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Thanks for that info Dave. At the time I got to taking those photos, it was late in the day, and I don't remember seeing any windshield identification card on the vehicle. The fellow who owned it, however, was a real nice guy and was pleasant to chat with. I think I recall his saying that he came down from around the northeast corner of the state to participate in this shoreline event. Evidently the museum was one or two owners ago in the truck's life...

'60s Ford Good Humor Truck also at the "Time Machines" car show yesterday in Guilford, CT--actively dispensing their frozen wares to customers!

Really nice '32 (I think?) Ford that was shown at yesterday's "Time Machines 2013" antique auto show & flea market, at the Guilford Fairgrounds, in Guilford, CT: More info: TimeMach

That's some RIGHTEOUS old car mileage, Larry, wow! My hat is off to you! As I am a recently-new BCA member myself, I've been doing my best to try and capture Buicks when I see them at car shows, and there were a few very nice ones at the Guilford, CT "Time Machines" event yesterday. I will probably eventually be adding several of my Buick shots to the Buick picture thread over in the Buick section, once I extract more of them from the camera and find the time to label and upload: http://forums.aaca.org/f115/i-just-love-picture-buick-339973.html Keep those Buicks rolling! Over and out for now!

I drove my gnarly '69 Bug over to the Guilford Fairgrounds in Guilford, CT, to participate in the VW-class, within the bit "Time Machines 2013" antique auto show & flea market, yesterday, Sunday, July 28th, 2013, ref: TimeMach I think you can see my scruffy Convertible Bug near the center of this shot, which features many of the very beautiful show-quality old-VWs that participated: I think the overall attendance of the event was down a bit, due to various rain that was in the weatherman's forecast, but in the end, only a few minor sprinkles near the end of the day (which I think caused the organizers to push up the awards ceremony by about a half hour or so). All in all, a great day in Guilford!

I respect you, your intelligence, and your viewpoints, Dave. But sometimes I think you should just give it a rest. Forum moderators I'm sure have their hands full with people far nuttier than us, so I'm not going to make any comments about that scene any more. Perhaps some day people like us will be able to redirect our anger at the world toward accomplishing positive solutions--that's a goal of mine anyway. Just my respectful opinions, and I wish you all the best. Peace.

Thanks to a very nice fellow forum member here from north of the border, I am happy to have one of these very cool frames now! That said, I'd still be interested if BCA was thinking of starting up another run of them...

I just remembered what I don't miss about threads like this: The Lectures.

Yesterday I finally dove into replacing my '60 Bug's generator, with a very nicely rebuilt unit from "Joe's Auto Electric II," which is located in Middletown, CT, ref: Auto Repair Middletown, CT - Joe's Auto Electric II My '60 Bug's red generator idiot light had been on for a while, and I did some minor fooling around (replacing the voltage regulator, etc.) with no success to deal with it, so I decided "it was time" to get the spare "bad" generator, that I had removed some years ago (for whining bearings), finally rebuilt. Mr. Jonathan Albert, who is the "head guy" at Joe's Auto Electric II was recommended to me by another old VW friend, and I was very pleased with the customer service I received, the price, the turnaround time, and ultimately the *jewel* of a rebuilt generator that I received when I got the call that it was ready. It sat for several weeks while other stuff went on in the garage, and finally yesterday, which looked pretty open, I dove into it, knowing I wanted to remove the engine to do the job, and knowing how long all of that would take. I took my time and worked methodically. It was a tough job, and perhaps could have been done w/o removing the engine, but I figured overall it was the way to go for me. Approximately 7 hours later I was ready to start up the car, and, what do you know--no more red generator light! Yay! Here are a couple of photos from after I got the work area cleaned up again, and got myself cleaned up again also (I was a greasy, sweaty, gasoline-smelling mess). That gorgeous generator sure makes the rest of my engine look crummy! I should add that Jon also asked me to supply the voltage regulator and fan belt pulley halves, so that he could verify the system was working properly, and also for the additional cosmetic refinishing that he did on all of those pieces. I definitely would recommend "Joe's Auto Electric II" highly. Jon also said that if I had any problems doing the installation that I could bring the car to his shop and he could also do it for me (and in probably a lot less than seven hours)! It is also worth adding that Jon's company also positively supports our hobby, as shown by the *full page ad* he purchased in the show booklet for the recent AACA Central CT Region Glastonbury car show, that was held June 9th, 2013. Thanks again Jon and everyone at "Joe's Auto Electric II" in Middletown, CT! Almost forgot to mention that I drove my gnarly '69 Bug to work today! Gotta take advantage of this nice summer weather while we can...

