Jason Gabak
Special to The Citizen
AUBURN -- There is just something about the shine of chrome and the candy coated colors that adorn a classic car. With their rag tops, big racing wheels and powerful engines, these vehicles elicit smiles and curious questions by everyone that passes by them.
It was with this in mind that the Prison City Ramblers started its annual Father's Day car show 16 years ago. According to show chairman, Ed Pinckney, the club initially started in the 50s, by car enthusiasts looking for a way to get together and talk about cars. But over the years, for various reasons, the club slowly dissolved until 1991.
"That was when we revived our second charter," Pinckney said. "And that is when we started doing this show. It was behind the college then, and then about 10 years ago we moved up here (Emerson Park) and we have been going strong ever since."
The club, which has around 150 members, decided that the perfect way to really get up and running again would be with a Father's Day show.
"People love the cars," Pinckney said. "I think that is what really gets them out here. Over the years this has been great, the public really comes out and we welcome everyone. We thought this would be something nice and special to do for Father's Day, we thought it would be perfect with fathers and the cars and everything"
Pinckney estimated that for the past few years anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 people have attended the event annually, with people coming from all over the northeast
"I saw people from Delaware and Massachusetts coming in this year," Pinckney said. "I don't know if they were driving all this way just fro the show, but they are here. This year I've seen more and more people here then I ever have before."
More than 500 participants from all over the country drove their classic cars to Owasco Lake to participate in the show.
"There is something about the camaraderie of a show," Pinckney said. "You go to a show to show your own car, to compete, but also to look at other cars and look at the unique paint jobs and all the different personal touches that people have put into their cars."
Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Citizen.
AUBURN -- There is just something about the shine of chrome and the candy coated colors that adorn a classic car. With their rag tops, big racing wheels and powerful engines, these vehicles elicit smiles and curious questions by everyone that passes by them.
It was with this in mind that the Prison City Ramblers started its annual Father's Day car show 16 years ago. According to show chairman, Ed Pinckney, the club initially started in the 50s, by car enthusiasts looking for a way to get together and talk about cars. But over the years, for various reasons, the club slowly dissolved until 1991.
"That was when we revived our second charter," Pinckney said. "And that is when we started doing this show. It was behind the college then, and then about 10 years ago we moved up here (Emerson Park) and we have been going strong ever since."
The club, which has around 150 members, decided that the perfect way to really get up and running again would be with a Father's Day show.
"People love the cars," Pinckney said. "I think that is what really gets them out here. Over the years this has been great, the public really comes out and we welcome everyone. We thought this would be something nice and special to do for Father's Day, we thought it would be perfect with fathers and the cars and everything"
Pinckney estimated that for the past few years anywhere from 3,000 to 4,000 people have attended the event annually, with people coming from all over the northeast
"I saw people from Delaware and Massachusetts coming in this year," Pinckney said. "I don't know if they were driving all this way just fro the show, but they are here. This year I've seen more and more people here then I ever have before."
More than 500 participants from all over the country drove their classic cars to Owasco Lake to participate in the show.
"There is something about the camaraderie of a show," Pinckney said. "You go to a show to show your own car, to compete, but also to look at other cars and look at the unique paint jobs and all the different personal touches that people have put into their cars."
Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Citizen.
