1200 Car Club Car Show

 

The 1200 Car Club recently held their annual car show at Furniture Fair in Cold Spring to help raise money for the local Scottish Rite and the community work that they perform. Despite it being a beautiful day only about 20 vehicles pulled into the lot. This was quite a let down from previous years. Still, on hand were some pretty cool rides including a R/T (road/track or performance package version) of a Dodge Challenger convertible, a Chevrolet Corvette, a Pontiac Tempest station wagon, a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle, a 1969 Ford Mustang, and a stunning C2, or second generation, Chevy Corvette. 

Finishing Up the Shine in the Park Car Show

 

Today marks the last post from the 35th Annual Mt. Orab Lions Club Shine in the Park car show. Held at Mt. Orab Park, this show saw about 60 cars and trucks show up on a hot and humid day. As always, let me know what you think of the vehicles that were on display by either leaving a comment (no ads, please, they just get deleted) or by dropping me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com. There was a quite rare car at the show, an actual 1932 Austin Seven that had been customized into a street rod. Also on hand for the event was a Porsche 911, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, its slightly younger brother, a 1956 Bel Air, a hot rod that started life as a Ford coupe, a 1965 Chevy Corvair, a Jaguar S Type, and a Chevrolet Camaro. 

Some Old and Some New(ish) at Mt. Orab

 

The 35th Annual Mt. Orab Lions Club Shine in the Park car show saw around 60 cars and trucks roll into Mt. Orab Park. Among them were some old, some newer, some that were modified, and a lot of cars from Chevrolet. Among them was a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air that was showing its age, a Chevy Nova Super Sport, a slightly modified 1934 Chevy coupe, a Chevy Chevelle, a Chevy Corvette, a well restored Chevy Bel Air, and a Volkswagen Type 1 or Beetle convertible. 

A Fairly Sparse Crowd at the Mt. Orab Lions Club Car Show

In past years there have been at least 100 cars and trucks on hand for the Mt. Orab Lions Club Shine in the Park Car Show. This year, due to a couple of factors, the turnout was only about 60 vehicles. The biggest culprit was that there were a couple of other big shows being held in the area. Still, the rides that were on hand were worth checking out. Among them was a Chevrolet Nova station wagon, a restomod Ford coupe, a Chevy Nova coupe, a Ford 100 pickup truck, a 1962 Ford Fairlane, another Ford 100 pickup truck, and a tubbed Ford street rod. 

 

Mid-Century Gems at Mt. Orab

The 35th Annual Mt Orab Lions Club Shine in the Park car show held at Mt. Orab Park right in the center of town saw around 60 vehicles show up on a warm, humid day. Among those vehicles were a number of absolute gems from the middle of the 20th Century. There was a 1948 Packard Super Eight Victoria convertible, a concours quality 1969 Dodge Coronet R/T convertible, a 1971 Plymouth Duster, a 1963 Ford Thunderbird, a 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air, a pretty rare Chevy Impala station wagon, and something a bit older, a 1930s era Chevy panel van. 

 

Mt. Orab Lions Help the World to See

The Mt. Orab Lions Club takes donations of glasses and distributes them to people around the world in need to help seeing. That is just one of the many things the organization does. They also hand out multiple scholarships to local students. These are just a couple of the things the 39th Shine in the Park car show raised money for. Among the over 60 cars and trucks on hand for this year's show was an extremely rare Chevrolet Corvair 95 Rampside. While the Rampside in itself isn't rare, this was one of 900 constructed for the U.S. Navy and one of only about 20 known to still exist. Also on hand for the event was a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, a fifth generation of C 5 Corvette, a 1979 Ford Fairmont, a first-generation Chevy Camaro, a Chevy HHR, and a cool paint job on a Pontiac GTO.

35thh Annual Mt. Orab Lions Club Shine in the Park

 

For the 35th time Mt. Orab Park saw cars both old and new roll in to celebrate the Lions Club Shine in the Park. Over 60 vehicles rolled into the park on a hot and humid day. Among them was a 1939 Buick Roadmaster, a C2 Chevrolet Corvette, a 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1, a 1969 Boss 302 Mustang, a 2003 Chevy SSR, and a second-generation Vette convertible.