A limousine fit for Abe Lincoln

At the very relaxed parking lot show we hold every Friday of the New England Concours d’Elegance weekend before the rally up to Stratton Mountain, we will often see a few cars that mysteriously don’t show up the rest of the weekend. Such was the case this year with this 1966 Oldsmobile 98 limousine that […]

Roadmaster takes Best of Show at New England Concours d’Elegance

We’d like to extend a hearty congratulations to Ken and Rose Laytin of Plymouth, Massachusetts, whose 1954 Buick Roadmaster convertible won Best of Show at the 2010 New England Concours d’Elegance yesterday at Stratton Mountain. The beautiful Buick should look familiar to readers of Hemmings Classic Car: Mark McCourt profiled its restoration in the July […]

Getting Ready for the Weekend: Part II

Completely forgetting that the MLB All-Star game was on, I jetted out to the garage to get the ball rolling – so to speak – on the ‘56 Roadmaster. After removing the rest of the grates, I was finally able to get a pavement view of the floorboards, rockers and lower body panels, not to […]