For those who were disappointed at the Wild Wednesday weather cancellation, you might want to consider a couple cruise-ins which are occurring on Thursday this week, and every week henceforth. The Westgate Community Centre hosts Cars and Coffee on Thursday from 6 - 8 pm. Now that's too late in the day for me to be drinking coffee, but I'm pretty sure I'd be allowed to … [Read more...] about Thursday nights are coming alive
Archives for June 2022
My old cars
I often get asked at the car shows, "which old car is yours?" My answer, "the only old car I have is the one I drive everyday." That wasn't always the case. Back in the nineties I had a 74 Nova and an 80 Malibu which I raced at Race City Speedway in Calgary. I was thrilled with stock car racing from the time I was nine years old when my sister Carol and her … [Read more...] about My old cars
Cypress Hills – June 25, 2022 – 104 photos
"Cars in the Hills" The Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park in Saskatchewan is one of the prettiest venues for a car show in the NiceOldCars domain. I saw many cars for the first time, including Tom's 1971 Buick GSX with a 455 Ram Air Stage One engine, of which only 124 were built. A true, limited-edition muscle car and beautiful to look at. There were many impressive … [Read more...] about Cypress Hills – June 25, 2022 – 104 photos
Cars in the Hills eve
This is something a little different than I normally post. I drove to Maple Creek, SK today to take in the car show in Cypress Hills Interprovincial Park tomorrow(Saturday). The venue is about a 20-minute drive from here. I was so impressed with last year's show that I had to come back. It was raining in Maple Creek when I arrived at 7 pm, but when I finished dinner, … [Read more...] about Cars in the Hills eve
Readership sets new records
The graph shows a consistent trajectory towards the sky. How long can it continue? I know we attracted a lot of new readers from Redcliff and Medicine Hat this week. Welcome, everyone! The original purpose of setting up this website was to give car show enthusiasts a non-Facebook site where they could look at photos from the various shows I attend. A lot of people hate … [Read more...] about Readership sets new records
The Lincoln and the little boy
It was probably around 1958 when this event occurred and I would have been five years old. I'm not sure why, but I was interested in cars from a young age. When I was ten years old I could tell you the make and year of any car on the road. Growing up on a farm near Midale, Saskatchewan, I didn't get many opportunities to see luxury vehicles. If we happened to be in town … [Read more...] about The Lincoln and the little boy
Redcliff – June 18, 2022 – 155 photos
I enjoyed a visit with my brother in Medicine Hat on Friday and stayed over for the car show in Redcliff on Saturday. This was a first-class show hosted by the Redcliff Lions club and was beyond all my expectations for the number and quality of the vehicles on display. In the photos you'll see the all-original 53 Olds Ninety-Eight which has been owned by Curtis' family since it … [Read more...] about Redcliff – June 18, 2022 – 155 photos
19 completed, 91 to come
You don't have to be a math whiz to realize that we now have 110 shows on the calendar. That is just for southern Alberta and doesn't include the weeknight shows. How many will you be attending? Some of the latest additions and updates to the calendar... Carseland June 18 Pincher Creek June 19 Township June 25 Vauxhall July 2 Rocky Mountain House July 30 Chapelhow … [Read more...] about 19 completed, 91 to come
What are readers looking at?
When I checked the website statistics, I could hardly believe my eyes. It's obvious the car show community was in need of an up-to-date calendar. Below are the most viewed pages on NiceOldCars for the past 90 days. It only makes sense that the shows which have been getting the most views are the ones which were held in early May, but the Drumheller show, which was held in late … [Read more...] about What are readers looking at?
Cochrane – June 9, 2022 – 35 photos
The Cochrane A & W was only 15 minutes away from the Glenbow Ranch where I spent the afternoon biking, so it was only fitting that I take in the Cochrane Classics cruise-in. I enjoyed talking with the car owners, some of whom were already aware of this website and were pleased with the up-to-date calendar. One of my readers was Ted, who was showing his beautiful and … [Read more...] about Cochrane – June 9, 2022 – 35 photos