Scenes from Caffeine & Carburetors in downtown New Canaan on Sept. 11, 2016. Credit: Michael Dinan
Thousands of auto enthusiasts joined baby stroller-pushing and dog leash-wielding New Canaanites downtown on Sunday morning for this season’s third installment of Caffeine & Carburetors.
With a handful of sponsors that include Bankwell and Rand Insurance, the popular gathering of antique and specialty car enthusiasts featured somewhere between 900 and 1,000 autos for the second of two installments located in New Canaan’s business district (the fourth and final Caffeine & Carburetors will be held Oct. 16 at Waveny), officials said.
“The car gods were looking out for us,” said Doug Zumbach, owner of Zumbach’s Gourmet Coffee on Pine Street and founder of the event. “The weather changed dramatically from 80 percent thunderstorms to the sun is out.”
Though clouds threatened to soak the “show” mid-morning, the rain held off and a partly sunny, comfortable morning greeted visitors to Pine and Elm Streets, closed to pedestrian traffic and overseen by New Canaan Police and volunteers. New Canaan’s Peter Bush of FM 95.9 The Fox fame emceed the event, giving listeners information about some of the cars featured at the event.
The installment, which coincided with the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, also featured a large American flag hung high above Elm Street between New Canaan Fire Department ladders, as well as a strong complement of fire vehicles and U.S.-made pickup trucks.
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Congrats to C&C for coordinating this. Always a fun event to attend. Kudos to NCPD for keeping traffic moving despite so many pedestrians.
Congrats to C&C for coordinating this. Always a fun event to attend. Kudos to NCPD for keeping traffic moving despite so many pedestrians.