Charities Benefit From the Pumpkin Run Nationals

For 46 years now the Fastiques Rod and Custom Car Club has been sponsoring the Pumpkin Run Nationals in Owensville, filling the Clermont County Fair Grounds with old cars and trucks of every stripe. And while many see the purpose of this huge event that regularly draws over 2000 vehicles as a way to show off their own classic gems or to just come in and see them all, the real reason behind it is to raise money for charity. The primary charity has been the Shriner's Children's Hospital for which they have raised well in excess of one million dollars over the years. There are other organizations, such as the Earth Angels Foundation, that receives donations as well. Plus, various school and social groups run the various food stands to help support their own financial needs. All of these cars help a lot of people.

This past event saw some brilliant vehicles roll onto the fair grounds to help these charities. Among them was a 1965 Rambler American convertible, an AMC Javelin, a 1969 AMX, a kit car that nobody knew the name of but it wore a fiberglass body on a reinforced Volkswagen frame and had a Chevy small block engine, a Kelmark GT kit car, a hard top Rambler American, and a Ford Maverick.