Category: Wheel Tracks
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Happy New Year – 2018
As the time is getting close, I will first wish one and all a Happy New Year. It is a bit hard to believe it will be 2018 (if you are reading this, it is 2018!) It seems like yesterday that we were all trying to decide how to say the years in the 2000s,…
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1992 Jaguar XJS Elegante
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…
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It’s in the Bag
When doing engine work or restoration work, organization is key to success. I recently overhauled an engine in my shop, and I was greatly aided by a careful and thoughtful organization when I took the engine apart. I carefully catalogued the nuts, bolts, hardware and parts in zip lock bags, carefully labeled with a sharpie…
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Beware – Friday The 13th!
These BRRR mornings are reminding us that there is a cold winter to come. Cold as it is, we in Vermont have it much better than most parts of the world, so no more complaining. In Vermont, tornadoes, earthquakes, wild fires, mud slides and hurricanes are rare. Of course, there are exceptions, like the microburst…
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1972 Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer
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.…
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Alternator Maintenance
I recently had a Subaru Outback in the shop for some extensive maintenance. I had to remove the alternator to do this work. The car had 185,000 miles on it, and still had the original alternator. I decided I would utilize the time waiting for parts to do some preventative maintenance, and overhaul the alternator…
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This is the season for church suppers…
There are church suppers everywhere… the most popular are chicken and biscuit suppers, but once in a while you will read about a ham dinner or even a game dinner. We’ve been to several in the past month and they are wonderful! A lot of the churches have been putting these suppers on for generations. They…
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1908 Model 10 Buick
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…
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My ’65 MGB
My ’65 MGB story started in ’83, when I was 15 years old and was looking for my first car in anticipation of my 16 birthday. My limited funds available meant that I was looking for a deal and I would have to borrow the money to get it. My father has always been a…
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Walk a Mile in My Shoes / Everyone has a Story
Having worked in medicine for 50 years, I have had many opportunities to listen to patient’s stories concerning their health, family, friends, the town, the State and the Federal government. Some have a lot of incite and some not so much, but we listen and many times I am so taken back by what I…
