The Daily Mail of Hudson NY recently ran a lengthy, thoughtful article profiling its two nearby drive-in theaters. The Hi-Way (Coxsackie) and Greenville (Greenville) were candidates in Honda’s Project Drive-In, and they were among the over 100 drive-ins that failed to win a free digital projector. Both owners sound ambivalently positive about … Continue reading
Category Archives: New York
“Empire Drive-In” recycles old cars for a good cause
Yes, this probably qualifies as a thing that is not a drive-in. But I’ve read in several places about the Empire Drive-In, a temporary setup at the New York Hall of Science in Queens, and we’ve got a pretty good video to go with it. See what you think.
One-car crash damages Transit marquee
See what happens when you book Gremlins! According to a very brief story in The Buffalo (NY) News, a car drove into a utility pole next to the marquee for the Transit Drive-In in nearby South Lockport, burst into flames and severely damaged the marquee. The News said that no … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup 4: The list that wouldn’t die
In the third installment of our roundup of candidates for Honda’s Project Drive-In, I predicted that Honda would choose more than five lucky recipients of digital projectors. What I really didn’t anticipate was that Honda would reopen voting for the second set of winners. With another round of voting comes … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup 3: Dark of the screen
I warned you that it might come to this. With less than a week left in Honda’s Project Drive-In voting period, I’ve found media reports about a few more of the candidates. Here’s something confusing: Some of those media reports only partially duplicate other reports. That is, if a new … Continue reading
Project Drive-In roundup
I’ll admit it. I’ve been so overwhelmed by the local media coverage of Honda’s Project Drive-In that it’s been hard to write. On one hand, I don’t especially want you to vote for some Florida drive-in over one on Ohio or vice versa. Heck, I’ve even noticed that Honda has … Continue reading
A look back at the Sunrise
I just wanted to add a quick note to make sure you get a chance to read Ron Marzlock’s little Queens Chronicle history of the Sunrise “open-air automobile movie theater” in Valley Stream NY, near Queens. There are a lot of fun details and a old-time photo of the first drive-in in … Continue reading
Going Attractions coming to the Midway Drive-In
As we edge closer to the 80th anniversary of the drive-in this Thursday, I wanted to be sure to mention the fine article published last week at Syracuse.com. It provides a great roundup of the nine remaining drive-ins in central New York, complete with links, street addresses, and a map … Continue reading
Two MINI notes equals one post
Hope you enjoyed the Memorial Day weekend. Here at Carload world headquarters, we ran into two short drive-in notes with an unusual common thread – the MINI line of cars. Please note that Carload is not sponsored by MINI or any other car company, but if you’re a MINI executive … Continue reading
Sunset Drive-In (NY) switches to digital
The Sunset Drive-In of Middleport NY has finished swapping out film projectors on all three of its screens in favor of improved, expensive digital projectors. That’s the story this week from The Journal Register of Medina NY. Denise Stornelli, who co-owns the Sunset with her husband Mario, said she has … Continue reading