MainStrasse Village

 

In the 1980s the beleaguered river city of Covington began an impressive turnaround. One major step was embracing the town's German heritage. They took the already picturesque Sixth Street and turned it into MainStrasse Village. The beautiful tree-lined street is filled with unique shops and restaurants and pubs and, until the Covid pandemic, each summer was the home of one of the region's most popular car shows.A decade ago here are some of the cars that turned up for the event: a kit car of the famed Shelby Cobra, a first generation Ford Mustang convertible, a pink Plymouth Barracuda with the coveted Shaker package, a Dodge Challenger R/T, a Chevy Impala convertible, a 1967 Camaro RS, a 1966 Mustang, and a Chevelle.

More Gems From A Lost Show

The car show that used to be held in Covington's MainStrasse Village was popular for many reasons. The setting, beautiful MainStrasse Village provided a lovely, tree lined venue with plenty of shade and since it was a destination there were plenty of nice restaurants and shops to explore. But the main reason is that it brought in so many cool and varied vehicles. Some of those that showed at the event before it fell victim to the Covid pandemic included a slightly modified Volkswagen Beetle, a souped up Chevy Chevelle, a Malibu, another Beetle, a Chevy II, a Pontiac Le Mans, a Camaro Z-28, and a 1963 Ford Falcon.

MainStrasse Is Missed

 Having run out of pictures from last season's shows I've gone back and am posting from a now defunct show, a victim of the Covid pandemic, the event held at MainStrasse in Covington. This was along running and popular show that was held in a beautiful setting and attracted a large number of diverse cars and trucks. Cars such as a Mercury Marauder that aren't often seen would show. Also at the event a decade ago was a restomod Chrysler sedan, a Ford Tudor, a Ford based street rod, a Mustang, a Chevy Impala, and a 1992 Corvette.

There Was Good Variety At MainStrasse

One of the reasons I miss the MainStrasse Village show so much is because of the good variety. Since I have run out of current photos to post I've gone back to a favorite show that was a casualty of the Covid pandemic. This show always drew a very interesting group of automobiles. For example, here is a Pontiac Firebird convertible, a 1940 Ford Tudor Deluxe, a 1936 Dodge street rod, a low rider Chevy pick up, a Cadillac, a 1970 Chevelle, a 1971 Nova, and a Fairlane.

A Casualty of Covid

When the Covid pandemic hit almost every old car event shut down for the season. Quite a few, unfortunately, didn't return. As I'm going back in time one of my favorite shows that didn't return was the MainStrasse Village Car Show held in Covington. Not only was it held in a beautiful setting but it attracted a great selection of automobiles. Among those that showed was a 1949 Ford Custom, a customized Fairlane, a Volkswagen Beetle, a Chevy Chevelle, a 1961 Studebaker Hawk, a Pontiac Firebird, a 1966 Chevelle and a 1969 Chevelle.

Memories From MainStrasse

 Since I've run out of photos from shows from this past season and the first scheduled event of this season is still about a month away, I've decided to go back and post from a show that was a victim of the Covid pandemic, MainStrasse. This show was always great because it was in a fantastic setting with lots of shade and drew a large, diverse collection of old and classic automobiles. For example, there was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, a 1969 Pontiac Catalina station wagon similar to one our family owned back in the day, a 1965 Ford Mustang, a 1961 Impala, a Honda roadster, a Porsche 914, and a highly modified 1934 Ford street rod.

Remembering MainStrasse

Something has happened that, other than the pandemic when most every show was cancelled, I had not expected. I've run out of photos and car shows. It's still nearly a month away from the first scheduled show in the area and so I am going back in time to post from what was once one of my favorite shows.
MainStrasse Village in Covington is a beautiful area of tree lined streets with shops and restaurants that at one point before the Covid pandemic would once a year fill with beautiful old cars. I'm going back to 2013 to post some of the cars that were there back then. Among them was a very cool Rambler Ambassador, a Pontiac Fiero, a Sunbeam Tiger, a 1957 Ford Thunderbird, a 1955 Pontiac Chiefton, another Thunderbird, and a third generation or C3 Chevy Corvette.