Show and Shine back in High River This Weekend

[Dion]

High River's the place to be this weekend.

That's according to Roger Hamel with the River City Classics.

"Come to High River, you've got the Balloon fest Friday night, you've got a drive-in Friday night, you've got the burnout Saturday night, you've got a drive-in Saturday night and you've got the car show Sunday," he says. "It's a fantastic High River weekend."

It's the first annual Brian Chipchase Senior Memorial Show and Shine to honour a long time and valued volunteer with the club.

"He was instrumental in building our Eamon's Garage facility, he was always volunteering, I think he probably held every office within the car club from president on down, he was the first man to show up and the last to leave," Hamel says.

The burnout starts at about 5:30 Saturday on Centre Street between 7th Avenue and the traffic circle.

https://www.highriveronline.com/arti...-in-high-river

[Pizza]

*google maps directions to High River

48 km from Calgary?

Hard pass

[speede5]

What were you planning to walk? lol

[81MC]

Always a good time down there. Weather will be great, taking babe and wife!

[Erick Estrada]

What movies are being featured on the drive in? Would a Tesla be welcomed?

[puckedoff]

Originally Posted by 81MC

Always a good time down there. Weather will be great, taking babe and wife!

Aren't you worried they'll meet?!

[Redliner]

I'll be there on Sunday for the show & shine. Should be a good time

[Northendzone]

to me it makes more sense to shine first, then show

[Dion]

From last nights Balloon Fest. Large crowd enjoying the event

[81MC]

Originally Posted by puckedoff

Aren't you worried they'll meet?!

Au contraire!

[chemgear]

Originally Posted by puckedoff

Aren't you worried they'll meet?!

Originally Posted by 81MC

Au contraire!

[Dion]

Photo gallery from car show. Huge turnout and a huge sucess.

https://www.highriveronline.com/arti...r#lg=1&slide=0

https://www.highriveronline.com/arti...r#lg=1&slide=0

[Fuzz]

I wonder what happens to all these classic cars over the next 20 years. Looks like that one show for southern Alberta has endless amounts of them. Across North America there must be hundreds of thousands of restored classics. I'm just wondering if there will be enough people around to care about them in the future.

[Erick Estrada]

Wow I had no idea it was that big a deal. It's like a Stampede sized crowd.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Wow I had no idea it was that big a deal. It's like a Stampede sized crowd.

Biggest car show in western Canada. Estimated be over a 1,000 vehicles.

[81MC]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I wonder what happens to all these classic cars over the next 20 years. Looks like that one show for southern Alberta has endless amounts of them. Across North America there must be hundreds of thousands of restored classics. I'm just wondering if there will be enough people around to care about them in the future.

I honestly don’t see them ever not being cared about. I go to a decent amount of shows, and while it’s often older people who actually own the cars, there’s a lot of youths kicking around. Car culture isn’t going anywhere, thankfully.

[Fuzz]

I just wonder if, well, a lot of these restorations are done by boomers that have some connection to the car in their past. People browsing these cars may find them interesting, but will they find them 30-50k interesting? And there just seems to be so many of them. Sure, some will end up in museums, but will individuals care enough to have garage space dedicated to a vehicle they take out a few times a year? And not every one is super special, like, what person born in 2000 is going to want a '65 Chevelle for $40k?

[calgarygeologist]

Originally Posted by 81MC

I honestly don’t see them ever not being cared about. I go to a decent amount of shows, and while it’s often older people who actually own the cars, there’s a lot of youths kicking around. Car culture isn’t going anywhere, thankfully.

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I just wonder if, well, a lot of these restorations are done by boomers that have some connection to the car in their past. People browsing these cars may find them interesting, but will they find them 30-50k interesting? And there just seems to be so many of them. Sure, some will end up in museums, but will individuals care enough to have garage space dedicated to a vehicle they take out a few times a year? And not every one is super special, like, what person born in 2000 is going to want a '65 Chevelle for $40k?

This is something that has been in the back of my mind over the last 5 or 10 years. I enjoy classic cars and go to a few shows or auctions and in general the market is pretty much senior citizen driven which is not surprising because they have a close connection to these cars and they have the money for restoration and upkeep. But it doesn't seem like their kids or grandkids have the same values are often times are more interested in the monetary value. I know a couple 30-40 year olds who have inherited some classics and they have been very quick to turn them over while the market is still hot.

Upkeep and maintenance could become very difficult and expensive as the wisdom dies out and the parts dry up. Finding a mechanic to tune or rebuild a carb might be impossible in 15 or 20 years.

[Dion]

The updated numbers are just over 1,800 vehicles. Combined with the $20 entrance fee, just over $32,000 was raised for charity.

[bagofpucks]

We inherited a 1939 Ford that had been in our family since new. It was sad to sell it, but there was just no way we could keep it in our garage and maintained. Thankfully, we found someone out in BC that can get much more use out of it and take it to Show and Shines almost year round.

The market for classic cars was definitely weird and I can’t see demand keeping up with supply, but what do I know. We got about half of the appraised value and was told it was fair market value from a few contacts in the auction world.