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I did some research, Mrs. Belmont was the first wife of William K. Vanderbilt Jr., their daughter Consuelo lived here in Ridgefield and passed in 2011 at the age of 107. Her estate was a mile up the road from outside storage of the Type 44 Bugatti features in this thread.

I spend a lot of time looking for misplaced things, fortunately I find things I wasn't looking for that once in a while fit in with something current. This is the 1899 coverage of a car event in Newport. Looks like the weather was fine that day and the flower decorations hide the ID of the cars.

All this time I've thought the front suspension was the unique feature.

Neat addition to any collection, it is pot metal so its days of use on a car are over, great shelf piece now.

Good memories with that Type 44, It was under a tarp outside the day I started at the shop and visually never changed in the 13 years I was there. The owner at the time really liked to drive it, it was a long drawn out engine rebuild, nothing broken, nothing fancy, just took time and money. I'm happy it is on the floor with the new displaymates.

Glad that Type 44 Bugatti is getting some attention body wise. It spent years outside under a tarp n the 1970's. The engine got a full rebuilt and the owner enjoyed driving it. He would drive is from the edge of the Hudson River to a shop in Connecticut for inspection every year after the rebuild. Hope it gets the fenders it has deserved all these years.

Great photos, makes me laugh when I read about the guys that won't use a hose to wash their 1970 and newer cars.

THANK YOU!

I don't own a cellphone and wonder why those that do only use the center screen. Have fun!

That is a very impressive automobile, and gift, as a 50 year member of AACA I'd like to say thank you to Cal and Janet High. Steve can you provide the history on the car, I always find it interesting to know who owned a car from the showroom to the present and the tales the car could tell if it could speak.

Unless a lot of things changed in recent years, the show was shot with a three person crew, Wayne, the camera guy, and the third with a clipboard. I enjoyed seeing the cars, people, and places Wayne got to go, hope the new show works out well for him. Bob

I agree with your original thought, but the thread in question looked like a BS Party from the get go I NEVER OPENED IT. Thinking some suits in DC want to protect gas powered cars is a fantasy, most can't tell you what day it is or what door is an exit.

Thanks for the second photo Steve! Another feature that compliments the car are the painted to match wheel nuts & lugs. Some cars from that era have them plated and it sometimes acts as a distraction, somewhat like whitewalls on a Classic.

Post lots of photos of the cars, enjoy the tour!

A sheet of black construction paper and a roll of electrical tape is a handy fix on rental cars with the television in the dash.

We'll be there, always a good time and a few parts always come home with us. About an hour and fifteen minute ride up the Totonac

THANK YOU! That has THE LOOK! Color combination is really nice, wonder what it looks like from the spare tireless side? Bob

Thanks for the update Steve. One thing that really bothers me is the Live streaming and Podcasting stuff. If it is a service that is available to everyone why KEEP IT A SECRET? Tell the viewer where to go, who to call, and how much to pay for it? A 10 year old with a lemonade stand in the front yard has more business sense.

Never mind the car controls I need a dictionary to understand what you just wrote. Analog, unit scram, event report are terms I just don't use in my daily use of the English language. Still haven't owned a car manufactured in this century.

That is great news. I'll never buy a new car, but hope to be able to still drive a rental car without all the whistles and bells that I'm clueless to operate. Still know how to open and neatly fold a road map.

Starting the lawn mower for the first time in 2023?

Thanks for the photos Billy. A drivers license stopped my model building in early 1967, but I still have all the unfinished builds, along with the unfinished real car builds.

Think this is a fair comparison of exotic fruit vs exotic fruit.

Thank you, it is just an honest observation I've had for 50 years now. What about the parking brake lever is it sometimes use the slow the beast?

Does this prove that J shift levers are the wrong shape and need rubber bumper to protect the dash?