April starts the Car Show/Cruise-In Season

We are offi­cial­ly into the spring motor­ing sea­son. The weath­er is get­ting bet­ter every day, vehi­cles have been pulled out of win­ter stor­age and enthu­si­asts are begin­ning to go to cars & cof­fee, cruise-ins, shows and oth­er events. This is the time when the 2024 Yel­low Book starts pay­ing for itself! We have hun­dreds of list­ings for the Pacif­ic North­west AND West­ern Cana­da. No mat­ter if you want to go to an event in Ida­ho Mon­tana, Ore­gon, Wash­ing­ton, BC or even Alber­ta, we have listings. 

You can pur­chase our book at the Port­land Swap Meet, and the upcom­ing Mon­roe Swap Meet. Addi­tion­al­ly, Clif­f’s Clas­sic Chevy Parts, It’s A Clas­sic, Drager’s Club House, LeMay Muse­um at Mary Mount, Vin­tage Motor­books, and The Bird Nest also have copies for sale.   Plus, we have a Buy It Now but­ton to the right of this screen. Don’t be left fran­ti­cal­ly search­ing for a week­end auto event. Cruise-ins, tours, cars & cof­fee, races, swap meets, muse­um dis­plays are all list­ed. Don’t be left out. The Yel­low Book is sell­ing fast, get yours before they’re gone! 

Cruise-In Possibilities

Bud Wor­ley recent­ly con­tact­ed us to let any clubs who lost their venue, due to the clos­ing of the Triple XXX Dri­ve-In, that the Mus­tard Seed Restau­rant — 5608 119th Ave SE, New Port Hills, Belle­vue, WA already hosts a Wednes­day night cruise-in from 3pm-7pm. They are also open to host­ing car shows and have room for over 100 cars on their paved park­ing lot. If you are look­ing for a new venue, call Bud at 206.601.1762.

Gri­ot’s Garage, 3333 S 38th St, Taco­ma, WA 98409 also hosts var­i­ous events year-round and may still have a few dates open for club spon­sored car shows. Con­tact them at 253.922.2200 or 800.345.5789.

April Brings Two of the Biggest Swap Meets to Portland 

If attend­ing swap meets to buy parts, auto­mo­tive ephemera, or just to look around, this first week­end of April is the best swap meet week­end going in the Pacif­ic North­west. On April 4 through April 6, the annu­al Port­land Inter­na­tion­al Race­way Swap Meet gets under­way with over 3‑miles of ven­dors scat­tered around the famed race­track. Thou­sands of parts, cars, “junque”, and oth­er cool stuff is on offer. Gates open at 7:00am. Admis­sion is $10. 

Start­ing just a day lat­er and run­ning a day longer (April 5–7) is the 58th Annu­al Port­land Swap Meet right next door at the Expo Cen­ter. This swap meet is also HUGE, with 2500 ven­dor stalls inside out­side the build­ing. Doors open on April 5 at7:00am. Admis­sion is $10. 

It often rains at these events so be sure to dress for the weath­er; bring a wal­let and small cart, too. You’ll prob­a­bly need it.

 

Don’t Miss These Fun Summer Events!

 

The Mis­te­qua Casi­no Car Show, this August 3
in Chewe­lah, WA (about an hour North of Spokane)
should be quite an event. Not only is the casino/hotel
very nice & offer­ing great food, but the adja­cent auto
muse­um promis­es to add an extra lev­el of enjoy­ment
to this mid-sum­mer car show. Don’t miss it!

 

 

Over on the Olympic Penin­su­la, in Port Ange­les, WA 
the local Kiwa­nis Club is spon­sor­ing their Third Annu­al
Car Show & Chili Cookoff this August 31 at the Clal­lam Coun­ty Fair­grounds. The Car Show & Chili Cookoff event has been a real fun time for all over the past cou­ple of years and pro­ceeds ben­e­fit Kiwa­nis Club Char­i­ty for Kids. For details, con­tact Lynn Spradling 360.461.9308. Cool cars and hot chili. What more could you ask for!

 

The 40th Annu­al Rod Run to the ‘End of the World’ is being held on Sept 7–8 in Ocean Park, WA. The Beach Barons Car Club puts on the annu­al event, and they work hard to make one of the events of its type in the North­west. If you’ve nev­er attend­ed, make it a must do event for 2024. You won’t regret it! 

 

 

  

 

 

Are You Looking To Buy Or To Sell?  

If you are think­ing about sell­ing your col­lec­tor car, try plac­ing an ad to sell your vehi­cle in the North­west Clas­sic Auto Mall and for one low price, your ad will run until you sell!

Look­ing to pur­chase a vehi­cle? Check out the North­west Clas­sic Auto Mal­l’s incred­i­ble list­ings. They have hun­dreds of cool vehi­cles list­ed on their web­site, so you are sure to find just what you are look­ing for. Email to: staff at nwcam.com

 

 

 

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Email address: nwcarevents at autoword.net  

 

Ride of the Month: April 2024

1955 Lotus MK IX race­car
Own­er: Don Craw­ford, Port­land, OR
Pho­to: Copy­right — P.DuPre/AutoWord

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