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Paul & Barb Wagner’s 1957 Dodge D200 “For 43 years it was our Every-day farm truck. Today it is our car-show truck” Back in 1967, we decided to purchase a truck to support our small family dairy farm in Methuen, MA. The search led us to a gentleman who had a sewing machine business, and…

Wendell & Mary Noble’s 1930 Chrysler CJ Roadster A Lot Of Money Goes A Long Way – from Wendell Noble A funny thing about my doing a car restoration, although I’m working toward a goal, when I get there, it’s a bit of a let down. I am happy with the results. If I weren’t,…

Dennis Dodd, of East Fairfield, Vermont “Kids, College & Work kept this 1902 Curved Dash Oldsmobile waiting for 28 years… Finally, with a new paint job on its way, it will be finished”. Dennis Dodd purchased the ‘02 Curved Dash Olds in ‘89 from a Massachu-setts gent while at the VAE Stowe Show. It was…

“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,…

Lee and Geri Carpenter’s 1957 Packard Clipper Has VAE club history at its best. This 1957 Packard Clipper was originally owned by the parents of one of the VAE’s founding members. Peveril Peake. We are the second family owner having bought it from Pev in 2004. The 1957 Packard Clipper Town Sedan was the next to…

A beautiful 1992 Jaguar XJS Elegante owned by Serge Benoit We have all heard about Serge Benoit… or should we say, we have all “heard” Serge Benoit. Serge has been our “French Voice” at our August Antique & Classic Car Meet for many years. He and Gael Boardman keep the show rolling on the public…

Hank Baer’s 1972 Pinzgauer Swiss Army Radio Communication Truck. Hank is a VAE Member and also a member of the Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club. In the beginning… it was an Austrian Haflinger. The Haflinger was a series of 4×4 light utility vehicles, produced by Steyr-Puch. It was designed to replace the WWII era American jeeps.…

A beauty of a 1908 Model 10 Buick Owned by Sandy & Tom Pierce For six months I kept noticing an ad for a 1908 Buick in Old Cars Weekly. The ad was only a phone number with no photo, so I looked up the Buick and thought it might be a great project, for…

“Cadet” is its name and Buick is its brand! Brian Warren loves Buicks… Cadet, our 1955 Buick Special. The name comes from the cadet blue metallic paint applied, by GM 60+ years ago and the fact that the Special was the entry level Buick, at that time. Not sure why I settled on Buicks other…

Dan Noyes and his dad, Bob,  with their 1923 Model T Mail Truck that has been in the family for five generations. In 1901 or 1902, Fred Noyes and his horse Ned delivered their “Rural Route 1” mail in South Sudbury, Massachusetts (note picture to the right). In 1923 the route was 28.6 miles, Wheel…