YYCC Tour to Baker’s Auto – Putnam, Ct - March 27, 2010
Tour Sponsored by Bob & Lisa Dumas.
Tour Report by President Bob Dumas.
We met at Sacred Heart Church’s parking lot in Wauregan, Connecticut. Thirty four people were in attendance with 19 vehicles. We left at 9am heading north on Route 205 to Route 169. Heading north we made a quick rest stop in Pomfret Center at the remodeled Baker’s Dozen coffee shop. We resumed our tour heading east on Route 101 to Upper Maple Street in Dayville through Attawaugan Crossing Road to Route 12, proceeding north we turned onto Route 21. Taking it north at a leisurely pace we arrived at Baker’s Auto at 10am. We were greeted by the owner and our guide Steven Ouellette. He proved to be a very knowledgeable and gracious host who described how his business works and how and why Baker’s got into repairing and restoring Lincolns. He also went in to detail about the quality and durability of Lincoln automobiles and answered questions from the group. We were then given an enlightening tour of the shop which included seeing several cars under restoration, the component rebuilding area and the shipping area. We were then lead to his 20,000 s.f. warehouse (in addition to the 10,000 s.f. at the shop) which has every conceivable Lincoln part that one could want. The outdoor storage areas contained numerous parts cars waiting dismantling. After approximately an hour and half we thanked Steven for the great tour and started back with 16 of us stopping for lunch at the Golden Greek Restaurant in Dayville. The tour ended at approximately 2pm when all headed back home in various directions. I’m thankful for a beautiful although cool spring day and thank you to all those who attended the tour. For further information about Steven Ouellette and Baker’s Auto please visit their website at www.bakersauto.com or read the specialist profile in November 2009 Hemmings Classic Car at www.hemmings.com/hcc/stories/2009/11/01/hmn_feature14.html.