I just wanted to offer a short update on The Breakdown Lane. There certainly has not been any new stories for quite a while. I haven’t been very focused on my writing as the car show season has pretty much gone into hibernation. I have been focusing on my appraisal business and my family and [Full Story...]
Let’s talk about badges for a minute. You might know them as emblems, badges, labels, or whatever but they are on almost every car and it’s a way to distinguish various models, trim levels and makes. The badges are how non car people figure out what they are looking at and its how car people [Full Story...]
Sep 292011
We all know the “car season” is rapidly coming to a close. It’s a time of year when the cruise nights end, the car shows disappear and the market becomes flooded by sellers who want to empty out the garage either for cash or a new project. It’s not just collector cars either. For some [Full Story...]
I tend to be a bit on the slow side getting pics up from the shows but like I said before, better late then never. I loaded the Spindles Gallery to facebook but never got it up on The BDL, so if you missed the massive Spindles Annual Car Show in Marshfield over the Labor [Full Story...]
A few years ago I thought that there wasn’t much going on around the Boston and New England area in terms of car shows, cruise nights and other events. I just felt like everything was too far away or I just couldn’t find the information at all. Don’t tell my wife, but I am [Full Story...]
Just a quick post about this weekends notable events. Well it certainly isn’t summer anymore. I think we all woke up to a chilly morning here in New England but don’t let that scare you into breaking out the car cover. There is still about 6 weeks left before some of us have to put [Full Story...]
HYANNIS PORT, MA – At one point Bill Putman had 58 cars in his collection. All but one of them is red and all trimmed with “Minuteman Racing” decals, it’s come down to about 40 or so now though. He calls it the “Toad Hall Sports Car Collection” and its located right behind the Simmons [Full Story...]
Last week my rock solid Porsche 944 decided to go soft on me. It left me hanging here at Breakdown Lane HQ and I was pissed. The Porsche 944 is a great car, one of my favorites since I was a kid. My option was to either save up for a more expensive car in [Full Story...]
It’s kinda sad isn’t it? It’s that time a year again when the nights get cool and the mercury just doesn’t seem to rise as high as it did just a few short weeks ago. Good thing all the car crazy’s around Boston just don’t let up. The car show calendar has some really cool event [Full Story...]
Last week I was down on the cape on a little field trip for The Breakdown Lane and tripped over this little collection at Willow St. Motors in Hyannis. What caught my eye was this menacing 1973 Plymouth Road Runner with its blacked out wheels. It’s a tough looking car. These were never my favorite Mopars, but [Full Story...]
Aug 122011
Check this sucker out. You folks know I am a car nut, I love me some muscle cars, pre war cars, rat rods and old trucks and if I had the money I’d have one of each. However, I hold a special place in my heart for all things Porsche. This car here is a [Full Story...]
Aug 112011
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Part of my car obsession is a bit of a fantasy world, I’m sure many of you can relate. I have my fun little car that I take to shows but car people are never truly satisfied with whats in the garage. If only we had more space, time or money we could fit more [Full Story...]
Aug 102011
This is an odd but true tale of a desirable muscle car, a drunk ex-husband and an innocent buyer. A few weeks ago I connected with a client who was in the market for a convertible muscle car. For the sake of this story we’ll call him Jeff. Jeff retained my services for a full [Full Story...]
I found this article over on Hemmings, looks like they are going for a World Record up in Vermont with an attempt to have the highest number of Caddy’s in one place. Follow the link for the full story and details for the Orleans County Fair on August 17 in the town of Barton, VT. [Full Story...]
Aug 082011
Recently I have been bumping into Older Pontiac’s at car shows lately, the Grand Prix in particular and I really like these cars, you just don’t see too many of them. Like this one I saw down at the United Charity car show in Braintree a few weeks ago. Check [Full Story...]
I have been hearing about it for months now, The Return to Milltown show out in Strubridge MA looks like its going to be a good one. It starts today and goes through Sunday. Find more info on the show here. The Breakdown Lane’s calendar has over 30 events listed for Saturday. The Larz Anderson [Full Story...]
Aug 052011
After a little R&R cruising on Mousam Lake in Maine this past week I went out to a junkyard in Brockton to try and track down a headlight assembly for my elderly parents’ 2001 Lincoln Town Car, it has the old “yellow haze” syndrome making night driving far more challenging than it needs to be for a [Full Story...]
I finally found the time to upload a ton of pics from some of the shows I have been covering over the last few weeks. One of my favorites was the Marion Classic held right next to the ocean down in Marion. See the full gallery here to see the full spread. There were some really [Full Story...]
I have been slacking on the Blog portion of the site lately, I know, but it’s all worth it. Anyway coming up this weekend are some pretty cool shows, I just wish I could get to all of them. This week I spent hours scouring the web for events for the calendar and I must [Full Story...]
My buddy Chris Raymond over at Chris on Cars recently published this article highlighting some of his favorite blogs and wouldn’t you know The BreakdownLane.com is one of them. Check out Chris’ full article here. Much like Chris, I am on car blogs almost everyday of the week and the more sites I find the more I realize [Full Story...]
The calendar is packed with good shows for the upcoming weekend of July 9th & 10th. Start your Saturday off early in Burlington with the Herb Chambers Cars & Coffee which seems to get fantastic attendance and some really cool exotics among many other genres. The Heritage Museum in Sandwich is hosting its annual antique show, The Larz [Full Story...]
Just a quick note to remind you of this weekend’s big show. Like you all aren’t busy enough as it is right? Well the New England Summer Nationals out in Worcester will be in full swing starting at 3pm today and going pretty much all the way through Sunday. There is a 4th of July [Full Story...]
Tuesday, June 28 2011 We have some pretty good Cruise In’s this week south of town. If the last meet at Bass Pro Shops was any indication about attendance than I think its safe to say the car show season is in full swing. My focus is on the south shore and that is only because I [Full Story...]
The more I track these car events the more events I find. This weekend was no exception. There was a time when I truly thought there was a serious lack of car culture around here and I am glad to report that I was terribly mistaken. Saturday started off pretty gloomy down here on the [Full Story...]
Heritage Museum & Gardens, Sandwich, MA Tucked away on a quiet tree lined street in Sandwich MA is a sweet little gem of a car collection, The JK Lilly III, Antique Automobile Museum. J. K. Lilly III was an heir to the Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Company and began collecting these cars in the 1960’s to [Full Story...]
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