Category: Featured Article
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The “Macaroni Monza” journey to become the “Almquist Sportster”
June 1954 – mid-Century in what has been typified by many as the Age of the Automobile – General Motors had just produced its 50 millionth car – Mercedes introduced the 300SL coupe, with its now famous gull-wing doors – Nash and Hudson had merged to form the American Motors Corp (AMC) – the Dow…
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1918 G-48 Locomobile Sportif
Judy and Gael Boardman’s dual ignition, 5200 pound, 48HP beauty Why a Locomobile? In the early 1950’s the Goodyear Tire Company would publish a 2-page centerfold advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post showing a pictorial history of cars with Goodyear tires. These were great little pictures and my most favorite was 1925… a Locomobile Sportif.…
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1954 R Type Bentley
Christina and Paul McCaffrey’s ’54 Bentley Are those Holley Carburetors we can see in the Bentley? Oh no, they are SUs, straight from the island! We purchased our 1954 Bentley R-Type on 10/3/1999 from Philip Palmer – Starksboro. Original owner was Stephen John Pilkington of “The Quarries”, Quarry Drive, Ormskirk, Lancaster County, England. The vehicle…
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1979 MG
Dick & Kit Wheatley’s ‘79 MG When did you purchase the MG, Dick? I purchased in February 2006. I was looking for a reasonably priced MG, spotted this online one cold Sunday afternoon. The car was located in Maryland. I threw a bid on it (wanted to see how ebay worked), didn’t think too far…
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David Lamphere’s 1919 Franklin Touring
This 1919 Franklin Touring has been a car David Lamphere has known about much of his life. Franklin manufactured about 150,000 cars in Syracuse, New York from 1902 to 1934. This one has a story to tell… World War I had just finished its four year blight in November of 1918, our 26th president, Theodore…
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Avery Hall’s 1928 Packard Roadster (model 533)
Avery’s 1928 Packard Roadster is very close to its coming-out party, it has been a 4 year project! Packard’s motto was “Ask a man who Owns One”. Avery Hall is that man! This is what Avery Hall’s 1928 Packard Roadster (model 533) looked like when he started the restoration 4 years ago. Quite a difference…
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Fred and BJ Gonet’s 1908 Type “E” Locomobile
The Locomobile automobile (1900-1929) finds its evolution linked to the indomitable and identical Stanley twins, F.E. and F.O. In 1896, after re-locating their successful photographic dry plate business to Watertown, Ma., from Kingfield, Me., the Stanleys started experimenting with a steam propulsion automobile and by 1899, were building cars for the public. In the same…
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Bill Sander’s “other hobby”
General Motors SW1500 Diesel Bill Sander got the “green light” from his wife Jan, about 10 years ago….at least he went with his interpretation. Bill had been into the Lionel train hobby for some time when one day there was a comment of him maybe getting a full sized train. Jan made a comment about…
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1910 Stoddard Dayton 10H Roadster
The Stoddard-Dayton Motor Car Company started out, as many early auto manufactures did, as a farm implement company in 1875 originating in Dayton, Ohio. As the automobile craze grew in the 1890’s, John and Charles Stoddard caught the fever and by 1904, with the help of a young English engineer, H.J. Edwards, launched their pilot…
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1988 Buick Reatta
14 year old VAE member, Jason Warren and his Reatta, are winners at our 58th Car Show in Stowe I was very excited to find out I had won 3rd place with my 1988 Buick Reatta having entered it in class 21 for non-Ford, Non-Chevy, all, for 1966-1990 model years. I had my car entered…
