Category Archives: News Archive- 2008

Owners of CT-Made Automobiles Getting Ready

By Editor | Published: October 12, 2009
It is only a few months before theKlingberg Auto Show and the preparations begin to ready our hilltop campus. We have 15 Connecticut-made Automobiles scheduled to come. I had two interesting communications from collectors that I want to share with you. Roberto Rodriques, Executive Director of the Seal Cove Automobile Museum in Maine, sent an email announcing that their 1909 [...]
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Perfect Way to Spend an Spring Day…

By Editor | Published: October 10, 2009
Ride an early 1900’s bicycle, win a  potato sack race, walk on stilts, meet a racecar driver, take in the hilltop views, have a slice of homemade apple pie,  choose your favorite penny candy, browse our Antique Shoppe, sample Vermont cheeses, shop for unique jewelry…read about Colonel Pope, tune a vintage radio, vote for a [...]
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The Yellow Taxi Cabs of Bristol 1900

By Editor | Published: March 10, 2009
The Rockwell Public Service Cab was one of several automobiles built by the New Departure Company in Bristol at the turn of the 20th Century. Started by Albert and Edward Rockwell, they manufactured all sorts of bells for houses and bicycles then added metal bed springs. They invented the coaster brake for bicycles which enabled [...]
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2008 Trophy Winners

By Editor | Published: December 7, 2008
BEST in SHOW 1929 Blue & Grey Cadillac Town Sedan Tom Tkacz Seymour, CT   Hitchcock Printing-Ed Young 1967 Red Chevy Camaro Mary Jane Abbate Mayor’s Award-New Britain Mayor Tim Stewart 1970 442 Olds Green Webster Bank–Rick O’Brien 1929 Stutz Blackhawk John Grunder Torrington, CT The Hartford Courant-Greg Lewis 1959 Maroon Mercedes 190SL Roadster Morris Salame Windsor, CT Carlton’s Interiors 1929 Green Bentley Speed 6 George Holman Springfield, MA The Herald-Dan Graziano 1938 Red Chevy Coupe Walt & Jean [...]
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Gallery of 2008 Auto Show Photos

By Editor | Published: December 5, 2008
A special thanks to our volunteer photographers for donating their talent.
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