Category: Wheel Tracks
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Crossroads
As much as I love to write (and I am sure you love to read) about my fabulous kitty cat Willy and my ongoing old-age sagas, I need to talk to you about a more important subject. I feel we, the membership of the VAE, have come to a crossroad; basically, in a few words, the club needs…
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1960 Ford F100
Robert Turner’s 1960 Ford F100 just happens to be for sale! My 1960 Ford F100 that I call Fridge has a 223 inline six with “three on the tree.” Her engine was professionally rebuilt by RPM engines in Milton a few years ago, and has been very reliable. It is my summer daily driver. Whenever…
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Now Who Are You?
This seems to be happening more frequently lately. For a while I thought it was my (old) age, but I’m beginning to think that it isn’t. This is happening to a lot of younger folks, even my kids who are now all middle aged: Not being able to remember people’s names. How many times have…
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Hope for the Future
Our September VAE event was a very nice gathering of members with their cars on display at the Burnham Memorial Library in Colchester. I arrived in my ’29 Plymouth roadster. As soon as I got out of the car, a young boy came over immediately to examine it. I would guess his age to be…
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1996 Mazda Miata MX-5
It all started back in 2017 at our 59th annual car show. Dave Sander had brought the 1990 Mazda Miata to the Stowe car show. I had been wanting to drive it, but I didn’t know how to drive a manual car. He got into the passenger seat and said, “Hop in!” We stayed on…
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Time to Vacuum
Well, they’re driving me crazy again this year! I always thought they were an infestation of the common ladybugs that we see in the garden in the summer and think “how cute.” Not! I have come to learn these are Asian lady beetles. The Asian lady beetle arrived in New England through both intentional introductions and accidental…
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AI and Us
The media, Wall Street gurus, and us plebeian folks are all atwitter about A1 (Artificial Intelligence). What is it? Where is it? Will it take away our jobs? Will it make our lives better or will it terrorize our lives? I’ll define AI as any computer coded algorithm that can access stored or new information…
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2025 Awards – Vermont Antique & Classic Car Meet
Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts club’s award-winners by class, plus Special Awards from 2025 Vermont Antique & Classic Car Meet
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Thoughts of the Aging
Driving to get groceries the other day, I met with two motorcycles, the 3-wheel kind. Maybe they call them tricycles; not sure, but right away I thought they are a safety thing for people “my age”! They certainly do not look as cool as a two-wheeled motorcycle but guess there are things that we must give…
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SUVs are Us
I’m a member of a vanishing minority group. I don’t own an SUV as my everyday driver passenger car. As we all know, SUV is an acronym for Sport Utility Vehicle. The definition of what constitutes an SUV is in the eye of the beholder. It features 4-wheel drive (FWD) or all-wheel drive (AWD). It’s…
