Category: Wheel Tracks
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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…
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1932 Ford B79 Deluxe Panel Delivery
This 1932 Ford B79 Deluxe Panel Delivery is owned by Bill Josler, a VAE member from White River Junction, Vermont. See Bill’s Ford at the Vermont Antique and Classic Car Meet in Waterbury in August. Thank you, VAE, and the staff of Wheel tracks for this opportunity to showcase the 1932 Ford B79 deluxe panel delivery.…
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Little House
Both of my maternal grandparents grew up in Vermont, but they later settled in Connecticut where my grandfather taught high school history. In the mid-1930s, they bought a small house in North Fayston, Vermont, for use in the summer. The house was soon named Little House by my aunt, who was a child at the time. As…
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These Old Car People are surely an interesting lot
It’s another wet, gloomy day and I’m trying to get some housework done before I settle down with my book. I was thinking about the past weekend and the VAE meet in Bradford. What a great bunch of folks there are in the car club and how lucky I am to know them. In the…
