Saturday, September 20, 2014

Where did the days go?!

Hard for me to believe it's been over 6 weeks since I last updated this blog!  August and September were busy months in the world of cars.  Aug 8 was a first time show in downtown Grandville.  The Friday night get together saw about 60 cars in attendance while four of those are ClassiX SRA members.

Left to right are Phil's black 57 Chevy, Paul & Sharon's 48 Ford coupe, Jon & Cathie's 34 Chevy Vicky and Steve's 34 Ford coupe.

The next day, Sat. Aug 9, was the annual Del Shannon Show in Coopersville.  The Hansen brothers, Chip and Jon made the short trip and joined over 600 other entries on a beautiful, sunny day.



Following the Del Shannon show was a small show at a couple of North Blendon churches.  Jon stopped by for the show and a great chicken dinner provided free by the churches.  A new friend, Mark Olafson, also stopped by after the Del Shannon show.


Jon's 34 Chevy above and Mark's 38 Nash coupe below.


Sunday, Aug 10 was a great day for a cruise south to Allegan and a show at Deano's Pizza & Ice Cream.  Jon made the show and picked up a class win in the early Stock class.  Good friends Arnie Goldberger and Mark Olafson also made the show with Arnie picking up the class win in Pro Street with his awesome 41 Ford Pickup. 


Arnie's 41 Ford Pro Street pickup above and Jon's early stock class winning 41 Chevy.


Four shows in one weekend made for a busy weekend!  The following Friday, the club got a call requesting cars for a promotion event on a local TV station, Fox 17.  Six club cars and three club friends along with the car hauler from Downs Custom Performance Automotive provided a great backdrop for a brief interview with Gregg Howard, the coordinator for 28th Street Metro Cruise and club member Jon Hansen.


Left to right, Mike Spicuzza, Gregg Howard, Jon Hansen, Ron Willit, Ron's wife, Paul Dishaw, Rick Nielsen with his grandson Cameron, Pete Derridinger, Chip Hansen, Steve Melville and Alan Wright.


"Testing, 1-2-3."  Audio check as the crew gets ready to interview Jon & Gregg.


Apologies to Mike Spicuzza and Paul Dishaw for not being able to include their cars in this photo angle.

The week following the Fox 17 shoot was consumed with activities centering around the 28th St. Metro Cruise.  This year marked the 10th anniversary of the event and our club was heavily involved in the activities.  Thursday, Aug 21 was the first annual Pre-Cruise Party at Downs Custom Performance Automotive in Wyoming.  The weather was threatening and many reported rain all around us but we stayed dry at Downs.


Club cars lined up in the front parking lot.  Jon's 34 is missing as it was inside the building adding to the display of Downs bodied cars.


Thanks to Tom of Downs for including the CSRA logo on the Pre-Cruise banner.  We were listed as hosts on all the promotional literature.

Friday afternoon was the opening activities for Metro Cruise and our members were once again called upon to furnish the cars for the Pin Up Girl Contest.  Each lady was driven from the Rogers Plaza building to the stage for the opening ceremony by one of our cars.  A friend was also asked to assist and we have to say "thank you" to Andy Behro for helping fill a spot on short notice.   Saturday morning at 7am, most of the CSRA members gathered in the Rogers Plaza parking lot to line up our cars and erect our awnings for the day's activities.  Keeping tabs on my two cars and four more from Downs left little time for taking pictures.  This is the only shot I have.


Much more happened following the Metro Cruise but I'll start a new page for the rest of the fun!

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