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 […]

Getting Ready for the Weekend

Back in the spring, my father managed to deliver his 1956 Roadmaster (76R) two-door hardtop up to what has become the family car compound (a.k.a. my garage/property). Why it was moved from its Connecticut location to Vermont is not a critical part of this entry, but part of it did have to do with Roadmaster […]