Marlborough Main Street

June 2, 2024 — On the second-in -a-row bright, sunny day, a rarity so far this spring, the Marlborough Main Street Car Show in Marlborough, Massachusetts, took full advantage and hosted a show that had the small downtown area bursting at the seams with show cars and spectators. 

As usual, the show featured a wide variety of cars and trucks, classic and custom, domestic and imported, from Model T's and Model A's through the '80s. The picturesque downtown area with its city hall tower at the mid-point on Main Street and an ornate church anchoring one end offered additional photo ops. As always, a marching band marched through, this year from the Edward J. Beatty American Legion in Canton, Massachusetts.

You'll find photos of the best automotive entries and a video of the marching band at:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/marlborough24/

Goffstown Rotary Car Show

June 1, 2024 — It's hard to find a day more perfect than this in New England. Bright sun, cloudless skies, moderate temperature and comfortable humidity prevailed for the 11th annual Goffstown Rotary Car Show in Goffstown, New Hampshire. As always, the Goffstown show featured a good variety of classics, customs, imports, and this year a large contingent of cars of Ford Motor Company.

Goffstown is a polite show with a friendly crowd, no burnouts, just people who love cars, love showing them off, talking about them, no ear-splitting engine revving, and appreciative spectators who enjoy admiring them. Photographic conditions were about the best you can get. You can see the results at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/goffstown2024/

Memorial Day Car Show

May 26, 2024 — The 28th annual Londonderry Rotary Memorial Day Car Show, now joined by Nor-Eastern Chapter Pontiac-Oakland Club International, got a lucky break for their show on this pleasant, partly sunny day in this otherwise very wet May.

Londonderry, New Hampshire, is the location for this annual show. It's a relatively small show, but never fails to draw some high-quality antiques, later models and customs. Without a lot of fanfare, here are my photographs of some of the best:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/londonderry2024/

Todd Farm

May 24, 2024 — The Todd Farm Classic Auto Parts Market and Car Show held the first of three planned shows this season on the grounds of the farm's sprawling property in Rowley, Massachusetts. The Deep Blue Blues Band entertained. It was a relatively small show, but an interesting variety of vehicles showed up. There are buildings to explore, such as Frank Todd's 1895 barn and the antique shop. Food was served at a large barbecue and the smaller Todd Farm Grill.

The other two shows planned for this season are on July 19 and August 30. All shows are open from 3 p.m. till dusk. It's worth a visit. You can see my two pages of photos and a video at:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/toddfarm/

Bentley's First of the Season

May 12, 2024 — Bentley's Saloon, an 80-acre spread of bars, restaurants, RV park, campground and cabins in Arundel, Maine, popular with bikers, on busy U.S. Route 1, may sound like the kind of place that could get rowdy. It doesn't. Bentley's management is very conscientious about keeping visitors comfortable and safe and neighbors free of annoyance.

This was my third time at Bentley's first of the season car show, always a good mix of car categories, and for the first time I took one of the two shuttle trips to the Bentley Museum, also known as "His Toyhouse," a few miles from the show. Opened just a few years ago, the spacious, well-lighted, spotless museum houses some beautifully restored examples of automobiles from the '20s through '40s, along with a few customs, racers and motorcycles. It was time well-spent and accounts for almost half of my photos for the entire show.

Bentley's hosts a weekly cruise night, motorcycle events, and an end-of-season car show. You can see my coverage of the first-of-season show and museum at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/bentleys2024/

TulipFête 2024

May 8, 2024 — As a photographer I love color, and where can you find more color than at a tulip festival. The Farm at Wolf Pine Hollow in Hancock, New Hampshire held its annual TulipFête, the day they invite visitors to stroll through the gardens at no charge, take pictures, even pick tulips (you do have to pay for the tulips). It was an exceptional warm, sunny day, a welcome break in this cold, wet spring.

There's also a gift shop, ice cream shed, wine tasting house, farm animals and a few antique vehicles. A day there is a day well spent. Wait for a sunny day. Until then, take a look at my photo coverage at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/tulipfete/

New England Racers Reunion

May 4, 2024 — A departure from the category of cars I usually cover, this show consisted entirely of racing cars. But they're an interesting special breed of car, driven by an equally special breed of skilled drivers. This was the 3rd annual New England Racers Reunion and the second I've attended at the New England Racing Museum in Loudon, New Hampshire.

The show featured cars put together by private individuals and race car manufacturers such as Troyer and Jomar. I gave special attention to sprint cars, a very specialized category that races only on oval tracks. You'll find many examples of these cars and a little technical information at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/racers2024/