You guys have a car show every Monday night from 6-9 at the Civitan. I arrived there last Monday just before 8 to find that not only did I have the nicest old car in the parking lot , I also had the ONLY old car in the parking lot .
Seriously though, we had the old car at the cottage (Bolingbroke area) and needed to pick up fishing licences so we figured we'd head into Perth and hit the local cruise too. In your defense (not that you need defending ) the weather, although nice from 7:30ish on, was not the best earlier that evening. Took the back roads back to the cottage and saw a fawn and mom so that was cool and made the trip worth it.
PS ... welcome
-- Edited by Rusty Nuts on Tuesday 31st of July 2012 09:40:43 PM
-- Edited by Rusty Nuts on Tuesday 31st of July 2012 09:40:54 PM
Welcome,, wondering if there are any old vehichles left up around the "Snow Road Station" area, was up through there drivin back roads years ago and there were quite a few!
Found an empty farm, and behind the old run down garage was a real solid Model "A" pick up. Almost looked driveable!!
welcome. there is also another fellow from perth or at least the region on the forum. what i was going to ask was about the local cruises, when and where? but i see rusty nuts sort of beat me to it. my pops lives in perth, he was a lanark boy and i was trying to figure a good time to visit him plus cue up for a local cruise.
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There are 106 miles to Chicago. We have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.
Shows in the area are posted in a lot of places but the most comprehensive list is at 6one3.com. You can become a member for free if you want to participate or just look at the various places on the site for a list of shows and cruise nights. Locally the cruise nights are
Monday nights 6 to 8 PM - Perth Civitan club on Hwy 43 between Perth an Smiths Falls, unless it rains Wednesday nights 6 to 8 PM - Carleton Place at the RONA parking lot on Hwy 7, unless it rains Thursday nights 6 to 8 PM - Smiths Falls at the Walmart parking lot on Hwy 15, unless it rains
I always wondered why old cars are allergic to rain? I know my old car tries to pass the driver in the rain whether you like it or not. Please note that I try not to refer to old cars as "hot rods" anymore because of the definition used by the Provincial Ministry of the Environment.
Welcome,, wondering if there are any old vehichles left up around the "Snow Road Station" area, was up through there drivin back roads years ago and there were quite a few!
Found an empty farm, and behind the old run down garage was a real solid Model "A" pick up. Almost looked driveable!!
(Have no clue now which road it was on.)
Now that's not fair, I'll blow my entire long weekend looking for that truck now.
Lots of iron in these woods, just a matter of finding it. I have a Chevelle in the swap/sell and my have a potential ratrod and 29 A roadster for sell soon stay posted.
Sorry about your luck with the car show thing not sure what to tell ya, I haven't been over to it this year. You would have had your fair share of iron to look at if you made it to Smiths Falls last weekend for the Rolling Thunder show. Or three weeks ago at the Merricksville show on the Rideau. Both had excellent weather and all sorts of fine machinery.
Sorry about your luck with the car show thing not sure what to tell ya, I haven't been over to it this year. You would have had your fair share of iron to look at if you made it to Smiths Falls last weekend for the Rolling Thunder show. Or three weeks ago at the Merricksville show on the Rideau. Both had excellent weather and all sorts of fine machinery.
Rick
Hey, no need to apologize, I knew the weather wasn't the greatest earlier that day/evening. The internet says the show ends at dusk which by my estimation is somewhere past 8:30 this time of year, just thought I'd find at least a couple of oldies in the parking lot when I arrived just before 8. I did see a couple of old ones around Perth while I was searching for the Civitan ... a black '65ish GM car (Biscayne?) and a 48-52ish red GM p-up. Seems my GPS comes up blank when I entered "civitan" and when we stopped at a phone booth for an address the Civitan was listed as rural route something ... again drew a blank on my GPS. Followed the guy in the red truck into the Canadian Tire parking lot and got directions from him.
I should add, I did not drive the old car to the cottage just with the intention of hitting the cruise, we use it daily in the summer. Needed the fishing licences anyway, so just figured we'd combine the trip to Perth for the licences with the local cruise.
-- Edited by Rusty Nuts on Friday 3rd of August 2012 08:24:45 AM
, I also had the ONLY old car in the parking lot 
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