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Car show and charity event
Sun shines on Langley Good Times Cruise-in Troy Landreville
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LANGLEY — There’s something about the Langley Good Times Cruise-in that brings out the best in Mother Nature. The 17th edition of Western Canada’s best attended charity event was held under a dome of blue sky. The sun warmed the annual celebration of classic cars, trucks, souped-up motorcycles and hot rods to above-normal values for this time of the year. Along with tens of thousands of visitors who filled streets that were closed to traffic, there was a sensory explosion of music, food and motorized entries of all shapes and sizes. All proceeds from Cruise-in go back into the community, benefiting the show and shine’s charities including the Langley Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Langley Community Support Groups, Valley Therapeutic Equestrian Association, PuCKS, Langley Boys & Girls Club, Douglas Park Elementary Association and Legacy Water Search and Recovery Society. Meanwhile, a good number of owners didn’t have to travel very far to show off their prized possessions. Al Tecklenborg lounged in a lawn chair near his 1913 Ford Model T at the Concours d’Elegance at Douglas Park. Tecklenborg said he acquired the Model T from former Langley City Mayor, the late Reg Easingwood, “way back when,” around 1970. A five passenger, four cylinder, 20 horsepower car, a Model T Touring Car retailed for $600 and included an extension top, top cover, automatic brass windshield, speedometer, two six-inch gas lamps, generator, three oil lamps, horn, tools, and jack. His Model T “runs good,” said Tecklenborg, who drove it to the Cruise-in. “We did a frame-up, I guess you would call it, took it all apart, cleaned it up, painted it,” he said. Further north, along the one-way portion of Fraser Highway was where you could find Al Underhill’s 1955 Chevy Bel Air. The Bel Air has come a long way in many respects; Underhill bought it from its previous owner from Boston, Mass., about two years back. He found the car on a “racing junk website,” Underhill said. Since acquiring the Bel Air, Underhill has given it a complete overhaul, including new paint, motor, transmission, rear end, suspension and frame. This marks the second straight year Underhill has shown the car at Cruise-in. He said he had “lots of thumbs up” from passers-by on Saturday.
ABOVE: Phil Weicker relaxed in a 1969 Car Pool De Ville, a Cadillac that was converted into a mobile hot tub. The unique car was on display Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Langley Good Times Cruise-in. LEFT: Tens of thousands of visitors, owners of classic cars and trucks and hot rods, volunteers and entertainers filled the streets of downtown Langley for the event. BELOW: The Seattle Cossacks Motorcycle Stunt and Drill Team put on quite a show.
Photos: TROY LANDREVILLE