http://www.klingbergautoshow.org presented by Klingberg Family Centers Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:32:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Auto Restoration Program at Klingberg Family Centers is the recipient of a 1962 King Midget. Advertised in Popular Mechanics and Boy’s Life during the 1950’s, the King Midget is a small, two seater car,  with an eight horsepower motor and two speeds forward and a reverse. It brags of ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2010/01/king-midget-donated-to-klingberg-program/ 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/12/klingberg-vintage-motorcar-festival/ 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/10/perspective-from-the-field/ It is Monday morning 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 in the past 24 hours that I want to share with you. Roberto Rodriques, Executive Director of the Seal Cove Automobile Museum in ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/10/owners-of-ct-made-automobiles-getting-ready/ 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/10/perfect-way-to-spend-an-autumn-day%e2%80%a6/ The 1954 Kaiser Darrin,  first fiberglass automobile ever made, will be on display at the Klingberg Auto Show on June 19th.  Designed by Howard Darrin, it was a sports car created to compete with the Corvette and preceded it by one month. This car featured the first sliding doors retracting into ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/09/kaiser-darrin-first-fiberglass-automobile/ 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/09/1939-delahay-135m-figonifalachi-coming-to-the-klingberg-auto-show/ 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/08/the-yellow-taxi-cabs-of-bristol-1900/ "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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/07/the-nations-auto-industry-started-in-hartford/ [caption id="attachment_323" align="alignright" width="300" caption="1911 Corbin, Photo Thanks to National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.klingbergautoshow.org/2009/07/connecticuts-remarkable-automobile-manufacturing-history/