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Ford roadster at the Greenwood Car Show
The Greenwood Car Show took over Greenwood Avenue from 72nd to 87th this weekend; over 700 classic and custom cars showed up. Hot rods, muscle cars, pimped out rides, and classic roadsters were parked fender to fender for 17 non-stop blocks. The weather was perfect for the estimated 20,00 fans who gawked, chatted, took pictures, and talked cars all day.
The Greenwood All Stars led a list of bands playing live on stage and LJ the DJ mixed it up with golden oldies. The main stage was located at the corner of 79th and Greenwood; the event is always free to the public and kid friendly, with a Kid Zone for the young crowd.
Lance Lambert of The Vintage Vehicle Show was host of the celebration of cars, music, and the Greenwood neighborhood. Lambert wandered the show, talking to car owners, getting their stories, and pix for The Vintage Vehicle Show. Lambert has been featured on The Speedchannel Network, Fox Sports Network, PBS and Hot Rod TV. His show is seen on 70 stations in the US and in 29 other countries.
The format for the car show is simple, vintage, custom, and unique vehicles line the street for 17 blocks. You wander from car to car, talk to the owners, take pictures, have fun! If you need a cold one, or something to keep you going to the next block, there are food and souvenir vendors, in addition to the local businesses.
I talked with the owner of a metallic bronze, 1947 Chevrolet Fleetmaster coupe. He bought the car in '97 as a "particularly ugly wreck" and took 4 years to restore it. To get it on the road he made substantial changes, changing the manual transmission to a Turbo Hydromatic from a '70's GM donor. This meant that he had to adapt the bellhousing to the new transmission, replace the rear-end with '56 Chevy rear-end, and fabricate a custom driveline to connect the new pieces. After rebuilding the steering box, the brakes, and changing the rear suspension, he had interior redone by Correctional Industries of Spokane. "Sitting at a car show is the least fun thing we do with it. " he said as he sat in the shade watching people admire the car.
The Greenwood Car Show began in 1992 when a small bunch of car nuts organized the first show, since then the show has grown to be the largest in the city, and is organized as a fundraiser for charity, by the Greenwood Knights. This year's charity is the Greenwood Food Bank. The Greenwood Car Show draws exhibitors from as far away as Boise, Idaho, San Francisco CA, and Vancouver BC.
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