Here are the last couple of shots, of the fellow continuing south on the Merritt, while I exited on the other side of the river...

Sprang for another set of Taiwan special chrome dome hubcaps for the '69 Bug, and like the look on the black wheels with the whitewall tires (photo from Saturday, July 13th, 2013): The following day I drove out to Westbrook, CT, to participate in the CT VW Association's very cool (that's figurative, of course, since it was a scorcher out there) all-VW event at the Elks Lodge. Fun times, and very nice work by the CVA folks organizing and running the event! Ref: Connecticut Volkswagen Association

"In a reflective mood" for this second to last series of photos (all were taken through the car mirrors--har har). I think we were on the bridge proper for these shots...

Maybe this one was restored, John, I don't know, but it didn't look rusty. Here are the next group of shots. We are now on the Parkway proper (technically it doesn't become the "Merritt Parkway" until you cross the Housatonic River, so I guess we are on the Wilbur Cross Parkway for these three shots), heading south. Sorry about the poor quality third shot--I figured I'd still add it, though, since it still tells some of the story--as you can see, I was driving the beater '92 Taurus wagon yesterday...

Had the travel camera handy again this morning when I saw what looked to be a cool old Jeep way up ahead of me on I-95, and then saw him getting off at the "Milford Connector" exit (the one that connects I-95 to the Merritt and Wilbur Cross Parkways, in Milford, CT--sorry I don't know the exit number). Tried to catch up to him heading north on the Connector, and finally got behind him by the big loop at the north end. Eventually got a couple more quick glimpses of him once on the Merritt, right before I had to get off. These shots are the first few (first two are heading up the connector and three through five are entering and on the loop itself), and I'll follow up with a few more as I get the chance to process and upload them. I was able to make out a "Jeepster Commando" emblem on the side of the car, and from some googling, it appears they were made from '66 to '73, and since this one had the older front end, it must've been a '71 or earlier model. Reference: Jeepster Commando - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bad economy took down a lot of businesses. It appears the Branford one closed in January of 2012, ref: UPDATE: Remembering a Friendly Place - Business in Branford - Branford, CT Patch Like your observation, Dandy Dave, this one also seemed to be very busy all the time...

Super Stop & Shop shopping plaza, Leetes Island Road, Branford, CT, on a very hot & muggy afternoon, Tuesday, July 9th, 2013... Yup, that Friendly's in the background has been out of business for what must be a year or so now. Sure miss their ice cream, and reasonable prices for occasional sit-down meals with my kids...

That's positively awesome, man! Good for you! What a sweet sound!

A little dicing with the big trucks out on wild & wooly I-95, on the way to work this morning... "...What we, uh, 're-quire' is that you get your g*d-d*mn *ss over into that right lane..." (w/apologies to mountain man in "Deliverance") Pictures were from around West Haven, CT, on the southbound side.

Did a tiny little bit of shopping while out doing some pleasure driving with the '69 Bug this past Saturday, July 6th: Decided to vary the look a bit the following day by removing the trim rings and installing some black-painted (Taiwan special) dome hubcaps; super-low-quality rattle can krylon gloss black--definitely need to strip and re-do those with some good quality automotive paint:

I knew there had to be more significance to that emblem on the nose of the truck, Dandy Dave! Good spotting and interpreting!

Figured it would not hurt to pass along some potentially helpful info. I am sorry that it was not considered useful.

This might be my last group of Glastonbury 2013 photos--a few views of some cool radiator mascots...

Thanks John! Happy to have had my camera handy!

Well, instead of driving the '70 Bug out to a local-area car show like I had been thinking of doing, I decided to work on finishing up the Creeky '69 Bug's brake hydraulics (a project that started out as a simple master cylinder replacement a month or so ago, and which "blossomed" into much more)... Once I was finally finished, I decided to do some local-area test driving on a beautiful morning, Thursday, July 4th, 2013... First stop was the southern end of Thimble Islands Road, at the intersection of Flying Point Road & Prospect Hill Road, in Stony Creek. Some of the Thimble Islands themselves are visible in the background... And after that I drove over to Guilford, to another scenic couple of spots, at the end of Trolley Road, and the beach at Joshua Cove. Looked like low tide, and some clammers busy out there also... Later on in the day I attended a big family cookout (drove the '70 Bug there--with the TOP DOWN of course!). In all, it was a Great Independence Day 2013!

I bought one of these, Don, but found it kinda too big for under my 6v VW Bug's back seat: www.foreignintrigue.com - OPTIMA CLOAKING DEVICE FITS ONLY 1960 - 1965 Maybe one of these might work well, though, for your car's "older giant sized battery" bay...