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That’s what separates, we are told, the men from the boys. You’ve seen our exposés on Tonkas and Doepke toys, so it won’t surprise you that when I learned the national meet of the Historic Construction Equipment Association was being held nearby wild tractors couldn’t keep me away. As you’d expect there were trucks and….
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A couple of years ago I spent an afternoon with Johnny Pascucci of Johnny P’s Classic Cars. What started out as a photo shoot of a DeSoto he was selling turned into an automotive odyssey in his part of central Connecticut. One of the cars he showed me was this 1922-24 Packard Single Six touring….
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We all know that Ransom Olds left Oldsmobile while his curved-dash model was at the height of its popularity, thence to found Reo. But Reo, too, held his interest for but a few years. Though he remained on Reo’s board until the 1930s, after 1912 he had little involvement with cars. Where did he go….
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James Scripps Booth was an accomplished artist, though largely self-taught since he dropped out of prep school after tenth grade. The son of newspaper publisher George Gough Booth and newspaper heiress Ellen Scripps, James was also enamored of automobiles, so much so that he resolved to invent his own. Drawing his contraption in 1908, he….
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Our town does not have a 4th of July parade; we do our parading on Memorial Day. It was the same in the village where I grew up, so it was with great excitement that when I was six we started spending our summers – or at least the beginning of July – at Wellfleet,….
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On my third birthday, September 9, 1947, I was given a bright red Radio Flyer wagon. It was not my first wheeled vehicle – I had a stroller-turned-kiddie-car when a toddler, but after my sister was born my Dad put on a rumble seat so I had to share it. The Radio Flyer, though, was….
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We all dream about an ad like this, an old car with minimal mileage, purchased new by an elderly person and driven only to church. Well, be careful what you wish for; you might get it. I did! In the autumn of 1984, my mostly-faithful Rover was getting worn out, and we’d had good luck….
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New Year’s Day 1929 found Sir Herbert and Mrs. Austin aboard the RMS Berengaria bound for New York. Among their baggage were four Austin Sevens. Sir Herbert hoped to find a franchisee for his minicar in the New World. After returning home he heard from some bankers in western Pennsylvania, and in due course the….
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The Greenwich Concours d’Elegance came to town this past weekend. Greenwich is a two-day event, showcasing American vintage and performance cars on Saturday, from 1904 Searchmont to 1988 Camaro IROC-Z, and postwar European cars on Sunday. This year’s Sunday exhibits ranged from a 250 cc Isetta to a custom-built 540 horsepower Ferrari 612 Kappa. A….
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This weekend will be the first in June, which means it’s Greenwich time. Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, the brainchild of Bruce and Genia Wennerstrom, will make its 12th appearance at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. Showcased will be a circle of European cars with American drive trains; once called “hybrids” in this day of….
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