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Show lights up Radium Thousands will be out to take in classic cars on display at Springs Golf Course in Radium NICOLE TRIGG editor@invermerevalleyecho.com
Radium Hot Springs is the place to be this coming weekend when thousands of people will throng to the village to feast their eyes on classic cars from all eras for the annual Columbia Valley Classics Autumn Show & Shine. The event is a unique opportunity for classic car collectors to park their vehicles on the driving range at the Springs Golf Course and show them off to curious spectators, who can also enjoy the occasion by checking out the various vendors at the car show as well as at the Radium visitor information centre where Market on Main will wind down its summer season with a final two-day bash. “Two years ago we registered 998 cars,” said Columbia Valley Classics Car Club president Vicki Roberts. “Last year it was lower but they had called for snow in Alberta so usually when that happens, lots of the ones that are driving don’t come… because usually these cars aren't equipped for winter driving."
THE SHOW With no snow in this year’s forecast, the Show & Shine is bound to be a resounding success. Car owners will be able to register their vehicles at the Radium Seniors’ Hall on Friday (September 8) night from 7 to 9 p.m. while listening to live music by father and son duo Marty and Eli Beingessner and sipping on a complimentary beer. The following morning at the hall, on Saturday (September 9) from 7 to 10 a.m., a pancake breakfast for just $5 per person will be provided by the Radium Fire Department, followed by the start of the car show at 10 a.m. at the Springs Golf Course driving range. Participants will still be able to register on site by paying $20 at the driving range entrance. All cars parked on the driving range must be registered and any kind of car is welcome, said Roberts. “There are some people who register their newer cars, like the newer Camaros,” she said, “but typically it’s just older cars, nice cars and trucks that get parked.” New this year for spectators is a food bank donation — cash or food item — at the entrance gate. “If they don’t bring it, they’ll still get in, we just thought to help out the local food bank, it goes to a good cause,” Roberts said. The Columbia Valley Classics Show & CONTINUES TO 'SHOW' ON PAGE A23
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PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO Pictured with the 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 are past owner Lawrence Godlien (left), current owner Rod Kashuba (middle) and self styled "future owner" Garrett Kashuba.
Old friends still cruise valley together Remodelled Mustang is a lifelong bond between friends STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com
When Rod Kashuba bought friend Lawrence Godlien's Candy Apple Red 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 in 1994, he had one simple goal. "All I was going to do was repaint it," Kashuba said. "Before I knew it the motor was out, it needed a clutch, I pulled all the interior out, next thing I know I'm replacing the doors and buying a gas tank and buying inner fenders and outer fend-
ers... it escalated until I had nothing left, and the car was completely stripped." This wasn't the first time the car had undergone some extensive refitting. Godlien said he first bought it somewhere around 1985 when he saw it sitting, rusted in a farmer's field in Cranbrook. Godlien said the condition it was in was terrible when he took possession, but after some extensive work of his own the car was road-worthy again, and Godlien and Kashuba, friends since high-school were out cruising together. "Do you know what a stop sign stands for?" Godlien asked, almost rhetorically. "Spin tires on pavement,"
Kashuba laughed, without modern cars can't (or won't) missing a beat. "Needless to match anymore. What makes say, I had to put a new clutch the car especially significant to in it." Kashuba, however, is the fact This particular model, the that he still gets to share it with '69 Mustang Mach 1, was only the man he bought it from. made for one year, and Kashu"Thing is, when you sell someba thinks only about 15,000 thing you worked really hard were made on, a lot of that had his “All I was going to do was times it's black and gone, and repaint it... before I knew it white inteyou never rior. The gas the motor was out.� see it again," mileage is Kashuba ROD KASHUBA terrible and said. "20 1969 FORD MUSTANG MACH 1 OWNER Kashuba has years later never figured it out, not that he it's still running around town, wants to. He did say it takes him and 20 years later [Godlien] is about $10 worth of gas to make still riding in it. Really, when it from Invermere to Radium, we cruise in it, it's still his." with a roughly 300 hp V8 enBoth Godlien and Kashuba gine guzzling gas in a way most take the car to shows during
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1959 Galaxie Fairlane out of this world Restored car a revived classic after sitting parked for decades STEVE JESSEL reporter1@invermerevalleyecho.com
The year was 1961, and Ben Schnider was looking for a car. He wasn’t looking for an especially fancy one, just something to get him around, and so he went to Invermere Contracting, a car dealership that used to be located in the space that Bud’s Bar and Lounge now occupies. Schnider settled on a 1959 Ford Galaxie Fairlane 500, which he drove for the next 10 years and over 120,000 km before resigning it to a parked spot on his property for the next 30 years. “After I drove it for 10 years, its a junker, so what do you do with it?” Schnider said. “You either throw it in the dump or you park it, and this one happened to be parked.” So, 30 years passed in which no one really paid much attention to the car, other than the occasional squirrel. Rust formed and the paint job lost
PHOTO BY STEVE JESSEL/THE ECHO Ben Schnider proudly displays his 1959 Ford Galaxie Fairlane 500, which he owned for over 50 years.
