SUNDAY, AUGUST 14TH ON THE PORT ORCHARD WATERFRONT
T H E L A R G E S T S I N G L E DAY C L A S S I C C A R S H O W I N K I T S A P C O U N T Y !
CRUZ 2016 is biggest one-day event in Kitsap County Up to 600 hot rods, custom, classic, antique cars to fill Port Orchard’s downtown streets At least 20,000 car enthusiasts are expected to visit Port Orchard’s waterfront area Sunday, Aug. 14, to peek, ogle and gaze at upwards of 600 cars on display for the 29th annual CRUZ 2016 car show. Show time is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is hosted for the 19th consecutive year by
the Saints Car Club of Port Orchard. Visitors will be able to wander among the array of classic, customized, hot rod and racing cars that will be lined up along Sinclair Inlet. Three featured cars and a customized truck festooned with the Seahawks logo in blue and
green headline the show. The show is sponsored by Kitsap Bank. Trophies will be awarded in 60 categories. There will be plenty of door prizes given out, along with food sold by vendors, and lots of music. Bay Street will be closed to traffic during the show. Organizers remind those coming to opt taking the shuttle service from the Kitsap County Courthouse parking lot on Cline Street and the Park and Ride lot next to the Armory on Mile Hill Drive. The Bremerton-to-Port Orchard foot ferry
also will be running on a regular schedule, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Aug. 14. The show is free. To register and display your vehicle at the show, you’ll need to arrive between 7 a.m. and noon on the day of the event. The registration fee is $15. CRUZ 2016 organizers are asking those attending to bring along canned goods for the South Kitsap Helpline food bank. CRUZ 2016 t-shirts and sweatshirts will be available for purchase.
Featured car | 1949 Cadillac Model 62 It’s been sitting on ‘velvet pillow’ for over 67 years By BOB SMITH
rsmith@portorchardindependent.com
At age 16, Gary Kanekkeberg first laid eyes on what became his dream car: a sleek, aerodynamic 1949 Cadillac Model 62. His object of automotive desire was owned by his neighbor, which probably set him back between $3,500 to $4,000 in 1949 — a spendy price for a vehicle that was out of the financial reach of most Americans in those days. It certainly wasn’t a common sight on Kitsap County highways, Kanekkeberg remembered. He believes there weren’t more than a handful driving in the Puget Sound region. “Not too many people had them here,” he says. “I thought to myself, ‘One day I’m going to have that car.”
True to his word, Kanekkeberg, who owns Port Orchard Plumbing, now has one parked in his South Kitsap home’s driveway. The cremecolored beauty is used to being treated gently. With just 42,000 original miles registered on its odometer, the Cadillac has never been restored. Its engine is original and nothing else has been changed, he said. “It’s never even had a flat tire,” he said, and then opened the trunk of the fastback luxury car. Inside is a spare tire that’s original. A tire jack sits inside its original box awaiting a tire change that has never been needed. And on the floorboard in the back, the original owner’s manual sits, also in pristine condition. The two-door sedan, which will be one of the featured cars at the CRUZ 2016 car show Aug. 14, has been owned by just three owners. Kanekkeberg said the two previous owners put minimal miles on the Cadillac and kept it in CADILLAC, SEE PAGE 4
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Gary Kanekkeberg’s favorite car, his 1949 Cadillac Model 62, will be one of the featured cars at the CRUZ 2016 car show Aug. 14 in downtown Port Orchard.
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