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The eighth annual Historic Downtown Abbotsford Car Show is back bigger than ever with more parking for the

classic cars and hot rods, plus a new location for the free stage show at the intersection of West Railway and Essendene. This layout is the same as for the Berrybeat Festival. Folks are invited to visit many of the unique and trendy stores and restaurants located through-out downtown. Great food and hospitality are just steps away from the cars on display: a great family outing!

On stage and back by popular demand is the Blues Brothers Too, plus headlining the

stage again this year is David James’ “Almost Johnny Cash” and the Big River Band – Todd Sacerty, Colin Stevenson and Duncan Sy-monds.

These song-and-dance tribute stars, with their high energy and antics, will not only be performing on stage but throughout the streets of Downtown Abbotsford.

Blues Brothers Too performs signature songs, moves, and routines that will have you dancing in the street.

David James’ “Almost Johnny Cash” with the Big River Band has performed for sold-out audiences throughout Canada and parts of the

U.S. Their main purpose is to perform and present the recordings of Johnny Cash, in the style and sound of the “Man In Black” himself. When you hear that familiar mighty voice and legendary deep dark tones, close your eyes and dare to compare.

Opening this stage show this year and no stranger to the folks in the Fraser Valley, nor the Lower Mainland, is Randy Ketting-Oliver.

One of his fi rst appearances was on stage at the PNE at 11 years old. In the early days, he played and travelled, living out of a suitcase, with a number of bands.

He played for a number of years on CBC

Radio and also with the Irish Rovers. His band “The Mainlanders” was once the young-est group/band to play the nightclub circuit thoughout B.C. Along with a full-time career as music director for a church in Yarrow, Ketting-Oliver can be heard during the week at Chances gaming centre in Abbotsford.

The car show also features the popular “The Lee’s Jewellery Poker Walk” once again – an opportunity to visit and say hello to the mer-chants /owners of the unique stores in Historic Downtown Abbotsford and the chance to win great prizes, including a silver necklace from Brian Lee of Lee’s Fine Jewellery.

Bigger and better family fun! Cam Hutchins photos

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Matthew was confi ned to a wheelchair, and the Froeses wanted to provide a place where parents could get a break from the challenges of raising a child with severe disabilities.

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Overnight guest suites will allow family to remain close while taking a step back to refresh themselves.

Matthew’s House is facilitated by Communitas Supportive Care Society, an Abbotsford-based service agency.

The home is funded completely through the gener-ous support of individuals and community partners.

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Show is working closely with 20 downtown merchants to elevate the 'fun factor' and once again provide excitement to this year’s show!

Participants simply need to register at the main booth on the corner of Essendene and Montrose Avenues between 10 am and Noon. Upon registration, they will be handed a list of all 20 stores involved with the walk. Each store will be identifi ed with a special Poker Walk poster displayed in their window.

"The idea is to have fun and visit some of the many stores in Historic Downtown Abbots-ford. The concept was originated to enter-tain the wives or girlfriends of the Car Show participants displaying their vehicles during the day. Due to the success in past years it was opened to the public," says Bob King show organizer.

There is a great prize to be won! Brian Lee of Lee's Fine Jewellery has donated a hand-made sterling silver necklace with matching earrings for the best poker hand. A $440 retail value. Second and third place hands will each win a $100 cash.

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What is a cacklefest? It is a symphony of a number of nitro-burning dragsters, simultaneously fi ring together while sucking nitro meth-ane at the pace of a jetliner! The term ‘cackle’ refers to the sound of nitro methane as it burns and explodes in the combustion chambers of

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Kelowna resident and old-time racer, Mike Schewe, will be attending this year’s show with his trusted top fuel drag-ster ‘Dirty Edna’. Although his performance will not include any other dragsters fi ring at the same time, Mike assures us the feeling will be much the same. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to experience the thunder, smell and vibration of a 7000 horsepower beast, which you most often only see or hear about on TV. We run them

just to make some noise and remind people of how the sport used to be – take them on a nostalgia trip,” Schewe says.

