Second Cruising Car Show for the 2020 Season

Second Cruising Car Show for the 2020 Season

Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent

To honour Father’s Day and the Community’s First Responders, and Front Line Workers, Vegreville Iron Runners Auto Club hosted their second Cruising Car Show on June 28.

This show gave the members of Vegreville Iron Runners Club a chance to share their love of vintage vehicles.

The event began at Vegreville Regional Museum (VRM) where members of Vegreville Iron Runners Auto Club showcased their antique and collectable vehicles.

Vegreville Fire Chief Chris Jardine led the parade of vintage vehicles that travelled throughout the community. The final stop of the parade at the Vegreville Elks/Kinsmen Park.

Diane and Greg Panchyshyn from Tofield were the owners of a 1969 America Motors Javelin that Greg said they bought in 2008. “I really like this vehicle because if I take it to a car show, 99 percent of the time there is no other America Motors car there.

These vehicles are no longer in existence; they are unique. Another thing about this vehicle is the colour is a big bad blue and that is the original factory colour and it was one of 500 cars from the factory of that colour.

We rebuilt the engine a couple of times but I have a ton of car parts. Vintage vehicles are a lot simpler to fix than newer vehicles because there are no electronics or computers inside the vehicle.”

Jerry Wilde, who owns a 1960 Buick Lesabre, was proud to showcase his vintage vehicle which he has owned for 20 years. Jerry said he likes vintage vehicles because they allow him to reminisce about his youthful days.

Vegreville Fire ChiefChris Jardine led the parade of the Iron Runners Auto Club where they drove their vintage vehicles throughout the community, with the final stop of the parade at the Vegreville Elks/Kinsmen Park.

Bill Smolak, President of Vegreville Iron Runners Auto Club, said there were 12 vintage vehicles in the parade. “The event went fairly well considering it rained for part of the tour. It was nice to see the people out and watching the parade. They were standing out in the rain just to watch it. It is too bad the weather didn’t cooperate, but it was still nice to see them waving when the parade went by.”