Car enthusiasts set to invade Chipman

BY JOHN MATHER

The streets of Chipman will become a parking lot this weekend as the Chipman Car Crafters host their 21st annual show and shine throughout the village’s downtown streets.

The weekend begins with a swap meet at the Chipman Agricultural Grounds on June 3.

“We don’t know how many vendors we’ll have because we leave it open for people to come on the day of the event,” said Dave Gray, president of the Chipman Car Crafters.

“We’ve had lots of interest and there’s been lots more phone calls than last year.”

He said some of the vendors will be under the cover of the quonset while others may be located outside. The Chipman 4-H Beef and Multi Club will also be sponsoring a beef on a bun lunch and coffee.

The gravel parking is located in the at the east end of the grounds.

For the main event on June 4, Gray said the registration is capped at 350 entries.

“We’ve never had any problems putting that many vehicles on display,” he added.

“I have no idea of what will on display. We’ve talked of maybe doing a pre-registration but that’s not on the table yet.

“We have the Mustang Club coming out, a Pontiac Club coming out,” he added. “There will be a couple of hemi “Cuda’s” among others. But until they arrive I actually don’t know what cars will be on display.”

Gray said the club usually expects between 2,500 and 5,000 visitors to come during the show, especially if the weather is nice.

“We ask people to pay a toonie at our information booth,” he said.

“We’ll be donating the money to the local food bank and if we get between $400 and $800 we’ll match it,” he added. Judging takes place in the afternoon and there are 12 categories. There are first and second prizes awarded in each category.

The categories are muscle cars 1969 and older; muscle cars, 1970 to 1989; and muscle cars from 1990 and newer. In addition there are cate- gories for antique vehicles from 1949 and older; classic vehicles from 1950 to 1959; classic vehicle from 1960 to 1969 and classic vehicles from 1970 and newer.

There are prizes for the best street rod, convertible and imports. Two categories are for trucks from 1972 and older and trucks from 1973 and newer.

Finally there is the Best in Show category judged by the club members; the hardluck trophy and a random spectators pick.

Gray added they will be presenting some club achievement awards at the end of the presentation this year as well.

Gray said they’ve never had a rain out but

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