Four local shows in three days!

Had a busy weekend with car shows.  Friday evening was a show in Caledonia to cap off their Western Week celebration.  Saturday was the Dutton Days show and a quick trip to Dorr for a Veterans' Benefit show.  The Dorr show was nearing conclusion when we arrived but Road Rodz member Ken still managed to garner the Best in Show trophy.  Sunday's weather started out with a little sprinkle at the West Michigan Wheels show in Muskegon but Steve and I got through it and dried off the cars.  The sun came out and made for a great show of about 180 cars.  Steve's 34 Ford coupe won the Best in Show trophy and it is the biggest I've ever seen!  The trophy is taller than his car.  I had to bring it back to town in the back seat of the 41 because it wouldn't fit in the 34!  Here's a few pics from the various shows.

Caledonia Western Week.

Dutton Days.

Dorr Veterans' Benefit

Wheels of West Michigan, Betten Chevrolet-GMC-Cadillac, Muskegon.

Steve winning best in show.

Beautiful International wrecker.

1941 5 passenger coupe, Special Deluxe.  This is only the third other 41 Chevy I've seen in West Michigan since I've been showing mine.  Mel, the owner, is a really nice guy and we chatted for a bit.

Chopped 39 Chevy sedan.

Nice 55 Chevy hardtop.

     I talked with a local crank grinder last week about the condition of the seal surface on the crankshaft in my 235.  The old rope seal had left some residue and that surface isn't really in perfect condition to run a lip seal like I'm trying to do.  He suggested using a Speedy Sleeve (or comparable) repair kit to provide a new surface and trying the seal modification I'm currently running.  That may be a good option instead of machining the block and rear main cap for a one piece seal.  Either way, the engine will have to come out again in the fall. 

All I can say is WOW!

     After a very busy weekend with car shows, I'm still stunned by the results of the 31st annual Charlton Park Father's Day Show.  The Road Rodz had 5 members present with 6 cars; Jim Banfill had his brother drive one of his cars as Jim was looking to sell the car.  Of those 5 members, 4 of us were voted Top 25 plaques!  This is one of the year's largest shows annually and to received recognition from your peers as a Top car is pretty special.
     Besides the Charlton Park show on Sunday, I attended a gathering of local cars at an Assisted Living Center in Byron Center.  Several patients came out with walkers or assisted in wheel chairs to check out well over 100 cars that turned out.  We were packed in like sardines and the organizing group began turning away cars after 6pm as there was no more room!
     Saturday was another show north of Grand Rapids in Sparta.  The show was sponsored by the Sparta Moose Lodge and was held on the edge of their golf course.  With an all you can eat breakfast and pulled pork bbq for lunch, this was a very nice show.  About 125 cars entered the show and the voting was done on a class basis with plaques being awarded to the top two cars in each class.  The 41 was the only entry in the 41 and later Street Rod class so I got the 1st place plaque. 
     I took too many pictures at all three shows to put on this blog but here's some of the better cars.  First the Friday night show.

   Saturday at the Moose.

Picking up my 1st place plaque from the Budweiser Girl.

    And here are a few select pics from the Father's Day show.  First up, Road Rodz in a row.  Chip's Anglia, Mike 's roadster, the 41, Steve's 34 Ford, Jim's 36 Ford, Jim's 32 Roadster and Rick's 57 pickup.

Show updates

Just stopped by to post some pictures of the shows from the last couple weeks.  There's a big show coming up on the 17th, Father's Day.  The annual Father's Day show at historic Charlton Park near Hastings usually draws over 1000 cars.  Temps are forecast to reach 90 so all the guys in the Road Rodz club are meeting early so we can be in line before the gates open.  That way we can get the shady spots that are not to far from the potties!

Here's some pics from a small show in Kent City that some of us dropped in on before heading to Muskegon for the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour show on June 3rd.

Next up are pics from the Power Tour.  I didn't spend much time taking pictures but we did walk around a bit and enjoyed all the other cars.

Sunday, June 10th was the Kool Chevrolet All Chevy show.  Auto dealers along Plainfield Ave in Grand Rapids, Mi all had a brand specific show for their cars.  Chevies with Chevy power gathered at Kool. 

3 Road Rodz - Claude's 56 wagon, my 41 and Rick's 57 Chevy pickup with 348 w/tri-power.

This LS-7 Corvette engine is hiding under the hood of the 4 door 51 Chevy in the next picture.  Sure wasn't expecting to see that under the hood!

Another Road Rodz member, Bob.  Had to keep his hood closed cuz his truck is powered by a 500 inch Cadillac.

Yet another Road Rodz member, James Dean.  Nasty sounding 30 Chevy coupe w/blown small block for power.

An old friend's Pro Street 69 Camaro.  Nice car Bruce!

28 Chevy was looking good.

That's all for now.  Got a mechanical change coming up on the 41.  Stay tuned.