Category: Wheel Tracks
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Bob & Duane – The Vermont Antique and Classic Car Show
This issue of Wheel Tracks is dedicated to Bob Chase and Duane Leach, two gentlemen who have made the Vermont Antique and Classic Car Show what it is today. The VAE honors Bob Chase and Duane Leach for their tireless work over these many years to continuously put on the best show in New England.…
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Show Time
I don’t recall exactly what year it was, but I was pretty new to the VAE and attended my first “Stowe Show” committee meeting. Bob Chase was chairing the meeting as usual and seated next to him was Duane Leach. Bob announced, with a big smile on his face, that Duane had agreed to become…
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Cookin’ at the Car Show
Occasionally, I realize that there is a good reason for not getting rid of stuff. I often start looking for something, and sometimes I get lucky. Today was one of those lucky days. I have saved Wheel Tracks for years and still have the first issues. When I get them out to look for something, sometimes…
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1929 Plymouth Rumble Seat Roadster
Pictured here Wendell Noble’s 1929 Plymouth Rumble Seat Roadster as it looked when he bought it (above) and as it looks now after restoration (below). Wendell is still waiting for a ride in the rumble seat. I fondly recall, as a kid, the thrill of riding with my brother in the rumble seat of our…
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Hoping for a Comeback
Seems like every time you pick up a newspaper, scan the internet, or listen to the news, you read or hear that something is closing. Many churches, clubs, restaurants, stores, organizations of all sorts have run out of members and money. One of the biggest reasons for closing many times is there is not anyone to…
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Lost Linguistic Richness
It occurred to me recently that my common slang vocabulary has diminished over the years. Many of those colorful words or expressions were used as well-directed insults or derogatory references. Others were just colorfully descriptive. I didn’t coin any of these. I learned them from my long-gone elders. When I was just a “little squirt,” I…
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1950 Ford Custom Convertible
This ‘50 Ford Custom Convertible, fondly named “Duke of Earl,” is owned by Barry and Suzy Solomon, new VAE members from Westford, Vermont, and San Antonio, Texas. Beginning on page 6, you will read how Barry’s love of automobiles began when he was 15 years old. This car is almost identical to the one he…
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Stupid Engineering
I trust that many of us are old enough to remember who Rube Goldberg was. He was, among other things, an engineer and a cartoonist. He is best known for his humorous cartoons depicting complicated mechanisms to perform simple tasks. His designs were fictitious, but I’ve encountered some real-life examples that have gotten into production…
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Just Don’t Drop It
I’ve always had a love affair…..with glass: blown glass, fused glass, stained glass, mosaic glass, crystal…. If it’s glass and it sparkles, I’m all in. A few years ago, Don and I were traveling in western New York, and we stopped at the Corning Museum of Glass in Rochester, NY. Talk about glass! It is…
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1964 Ford F-100 Custom Cab Pickup
In 1991, my father-in-law and two brothers-in-law loaded in my 1988 Astro conversion van and headed to Lawton, Oklahoma, to visit my brother-in-law in the army. I started looking around for a Chevy without much luck, but found this truck in the newspaper in Wichita Falls, Texas. We took a ride down to check it…
