Category: Wheel Tracks
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Everything Was Aligned That Day!
If you’ll all allow me to gloat this month, I want to tell you about a very special young woman here in Vermont, and that’s my niece, Michelle Archer. You may not recognize her name, but I’m sure you’ve heard of the events of December 17 where two children fell through ice on a pond…
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1929 Whippet Engine project
After much deliberation, we decided that the “spare” engine should move into the “boat anchor” category. You can see on the front page, we have installed the anchor chain. Despite being rebuilt in its past, the “anchor” appeared to have run many hours since. The deciding issue was the unacceptable amount of out-of-round and taper…
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1914 Cadillac Touring
Bill Fagan’s beautiful 110-year-old Cadillac has some stories to tell. That includes being found in this Maine barn, to the left, when the 2nd owner came along in 1943 to buy it. There is a picture of the Caddy (below) when Bill became the 4th owner. Do you remember the Cadillac engine story from the…
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Age is Just a Number
Maybe it was the fact that the year turned to 2024 and we were inundated with all the happenings of 2023 that got me thinking of my age. I admit, I dwell on it more than I did 40 years ago, but do not think I obsess about it, knowing full well I cannot do…
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1930 Ford Model A Pickup
Travis Cook found this 1929 Ford Model A pickup, with a blown engine, listed for sale in Wheel Tracks six years ago. Since he had a fine “pickled” engine at home, he bought it. Here, you see the model A 3000 miles later, at our 2023 Waterbury Show. Evidence indicates this Model A might have…
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Shifting to Winter Mode
Well, it happened again. It was like shifting from first to reverse, going from summer to winter gear. It usually happens sometime in the end of September when I start thinking about getting ready for winter. All the summer chores and projects, most of which never got done, get put on “next year’s list” and…
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1980 MGB Mark IV
This MGB beauty is owned by VAEer Jim Adams of Jericho, Vermont. Jim Adams writes: In the spring of 1983 on my daily drive to my office, I drove by Al Martin Motors which then was on the Williston Road. In the showroom was a reddish orange sports car just begging me to stop and…
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Happy 90th Birthday, Mom!
My mother celebrated her 90th birthday last month. It really got me thinking about how we throw around the terms “old folks,” “elderly,” “getting up there,” etc. That is definitely not my mother. She is in great health, lives by herself a couple of miles from my husband and I, still drives, and takes care…
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Happy Birthday Vermont Automobile Enthusiasts!
Lloyd Davis’s Antique Car in 1953 was a 1925 Davis, one of 692 made that year in Richmond, Indiana. Lloyd is pictured above, not because of his car, but because he is one of the 29 Charter Members of the VAE. The VAE began 70 years ago, in 1953, with these 29 Members. Bradford Benson,…
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What Difference 70 Years Makes!
In 1953, I was 5 years old and anxiously waiting to start first grade the next year. There was no kindergarten, no Head Start, no play schools, so you just waited until you were 6 and could start first grade. Here I might add that in Athens, Vermont, there was no bus, so transportation was…