some of its lustre, but the spirit of the car remained, just waiting for the right moment to be restored to its former glory. That moment came around the year 2000 when Schnider was faced with a decision: scrap the car, or restore it. The Ford Galaxie’s time had come. “It’s a lot of work to restore a car, but it all depends on what
stage you want to restore it to,” said Schnider, who is a former mechanic. Schnider decided to go all out — he said that if you aren’t restoring a car with the frame off than you aren’t restoring a car the right way. What this meant is that he had to go over every aspect of the car with a finetoothed comb, and as he put it,
basically build a car. Schnider sandblasted off the accumulated rust, replaced rusted panels and parts, took the paint job right down to the metal and repainted it the exact same colour as the original. No doubt countless hours went into tinkering with the engine getting it back to working order, but after a few years the car was restored
to its former glory, and ready to hit the streets. “A few of my friends were after us for a long time to get a car and come out to the car shows,” Schnider said. “We decided that, seeing we had this restored, we started going to the car club.” Schnider and wife Janice joined the Radium Car Club shortly thereafter and have spent the last decade travelling to car shows in their Ford Galaxie, as far south as Montana and as far west as Kamloops. The Schniders say they generally go to about five or six shows a year, although with the heavy rain this year they have only been to two so far. They generally travel with other classic car enthusiasts on the longer trips, as the old cars can be a bit temperamental. “I really enjoy the camaraderie of the other owners,” Schnider said. “You meet a lot of friendly people because you all have the same interests.” Both Schnider and wife Janice will on hand at the Radium Show & Shine on Sunday — Ben parking cars and Janice handling door prizes, and no doubt their shiny 1959 Ford Galaxie Fairlane 500 won’t be far away.
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Show & Shine sure to delight CONTINUED FROM PAGE A18
Shine is a popular event on the classic car circuit. Taking place every year on the third Saturday in September, it’s advertised by car club members at the different car shows they attend throughout the year and on Harrison’s Auto Event List website, the go-to site for car events taking place in northwest Washington and British Columbia. The club has never tracked the number of spectators who come out to view the cars but Roberts said that, judging from photographs, it looks like thousands of people because the driving range is full. THE CRUISE The Show & Shine will continue through to 4 p.m. at which time the events disbands and an informal cruise to Invermere and back takes place with a police presence enforcing zero-tolerance, which means anyone caught stunting (doing burnouts, etc.) will have their car towed or impounded for up to seven days. THE DANCE Returning again this year will be the ever-popular 50s dance on Saturday night from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., for which tickets will be sold during Friday night registration at the Radium Seniors’ Hall and at the car show itself if there are any tickets left over. While the dance took place in Radium last year, this year it will happen in In-
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vermere at the curling rink in order to accommodate more people in a bigger venue, as the dance sold out last year. The dance is hosted by the Kinsmen Club of Invermere who will be providing a free shuttle service to and from Radium on the half hour for anyone with a dance ticket. Up to 600 tickets are expected to be sold and the 50s/60s band from Cranbrook, Crossfire, will be bringing the house down, so feel free to dress up and boogie down. ELSEWHERE IN THE VALLEY In conjunction with the car club event is the last market of the season in Radium, which will take place on Friday (September 14) from 4 to 8:30 p.m. at the visitor information centre, and again on Saturday (September 15) from 3 to 8:30 p.m. All the well-loved vendors visitors have come to expect will be present, plus a few more surprise ones as well, totalling more than 30. Adding live music to boot will be Rockin’ on Main, which will see three popular local music acts perform over both days — the Dry Gulch Ramblers, Marty and Eli Beingessner and Cranrbook’s 60 Hertz. For anyone wanting to continue the festivities, the Windermere Fall Fair and Scarecrow Festival starts at 11 a.m. on Sunday (September 16) at the community hall and grounds of the elementary school in Windermere. For more information on the Show & Shine, visit the car club’s website at www.columbiavalleyclassics.com.
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