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Green Mountain Racetrack, Pownal, Vermont
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Like so many shows this season, the Bennington gathering was plagued by dark clouds, wet grounds and showers. The conditions probably kept the number of participants down, but still there was a good variety of vehicles, lots of vendors, and of course, it being Vermont, a tractor pull.
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A car show under clear skies? I can't remember what that's like!
Fortunately, there was plenty to see inside if a shower popped up
Dozens of vendors selling everything imaginable
How would you categorize this?
You could find everything from paintings...
...to cutlery...
...to hats
Stopped raining...let's venture out and look at some cars
There's a rare 1923 Studebaker
One of the biggest attention-getters of the show...a '31 Pierce-Arrow
Headlight melded with the fender...patented by Pierce-Arrow in 1914
The Pierce-Arrow straight-8
Thermostatically-controlled louvres in the grille control temperature
Al Capone was probably well-acquainted with this type of dash
That's not a gas tank...it's a booze tank. The car was used
to transport contraband liquor during Prohibition
One of the three P's among '30s luxury cars...
Pierce, Packard and Peerless
Know your Chryslers? What year is this one?
How about this one?
Surely you know the year of this Studebaker
How about this Pontiac...care to take a guess?
Keep scrolling, you'll find the answers
Cleaning the mud off the spokes on his MG
Trophies wait to be awarded to lucky recipients
Hundreds of vendors like this one hawked their wares outdoors
Not sure what kind of books he's selling
A 100-year-old Locomobile shares space with three Model T's
1932 Chevrolet
This 1934 Pontiac has had only two owners
1935 Studebaker Dictator — Could you sell a car today named "Dictator"?
The '35 Studebaker dash
Studebaker medallions
1936 Dodge
1936 Pontiac
1941 (left), 1939 Chryslers
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