“Dirty Edna” is powered by a 500 Hemi with all the bells and whistles normally used by the pros. The only real dif-ference is the dragster is not ‘race ready’ by the terms of NHRA”, says Schewe. “Their cars require the big bucks and crews to keep up with all the standards needed to be part of their association and safety technology required to go over 320 miles per hour”.

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Dennis Kasper had a ’33 Roadster that Lyons wanted to buy and fi nish, but he could

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had been into street rods for years, but had just fi nished restoring a Mustang and wanted to get out of street rods, so many parts were given to Lyons.

It had a partially-boxed Ford frame which had been tubbed and had a Ford nine-inch rear-end with coilover shocks, a 351 Windsor with C6 tranny and Mustang II front end within small disc brakes. Wiring harness, gauges, and a new Wise Guy Seat and three grilles were provided – an Alumicraft custom grille was installed, also a ’39 grill from Bob Drake, and a ’39-’40 three-piece grille cast in pewter that needed to be chromed.

Lyons looked at the assembly of pieces and the primered body and sold everything except the frame, rear-end, front suspension, Wiseguy seat and the body. Starting with a relatively clean slate, or at least a primered slate, he started to look for the correct pieces. Flush with cash from the sale of the parts, Lyons went looking for the cor-rect parts to build a very cool ride.

He was lucky to fi nd a race-pre-pared 302 mill with fuel injection, blower and a OAD transmission for a great price. The block was about the only Ford part and all the rest of the engine was the best performance/race parts available. The coilovers were gone, replaced with Shockwave by Air-

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The body was getting its share of work, and this particular Westcott body had been originally purchased by an enthusiast who bought all the fi rst pressings of the Wescott factory. It was a custom body, having been channeled three inches and the hood sectioned

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Lyons liked the look of the car, but liked running boards better, so he bought some steel ones from the Old Car Centre. Of course, the running boards did not fi t, as the body was lowered over the frame during the

channeling process. Lyons fabricated special brackets to attach the running boards to the frame and Ron Latham, with his fi berglass skills, took the fenders and fi xed the fi berglass to fi t the running boards.

Being a local dealer for American Autowire, he used a Highway 22 kit with keyless entry, shaved handles, power windows and power-actuated trunk, and he customized the dash with TP1-Tech instruments gauges. He choose a Budnik Banjo Billet steering wheel that was wrapped in the same material as the seats.

The many months agonizing over the correct paint choice ended when Lyons and his wife were having a glass of Merlot wine. While lifting the glasses to toast, the sun shone through the glass and they both were hooked. Previously, they had explored two-tone and three-tone paints, and tans with a dark roof, but after conferring with their painter Johnny Guenther, he assured them the colour they wanted was Candy Brandy Wine.

Hence the car came to be called “Merlot”. Guenther had recently painted a car this colour and it was available from House of Kolor over ei-ther a black, gold, silver or white base. Again, the peanut gallery piped up with warnings that dark burgundies

had been done to death. Many hours pouring over websites full of street rods assured Jim his choice was solid and the car would look stunning with the black base.

The interior was left to the capable hands of Ron Fast, but not before more meddling from the “Gang”. Lyons wanted a burgundy interior and the naysayers cried foul and suggested every colour under the sun before a brown shade was chosen, but Lyons’ wife Elinore held her ground and the burgundy vinyl seems to please ev-eryone now and even fools many into thinking it is leather.

A fi ne Dark German Weave carpet accents the black Hartz cloth roof - another choice hard fought for, but fi nalized after seeing a Willy’s online that was a similar colour with a black roof. The roof latches are available from Wescott, but Lyons’ brother-in-law Doug Esau machined a perfect set of latches out of billet aluminum.

The car was fi nished in 2009, and has been driven to the L.A. Roadster Show and the interior of B.C. many times and has won several awards, but Lyons pondered the drivability of the high-performance 302. After driv-ing many of his customers’ cars after wiring them, he decided to go the a late-model 5.3 Litre LS engine.

A street rod named “Merlot”

JIM LYONS

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