Sensitivity and clean air may be in,...
Sensitivity and clean air may be in, but sometimes you just have to connect with some muscle--say 400-odd cubic inches of pure internal combustion power.
You can drool over your choice of restored antiques, muscle cars, hot rods or T-buckets today at the Matador Pride Classic Car Show at San Gabriel High School.
“The purpose of the car show is community involvement,” said Larry Morris, chairman of the ways and means committee of the new SGHS Booster Club, which is putting on the show.
The club is designed to “support all sports activities at the school,” Morris said.
Several area car dealerships have promised to bring their 1993 models. But the real attractions are the cars built before 1975. These will be judged in a variety of categories.
Restored cars are judged on originality, which is not creativity but how many original parts they have. Then there are the muscle cars--the ones with big engines that are either original or from another car of about the same era. Hot rods have
the bodies of cars built between the late ‘30s to early ‘50s, and big, more powerful engines usually from around the ‘60s. T-buckets are two-seaters that are pretty much just the frame and another big engine.
This is not a cheap hobby, Morris said. He has been going to car shows for about 10 years and has run two similar events for different organizations. He pointed out that costs for the vehicles vary. A friend recently sold a 1966 Ford Mustang for $2,500, but “with another $2,000 (invested), it could have been really cherry.”
The show on the school football field at 801 Ramona St. will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Showing a car costs $15, general admission is 99 cents, or 49 cents with a SGHS student card.
If you don’t get your fill of vehicles in San Gabriel, the Pasadena Horseless Carriage Club of America is holding an Antique Car Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at St. Luke Medical Center, 2632 E. Washington Blvd., to raise funds for health care for local students. Admission is $3.
