Saturday morning was breakfast at New Beginnings in Standale followed by a cruise to Grand Haven. Club member Pete does a lot of boat lettering at Grand Isle Marina and he was asked to furnish several cars for their open house and fun day for the slip renters. Eight of us made it to the Grand Isle show.
Later on Saturday, several of us made a stop at John Ball Park and joined up with several other local clubs to participate in a Memorial Cruise for fallen cruisers. We cruised the streets of downtown Grand Rapids before heading out to the south end to our favorite burger joint, Andi Leigh's Pizza. Steve, Rick, Phil and Jon made the cruise. Thanks to Ken Firlik (Chrome Bolts) of the Road Rodz for the picture. Steve, Jon and Rick cruising past Spectrum Butterworth Hospital. Check out the officer on the corner. ;)
Sunday was a beautiful, sunny day ideal for a car show. The annual Fathers Day show at Charlton Park near Hastings, Mi has become a tradition for many of us and now several of our family members join us for a picnic lunch. Jon's 41 Chevy passed the NSRA inspection and received a Safety 23 sticker for the windshield. To our amazement, two of our club cars were selected for special awards. Steve Melville's 34 Ford coupe was chosen by the Radcliffe family for the Radcliffe memorial award and Jim Banfill's yellow 32 Ford roadster was chosen for the first annual John Moffett award by the Moffett family. These two men were founding members of the Southern Michigan Street Rod Association. The SMSRA is the host club for the Charlton Park Fathers Day show. Jim also picked up a Top 25 award as did Paul & Sharon with their flamed 48 Ford coupe and Jon with his 41 Chevy 2 door sedan. Five awards out of 8 cars in a field of 950 says a lot about the quality of our club's cars. Here are the seven that cruised together to the show.
Ron & Teresa arrived early to grab their traditional primo parking spot in the village.
The winners! Left to right, Jim Banfill, Jon Hansen, Steve Melville and Paul Dishaw. Jim's yellow roadster and Steve's red coupe in the background. Thanks to Pete for the steady hands on the camera.
