Category Archives: News Archive- 2008

Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival wheels in the classics

By Editor | Published: June 30, 2010
By Lisa Backus, Staff Writer, New Britain Herald NEW BRITAIN — Somewhere between the Caspian blue metallic 1964-and-a-half Mustang and the candy apple red and white “Starsky and Hutch” 1975 Torino, it occurs to guests and drivers at the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival that it’s not just about shiny chrome and a slick paint job. “It’s about [...]
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Old Fashion Soda Bottler Becomes Sponsor

By Editor | Published: May 4, 2010
“We sell nostalgia” said Rob Metz, owner of Avery’s Beverages, the legendary 106 year old soft drink company, located on Corbin Avenue, within sight of Klingberg Family Centers.  This year Avery’s Beverages will be a Bronze Sponsor of the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival (KVMF), serving as the official soft drink vendor of the annual fundraising [...]
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The 1909 Alco-6 “Black Beast” at Klingberg in June

By Editor | Published: April 25, 2010
The 1909 Alco-6 Racer known as “The Black Beast” will be on display on the Lou Biondi Concours d’Elegance Field at the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival in June. This incredible racer is renowned for winning the 1909 & 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races and running in the inaugural Indianapolis 500 in May of 1911. Howard Kroplick [...]
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1939 Delahay 135M Figoni/Falachi Coming to the Klingberg Concours Display

By Editor | Published: April 21, 2010
Emile Delahaye began his automobile manufacturing company in 1894 in Tours, France. He continued to make very elegant automobiles and reliable trucks until 1954. The Delahaye 135M  was one of only nine short-bodied models designed by French coatchbuilder Figoni et Falashi along with artist Goe Hamm. This is just one of two left in the world today. [...]
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1953 City Bus Returns to New Britain

By Editor | Published: April 20, 2010
Thanks to Double A Charter Servcies of Rocky Hill,  Old “Bus Number 10” will return to to the City where it spent all of its years of service. . It was scheduled for the 2008 show but it would not start so it has been rescheduled for 2010. This1953 General Motors first arrived in New Britain purchased by the Oak [...]
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Connecticut’s Remarkable Automobile Manufacturing History

By Editor | Published: April 19, 2010
The history of Connecticut automobile manufacturing is virtually hidden to most of it’s citizens. It has only been through researching many obscure sources, that I have found how prolific the automobile industry really was in our state. Quite a bit of information has been found on the major companies like Pope-Hartford, Locomobile and Corbin where there are still representative [...]
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The Nation’s Auto Industry Started in Hartford

By Editor | Published: April 9, 2010
“Hartford does not claim to have made the first automobile but does claim to have started the automotive industry,”  This statement was made by auto designer and engineer,  Henry Cave,  who worked with Daimler Motor Company, Locomobile and with George B. Seldon to design, develop and demonstrate the first Seldon patent car. (that is another [...]
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1941 Packard Super Eight 180 at the Klingberg Concours Display

By Editor | Published: March 20, 2010
This 1941 Packard Super Eight 180 Convertible Coupe was designed by Howard Dutch Darrin, who was one of the most flamboyant designers of his time. He was known for the chrome framed windshield and the cut down doors represented on this Packard.  This radical and beautifully attractive design attracted such owners as Preston Foster, Gene [...]
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Why “Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival”

By Editor | Published: March 19, 2010
The Klingberg Antique Auto Show has been an annual event for 17 years. There are many types of auto shows and I have thought about how our show fits into this array.  On one hand, we have the typical auto show:  antique car owners  who have worked on their antique and/or classic automobile, their pride [...]
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Perspective from the Field

By Editor | Published: October 21, 2009
On Saturday October 17th,  the date of the 17th Annual Klingberg Antique Auto Show, it was a cold but a beautiful morning in our big field that should be filled with antique automobiles. It was a sad morning because we have heard from many, many people disappointed over the cancellation of the show due to [...]
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