Memorial Day Weekend: Cruzin to Colby

May ends with down­town cruise and show n’ shine in Everett, WA.

 

One of the largest car shows in Puget Sound includes Sun­day down­town Everett cruise on Col­by plus evening dance

Cruise on Col­by Avenue from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm — open to first 400 cars to reg­is­ter. Pub­lic dance from 6:00 pm ‑10:00 pm at Hol­i­day Inn fea­tur­ing Wright Bros Band.

 

 

Mon­day, join the down­town fun with the Show n’ Shine from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with enter­tain­ment pro­vid­ed by Wright Bros. Band and fea­tur­ing Dan­ny Ver­non Illu­sions of Elvis.

Since 1999, the Cruzin to Col­by, host­ed by Seat­tle Rod-tiques Car Club, has become one of the Pacif­ic North­wests pre­mier car shows.

Coming up:

June 2  — D & L Restora­tion Open House

June 2 — Lucky Truck Auc­tion @ LeMay Marymount

June 2 — LeMay Muse­um — Taco­ma — Anniver­sary Gala

June 2 — 41st Ear­ly Ford V‑8 Car Show — open to all-Bellevue

So where to go next?

 

The week­end of the 18th brings out the fab­u­lous All British Field Meet in Van­cou­ver, B.C. in a gor­geous set­ting at Van­Dusen Botan­i­cal Gar­den host­ed by Olde British Car Soci­ety.  READ MORE

Call­ing all hot rods! Call­ing all cars and fans.  The resched­uled Brack­et­star Sea­son Open­er Car Show is com­ing your way this Sat­ur­day, May 18th at Pacif­ic Race­ways!  (The orig­i­nal date was rained out due to cold wet weather.)

Open to all years, makes and mod­els. Reg­is­tra­tion is still only $15! The reg­is­tra­tion fee cov­ers car and dri­ver for the car show and drag race spec­ta­tor fee is includ­ed.  206–354-3152

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The grand­dad­dy of Wash­ing­ton Swaps

held on May 18–19 is the

40th Annu­al Seat­tle Auto Swap Meet held in Mon­roe, WA.

Amer­i­can Reflec­tions 13th Annu­al Open Car Show
on the 19th at Mox­ee, WA

 

Also on May 18 — Billings (MT) Career Cen­ter Car Show; the Tillam­ook (OR) Cheese Fac­to­ry hosts Torch Run Show n Shine (503 842 8320).

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The last week­end of May 24–26 is over­flow­ing wth events includ­ing Cam­rose (AB) Cruis­ers Show ‘n Shine, Cruise & 100 Foot­er; and on the 25th Car­quest Wasil­la Show-N-Shine, Wasil­la, AK ; ACE Car Show in Echo, OR (see Fea­ture Sto­ry); McMin­nville, OR’s 8th Annu­al Route 99W Car Show; Moses Lake (WA) Clas­sic Car Club Springfest Car Show

The last week­end of May 24–26 is over­flow­ing wth events includ­ing Cam­rose (AB) Cruis­ers Show ‘n Shine, Cruise & 100 Foot­er; and on the 25th Car­quest Wasil­la Show-N-Shine, Wasil­la, AK ; ACE Car Show in Echo, OR (see Fea­ture Sto­ry); McMin­nville, OR’s 8th Annu­al Route 99W Car Show; Moses Lake (WA) Clas­sic Car Club Springfest Car Show

Dou­ble days at May 25–26 include Brack­et­stars Surf N Shine Car Show at Ocean Shores,WA; Casper, WY’s  Cruizin’ With the Oldies Memo­r­i­al Week­end; 21st Annu­al Show and Shine & Three-Day Tour in Kelow­na, BC (250 769 6064); Seat­tle Rod-Tiques’ peren­ni­al favorite — the largest in Puget Sound is the Cruzin’ to Col­by tak­ing up a grid of streets in down­town Everett, WA

Clos­ing out the week­end is Boule­vard Park Antique Car Show on May 26 in Belling­ham, but.…also on the 26th, don’t miss:

Step 1. Get Valve Cov­er. Step 2. Add Wheels. Step 3. Dec­o­rate It. Step 4. Race It!

A fun day for kids of all ages and those going around a sec­ond time is the LeMay Valve Cov­er Races at LeMay Fam­i­ly Col­lec­tion at Mary­moor Event Cen­ter on May 26.

These and all the car shows and events are shown in our MONTHLY, and for new shows, can­cel­la­tions and cor­rec­tions, check out UPDATES.

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Coming up — the only auction in May-June promises to be the most unique — the LeMay Family Collection hosts the vintage truck auction June 2. It includes shedding some tonnage of Harold’s collection plus many other trucks of all kinds at Lucky Car Auctions, immediately the day after the American Truck Historical Society’s National Meet in Yakima, WA.  Your pickup (or any truck — or collector car) is welcomed to sell, or plan to take one home as a driver project PU. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Still need to do a little buying — selling — swapping or just plain people-watching?

Check out Swaps and our new list­ing of Cruise-Ins.

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PREVIEWS

Truck enthusiasts: Mark your calendars for these unique events:

The Amer­i­can Truck His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety’s Antique Truck Show and Nation­al Con­ven­tion will be host­ed by the Yaki­ma ATHS Chap­ter May 30-June 1. Details at ATHS.

On Sun­day, June 2, LeMay Fam­i­ly Col­lec­tion at Mary­mount will host the Lucky Car Auc­tion with the first ever antique truck auc­tion.  Truck own­ers will be com­ing from all over the US.

Since Harold LeMay was famous for his love of trucks, in addi­tion to the cars, this is a nat­ur­al fit and will be a great oppor­tu­ni­ty to see not only the LeMay trucks, but many more. Details of the auc­tion avail­able soon at Lucky Car Auc­tions.

Vintage Two Wheelers at LeMay Marymount in June.

Vin­tage Motor­cy­cle Enthu­si­asts will be pre­sent­ing the  Inau­gur­al “Mary­mount Motor­cy­cle Show” on June 10–16 (last day of show  is Father’s Day).  Over 200 vin­tage motor­cy­cles to be  dis­played for the dura­tion of the show with a road run and show ‘n’ shine on Sat­ur­day. More infor­ma­tion coming.

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Mark your cal­en­dar for these major dates in 2013:

 

Jun 1 – Taco­ma, WA; LeMay America’s Car Muse­um Annu­al Gala

Jun 2 — Taco­ma, WA; Lucky Truck Auc­tion — LeMay Marymount

Jul 5–7 – Kent, WA; 25^th Annu­al PNW His­torics Vin­tage Car Races

Jul 12–14 – Boise, ID; North­west Motorfest

Jul 26–28 – Puyallup, WA; Goodguys 26^th PNW Nationals

Aug 9–10 – Puyallup, WA; 500 Corvettes Car Show – new show

Aug 16–18 – Spokane, WA; Goodguys 12^th Great NW Nationals

Aug 31 – Taco­ma, WA; 36^th Annu­al  LeMay Fam­ily Car Show

Sep 7–8 – Van­cou­ver, BC;  Lux­ury + Super­car Week­end 2013

 

 

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