Cruz 2012

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CRUZ 2012 On The Port Orchard Waterfront

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Sunday August 12th 9AM - 4PM

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The Saints Car Club of Port Orchard welcomes car owners, city and county residents to the 25th annual “The Cruz” on the waterfront in downtown Port Orchard.

Help us celebrate the silver anniversary of this great community event Aug. 12.

This is the Saints 14th year promoting and producing on “The Cruz” car show. It was started in Bremerton 25 years ago, and after two years it was taken over

by Van Vlist and moved to Port Orchard where it has been ever since.

The Saint’s Car Club took over “The Cruz” in 1998 and has been building the event every year to the community affair it has now become.

The Saint’s Car Club was started in 1953 and continued until early 1962 when it disbanded.

The club restarted in 1995 and now has 65 members, several were past members from when the club started in the early 1950s. Today’s members own a variety of vehicles built in 1973 and older, including antique cars, street rods, customs and muscle cars as well as a couple of rat rods.

The club is active in the community and works with organizations such as the South Kitsap Helpline, two scholarships for South Kitsap High School stu-

dents and various donations to other charities. The club won Club of the Year 2012 for the State of Washington by the Washington Club Council.

We expect more than 500 vehicle to enter this year’s “The Cruz” and we will award trophies in 53 classes of vehicles.

Dash plaques are given to all vehicle entrants as well as door prize tickets. Event T-shirts and raffle tickets will be for sale. The club will also be taking donations for Helpline and the South Kitsap Scholarship Fund.

“The Cruz” attracts 20,000 spectators for the annual one-day event.

Shuttle busses will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from the parking lot at the South Kitsap Armory on Mile Hill Drive and the Kitsap County Courthouse on Division Street to “The Cruz” event. The foot ferry will also be operating between Port Orchard and Bremerton. Handicap parking will be available at the Port Orchard boat launch.

The primary sponsor of “The Cruz” is Kitsap Bank. Musical entertainment and vendors will be at “The Cruz” and a street fair will be downtown on Bay Street in Port Orchard.

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Cruz brings economic boost to PO

By BRETT CIHON Reporter

The 25th Annual Cruz Car Show hosted by the Saints Car Club brings more than Ford's Model-T and classic hotrods to Bay Street. It also brings an economic boom to downtown merchants and eateries.

"It's insane," said Darryl Baldwin, owner of the downtown restaurant MoonDogs, Too. "It's one of the biggest days for us."

The car show, held the second Sunday every August, brings some of the biggest crowds to downtown Bay Street all year, Baldwin said.

The Cruz, which starts at 7 a.m. and runs through the afternoon, closes Bay Street to traffic as car owners and enthusiasts alike are encouraged to view the lineup of muscle cars and participate in the fun of the day.

Baldwin said the action at his restaurant begins early in the morning.

"It starts at 7 a.m.," Baldwin said. "It's an absolute blast."

The special anniversary event should mean the show will be "bigger and better than ever," he said.

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Childs, the chair of the city's Economic Development and Tourism Committee, said events such as the Cruz Car Show bring "energy and vitality" to the town.

People from outside the area not only come to the city to view the cars, eat at local restaurants and browse local stores, but those who live in the area also get the opportunity to see a revamped Port Orchard.

"Even for our own residents," Childs said. "It encourages support and interest in the town."

Childs said events such as Cruz, the Fathoms o'Fun parade and the winter-time Festival of Chimes and Lights help bring interest to a city that many outsiders could consider sleepy. As projects around the city such as the Pedestrian Pathway and a revamped DeKalb Street Pier begin construction, it's even more important to get people downtown as a reminder that work is going on, and that Port Orchard is changing for the better.

"It's all about stimulating," Childs said. "It's about making us proud of Port Orchard."

Port Orchard Chamber of Commerce president, Coreen Haydock, said the downtown Bay Street merchants benefit from the one-day boom. But

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Car builder dreams themes for rods

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Cihon Marty Ayers stands by his 1940 Ford Deluxe Coupe at his Silverdale garage.

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In Marty Ayers’ mind’s eye, every project car must have a build theme. It doesn’t matter what the theme is, really. A pro-touring theme on a 1969 Chevorlet Chevelle. A by-the-beach theme on a 1955 Ford Thunderbird.

Or, perhaps design a 1940 Ford Deluxe Coup with a 351 Ford Windsor from the point of view and mindset that a 1963 hotrodder would; all greased up and rock music blaring.

“You’ve got to pick a theme when you build a car like this,” said Ayers , the owner and mastermind behind the completely rebuilt Deluxe Coup. “The build

theme helps you visualize it from a rough pile of parts.”

Ayers ‘ bombshell bronze colored Coup is the featured car at this year’s Saint’s Car Club Classic Car Cruz, Port Orchard’s largest classic car show.

A stunning rebuild, with a bored and stroked engine, fivespeeds and 535 horsepower, it’s hard to imagine Ayers’ Coup was ever a pile of parts. But when he picked it up in East Bremerton in 2006, Ayers said it was hardly recognizable.

“I paid too much and got too little,” Ayers said, laughing.

“That’s how it goes. You have to see a gem in the rough.”

See Hotrodder Pg 5

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Ayers , a retired shipyard worker, rebuilt the classic Ford part by part except for the upholstery.

Rebuilding cars since he was a 15-year-old boy in Olympia, he “gutted” the coup from the roof to the floor, always keeping in mind the mythical hotrodder from 1963 to guide him through the rebuild.

“I’d wake up at 2 in the morning and come work on it,” Ayers said. “It starts to consume you.”

Along with classic mirrors, front and wheels, the coup also has hidden attributes and new-age luxuries. The ash trays were converted to air conditioning vents.

In the glove box is a hidden radio. Behind the smooth seats are booming 6-speaker sound system. But everything is hidden, keeping alive the 1963 hotrodder fantasy.

“It has to look like the theme,” Ayers said. “But that AC will

Photo by Brett Cihon The interior of the 1940 Ford Deluxe Coup.

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With more than six years in the garage, the coup finally hit the road in April.

After working out a few kinks, the car has won awards, such as Puyallup’s Good Guy car show “Ford in a Ford” and “Best wide wheels” awards. After the Cruz, Ayers and a buddy will head down to central California for more car shows, giving the classic hotrod some real time on the open road.

However, as much as he sticks with his theme, Ayers backs off from the hotrodder mystique when his foot is on the gas. An avid street racer in his teens, Ayers said his right foot isn’t quite as heavy as it used to be.

“I keep a steady speed,” he said. “It’s a good cruising car.”

Still, if a certain hotrod pulled up next to him, the 1963 rebuild might catch up with him.

“I could drive it like I’m 17 all over again,” he said.

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