Car Show! at Chaffey College

The 2nd Annual Chaffey College Car Show




On an overcast Sunday afternoon, 77 hardy exhibitors braved the wind and threat of rain to show their cars.

Despite the threat of rain, the friendly crowd milled about the parking lot snapping pictures,buying raffle tickets and gnoshing on hamburgers and hot dogs grilled up Club advisor Sherm Taylor, faculty and staff volunteers Jim Osborne, Ann Perez, Nancy Pyle and Susan Steward

In all, $1800 was raised through exhibit fees, food and drink sales and the raffle, all of which will go toward scholarships for Chaffey students.

Each car had a unique history. Hidden under the hood of this classic l953 Ford was a tribute to Scott Carter's mother Sandy. Sandy had passed away recently but Carter found a photo of her taken in l953 when she was 12 years old.














John Lopez' 1955 two door Bel Aire, pictured on this years' show flier, had been in his family since l970. It was always the old reliable heap that started up whenever anyone in the family needed emergency transportation. Twice, Lopez tried to give it away, but "It just kept coming back..." Now, it is a restored classic, destined to stay in the family forever.

It was a family affair all day, including the Chaffey College family. Theatre faculty Christa Havenhill brought her l957 Buick to the show to help in the fundraiser. "It's such a chick car!"

Larry Peterson found this l957 Ford in a barn with just 52,000 original miles on it."It did NOT look like this when I found it!" he said of the beautiful restoration.
















Gary Castillo found his classic car rotting away in someone's back yard. He turned the l956 De Soto into a "theme" car with gaming motifs both inside and out.






Speaking of themes,the car that won "Best Paint" had a ghostly theme with white clouds, skulls and a snarling character painted under the hood. Although the humor was broad, the paint job was elegant against the skyblue of the Chevrolet.



















In all, 24 trophies and 12 special awards were handed out. The "Best of Show" was a bright red l954 Corvette owned by Pam and Paul Powell.