Category: Wheel Tracks
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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…
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1959 Ford Galaxie Sunliner
John and Maria Stoodley’s 1959 Ford Galaxie Sunliner was an eight year restoration project! John is President of the Automobilists of the Upper Hudson Valley as well as a VAE member. The Stoodleys are members of both the VAE and the AUHV, with John being the current president of the AUHV. The AUHV was founded in…
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Comfortably Cluttered Cars
Have you ever noticed the odd things that people have in their car? I was talking to a neighbor a few days ago, and she mentioned a turkey baster that she keeps in her car. When she explained to me why, it made perfect sense. For years I tried to keep my car relatively clean.…
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Planned Obsolescence
I was recently fussing about the apparent intent of Microsoft to torpedo Windows 10 users to force them to upgrade to Windows 11 which, in most cases, means the cost of buying a new computer. A friend responded with the simple comment, “Planned Obsolescence.” That is a term that has been in our lexicon for…
