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October 2005 Fall Abbotsford Collector Car Show
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With the fall weather firmly in place, the only car show action to feed a carnut’s need was found at the 13th Annual Fall Abbotsford Collector Car Show and Auction. Held at the Tradex this past weekend, 200 cars of all types were on display, some, with wildly creative props to set the tone for a spooky Halloween.
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The Mopar Unlimited Club’s inventive display showed a Street Rodded 52 Dodge Truck going into a “Gory Keeees Rustorations” shop and coming out an old unrestored farm wreck! Complete with Ghouls at the wheel and plenty of tombstones and other “scaaaary” stuff. John and Doris Walters brought their 1954 Ford convertible custom and also brought the “whole Cemetery” for display.
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The display of the 1955 Chevys was dominated by Gord & Linda Koropchuk and their 3 1955 Bel Air Convertibles. Red, yellow or black, the Koropchuks have a colour for any mood. Lise Vigneault brought her beautifully restored 1955 Chevy Station Wagon, while Ken Ransford brought the antithesis to the luxurious Bel Airs in a 1955 Chevrolet 150 Utility, 2 door post. Directly from the factory, this car was perfect for racing. All sorts of factory deleted features helped this car stay as light weight as possible. This car came with no backseat, radio, heater, dome light, back-up lights or driver’s mirror. The rear windows were also fixed in place to save the weight of the mechanism, as this car was meant to race not haul the kids around.
In the ‘weight doesn’t matter’ category, Keith Biddlecombe’s awesome 1965 Impala had only the best, most perfect pieces to create an amazing restoration…except this beauty is a fully tubbed, caged, 820 horsepower Beast!!! The paint, finish and attention to detail rivals many Concours Competitors.
The people’s choice award went to Charlotte Franklin’s 1940 ford Convertible, Chantilly Lace. This rod was highly customized with a blown Motor and an interior that was second to none. Danny Penzo won the Participant’s choice with his 34 ford 3 window coupe. The tie breakers for many of the categories and displays were decided by professional ISCA judges, because the displays were so well done, it was hard to choose. Mike Herrick won 1st in the Race-Street category for his Firebird with huge engine and another 1 st for his 36 Ford 3 window coupe. Herrick is also a member of the Westcoasters and they won 1st for club display with an inventive Flintstones Christmas display.
Winning 1srt in the race-strip category, restored to ‘better than original’ is Gord Koropchuk’s 41 Willys. This is a tribute to the Gassers that were legends on many dragstrips back in the day. With its deep red paint and perfect interior, this roll caged, blown big block with dual quads is probably 10 times more powerful than the original 41 Willys ever were.
Of the “buy on Friday race on Sunday” genre, 2 cars stand out. Ric Robinson’s 66 Chevy II L-79 clone is another of the “Heater Delete” crowd and is restored to perfection. L-79 is the designation of Chevy II’s that come with the more powerful Corvette 327. To make ownership of this Custom Muscle car even sweeter is that Robinson’s 1st new car was a 66 Chevy II with a 327 and 4-speed.
The other thinly disguised racecar was Ray Myles Green 69 ½ SuperBee. This was a factory equipped heavy Duty Street car…meant to race. Mopar must have figured that with a massive 440 Six Pack for power, it could handle the heft of a heater. Myles’ car is surprisingly luxurious…and loud. The 69 ½ SuperBee was a mid year release from Mopar (a similarly equipped Road Runner was also available) and was set up to handle what was put out by their competition.
Al Guest and Crew brought out Al’s latest proof of his addiction to Hot Rods. His Ford 3 window coupe is the quintessential street rod and Guest is doing his best to keep the manufacturer’s alive by again setting this baby up with Dual Quads….like most of Guests’ rides. Guest and his wife Pauline won many awards at this years show.
New for this year was the Biker Show-Off. Many TV shows have highlighted the wild choppers built by many builders in the States, The Biker Show-Off was a way for the public to see, admire and vote for their favourite Custom Chopper that was built locally. All styles were present and the crowds never died down. The talents in the Car and Bike building business in BC rival the best found anywhere. Hawgzotic Custom Cycles of Langley won the Best Bike award for it’s 2005 Softtail Custom with runner up award going to Ivers Custom Cycle for it’s 2005 Goldhammer Custom.
Bought new by John and Lena Fox, a 1964 Dodge Polara was restored by his son Jack and friends. It debuted in the fall Abbotsford Collector car show in 1998 and has won several awards and every show it enters it is a showstopper. Although John is a patient in the Peace Arch Hospital and is 93 years young, they were awarded the Father and Son award at this years show.
The person most likely to not miss the end of the car show season is George Keddie. George and his 56 Ford Customline Sedan won 2nd place in the unrestored category and have been in 41 car shows this year alone!!!
So for people like these, now is the time to finish another project and prepare it for the World Of Wheels Show in Feb 25 & 26 held in conjunction with the Abbotsford Collector Car Show and Auction.
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