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Looking at the favourable weather forecast, I expect there will be a significant turnout for tonight's show at Chestermere Landing and for all the shows to follow this week. Click over to see see the Weekly Cruise-in Calendar. There is a new weekly event which I just listed and it starts next week in Canmore. … [Read more...] about Beautiful weather for the start of Cruise-in season

It is an ethical and well accepted practice to give attribution when you take intellectual property. I asked the owner of the Western Pacific Cruise Calendar, Bud MacMurchy, to give attribution for the material that he takes from my website, but he said he doesn't take anything. So I posted this phony show (Cadogan) this morning. It doesn't exist, and neither does the … [Read more...] about “Cadogan”

The 2023 calendar is in its formative stages, but by getting an early start this year, I hope we can "spread the wealth" and avoid some of those occasions where we were having 10 shows on a Saturday. Last year, we were still dealing with the effects of the pandemic and a lot of organizations were faced with uncertainty and didn't know at the start of the year if we would be … [Read more...] about It’s back for 2023! The Southern Alberta Car Show Calendar

I’m already receiving notifications from car clubs for next year’s calendar. It was never my intention to host a car show calendar on NiceOldCars.ca but it just happened when there was no complete calendar at the start of the 2022 season. I considered it to be a one-off and for one year only. There are at least five other websites which have car show calendars, so I’m … [Read more...] about Do you want the Southern Alberta car show calendar in 2023?

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

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

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

It's nice that we have our own Elvis right here in Calgary. I first ran into Alessandro at the Alley Katz show in 2019 at the Thorncliffe community centre. I had yet to see him perform but I was already impressed with him as an outgoing and friendly dude who was happy to let me take a picture of him … [Read more...] about What’s a car show without Elvis?