is part of the Corvette story written by Len Pallotto in 2005 for Wheel Tracks…. “Our Corvette” My interest in Corvettes probably started back in 1954 when some friends and I attended the General Motors Motorama Show in Boston where the highlight of the show,…
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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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1913 Board-track racing Indian and 1910 Harley Davidson Model-F motorcycles
On the left we have a 1913 Board-track racing Indian motorcycle – On the right, a 1910 Harley Davidson motorcycle This beautiful 1913 Indian board-track racing motorcycle is owned by Skip Weeks of Collinsville, Connecticut. He found a few parts of the engine for sale and decided to pass. Then a call came and he was…
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1937 Ford Flatback Sedan
Is this the same #67 in both pictures? Ken Gypson’s ‘37 Ford has been around creating history for 81 years and still going strong. Hal Boardman’s diorama proves the car still inspires… From VAEer, Hal Boardman … Two years ago the VAE ventured south to Bennington for a Hemmings cruise-in and a visit to our hosts, Ken…
