Category: Wheel Tracks
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1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer.
John D. Parker III is pictured at the August 2026 Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet in his 1921 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tourer. He has attended the show a number of times with this vehicle. John has been a VAE member since 1954 and resides in North Stonington, Connecticut. This Rolls-Royce has been driven over 200,000…
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The Alternator Alternative
As long as automobiles have used electricity to power anything other than ignition, they have required a means of generating DC power to replenish the battery. In 1912, Cadillac introduced the first DC generator (dynamo) for this purpose. It served that function for nearly six decades. In 1960, Chrysler introduced the first alternator as an…
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Detroit Agate
Last April, while volunteering at my lapidary club’s annual garage sale in Green Valley, Arizona, I was assigned to sort agates, crystals, and other stones of every shape and size. As I worked through more boxes than I could possibly finish, I found what looked like a chunk of colorful rock. I asked Laura McQuillen,…
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A Full Grid
Thank you to Bill Josler and his many friends for a great race car turnout in Waterbury! There were 35 race cars at the show. Read more from Bill… As Carrol Shelby said in the movie Ford V Ferrari, “If you are fortunate enough to do that which you love, you will never have to work”;…
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The Generator Generation
The power for a car’s electrical system comes from the battery, but it must be constantly replenished by a generator. Up until the early 1960s, a DC generator, which is technically called a dynamo, was the standard. The physical principle by which any electrical generator works is called the Lorentz force. You’ll probably never need to…
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Memories of Kit
I was going through another pile of photographs recently and came upon a photo of Kit Coddington. There probably aren’t any folks left who knew him. He passed in 1978 or 1979. Just another good old car fellow who loved flea markets. I have a photo of him at a Stowe car meet flea market on the fridge.…
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Golden Wrench Awards – 2026
PRESENTING THE 2026 GOLDEN WRENCH WINNERS This award is presented annually in late May to early June to one junior in each of the sixteen automotive technical career centers in Vermont. The award consists primarily of a valuable tool set worth approximately $800 and a $500 scholarship for continued post-secondary education, plus a year’s membership…
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The Ongoing Industrial Revolution
Manufacturing the things and stuff needed for everyday life was once the job of artisans who used tools and skill to make things one at a time. This started to change abruptly in mid-18th Century Great Britain, kicking off what has come to be called the Industrial Revolution. It started in the textile industry with…
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Reminiscing
My grandfather was very proud to be a Vermonter, and he was especially proud to have a history in the Mad River Valley towns of Warren, Waitsfield, Fayston, and Moretown. His great-grandfather pioneered in Warren over two centuries ago. His father, who lived to over 99 years of age, was a farmer as well as…
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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.…
