News and recent events for Bill's Place in the Country
Here you will find photos and comments of what is going on in our lives.
Spring Maple Sugar run with the MG club
My rebuilt engine for my yellow MGB. Yes, it's a supercharger on there.
Erika's MGB
Erika enjoys driving my yellow MGB, has wanted a cool car of her own, and now has this nice MGB roadster.
Bike show at the Javits center, NYC
Me sitting on a new bike
Family Photos Christmas 09
Norwich Winter Parade
Luther took the roadster pickup to the Brooklyn truck show in June.
My brother Jon and his rainbow trout
Jon went fishing with his buddy and got this nice trout. He says it measures 18 inches on his measuring tape, and wonders what that is in fisherman inches. 24? 30?
MG club tour in eastern CT ended up at my place for a garage tour.
Connecticut Model A Restorers Club June tour.
June's tour was to the Gurleyville Grist Mill, where we had the workings of an 18th century mill explained to us, then a trip to the UCONN dairy bar for ice cream.
Jack, me, and Jay took a bike ride to the Rhinebeck antique bike show.
We took 3 cars to the British by the Sea car show in june.
The MGC on the left took 2nd place. The middle car is a Triumph Spitfire, and the yellow one is an MGB
Memorial Day Parade 2009
My son Luther and the newly finished 29 Roadster Pickup (finished the day before)
Luther's in-laws Sylvia and Dennis, who drove my father's 30 Town Sedan
My daughter Erika and my grandson Max, who were in the 29 Roadster
Me and my 29 Tudor
Luther and his wife Meg in the parade
My Tudor in the parade
Dennis and Sylvia and some of Luther's friends in my father's car
Erika and Max parading in the Roadster
The Roadster Pickup is finally finished
Luther and I pose with the finished truck. It was a father and son project, and came out well.
Luther's completed extreme class garden tractor for the pulling contest at the fair
Mike on his Harley that he bought brand new in 1982.
My brother Jon, me, and Mike
Taking the roadster out in the morning snow on the dirt road
My brother Jon was awarded this ribbon for best tractor in the Memorial Day Parade, 2007.
After a year of restoration, my 29 Ford tudor is finished and on the road again.
