Photo by Julie Pranger
Cars gather downtown at the Oldies N Goodies Show in 2013
Oldies n Goodies Show returns May 10 The streets of Bartlesville will be lined with Corvettes and Mustangs, Coupes and Roadsters. Vintage cars parked
beside vintage buildings. It’s the 29th annual Oldies n Goodies Car Club Show – returning by popular demand to downtown Bartlesville where the shiny chrome reflects well in the windows of storefronts and office buildings. Registration begins at 8 a.m. May 10 at Sixth Street and Dewey Avenue for the show, which is free to the public and $20 per vehicle for those who enter to win prizes. “It’s a fun time for all,” says Ken Harris, club vice president. “We have originals, modifieds.You are going to see everything at one of our shows. Every car has a story. We enjoy talking to you when we get a chance to tell our story.” The annual car show is expected to draw 200 cars from a four-state area. And there are prizes galore planned for those who enter.There will be drawings for $100 bills to be given away to 20 percent of the cars who join this year’s show, along with a $500 grand prize,
a rebuilt transmission and awards for Ladies’ Choice, Long Distance and Best of Show. “The community really pitches in and gives us some nice door prizes each year,” says Clark Donnell, car club member. Live music and food vendors will keep the atmosphere festive for car show attendees who will have plenty of beautiful vehicles to view. Downtown Bartlesville Inc. is again helping to sponsor the heart of town show. Last year’s event, which moved to downtown after having been held for many years in parks, attracted 2,500 visitors. Bartlesville’s car club, which some say is the oldest in the state, has grown to 100 members – up 25 from this time last year. The club members will bring their classic cars to the local show, but don’t enter them in the competition for prizes. Club members do go as a group to regional competitions with their vehicles, along with participating in parades and traveling several times a
year to nursing homes where they take residents on rides. “We have a lot of fun and we try to take care of people locally,” says David Williams, car club member. “We help families in need. We have a toy run each year where all the members bring in a toy and we bring them to the Salvation Army.” The car club also spends a lot of time socializing – both at shows and at monthly meetings. There’s an annual chili cook-off, an ice cream social and a cookout at Osage Hills State Park. Williams, Clark and Harris note the group spends almost as much time eating as it does talking about cars. “I’ve been a member for 26 years,” enthuses Harris. “It’s a passion for us. We are just car guys – that’s what we talk about when we are together.” And the conversation will be surely be flowing this month in Bartlesville. Come join in the talk when the motors start running downtown. MAY 2014 | Bartlesville Monthly
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