FAIR HAVEN - Tim Furber died in a motorcycle accident in 1981, but his dream car lives on.
Tim's 1972 Dodge Challenger sat in storage from when he bought it in 1979 until his brother Todd and his sister-in-law Deborah began reworking the muscle car in 2003. The Sodus residents kept the blue color Tim had picked, but just about everything else in the vehicle had to be replaced with parts gathered from car swap meets.
“It was my goal to refinish it,” Todd said. “He always wanted to have a car in Hot Rod magazine.”
“I don't know if he'll ever have it there but he hoped,” Deborah said with a laugh.
The Furbers' presence at the eighth annual Fair Haven Classic Car Show Saturday was a family affair, including their daughter and Todd's parents.
The 1972 Challenger was on the road in 2005 after an estimated 350 hours were put into restoring it. A detailed photo album Deborah put together shows every step of the way. Tim bought the Challenger because it was a sister car to the Plymouth Barracuda.
They're loving the Challenger as much as Tim might have. They've put 4,500 miles on the shimmering car in the last 2.5 years. “This isn't a garage queen,” Deborah said.
For John Hahn, of Baldwinsville, it was love at first sight for his 1937 Oldsmobile two-door sedan. “I just happened to see it and like it,” John said.
The vehicle initially was refurbished by a Montana man, but it has needed continued work, making it an expensive hobby, he said ruefully. But it's been his cruising vehicle with wife, Denise, for trips to Vermont and Pennsylvania.
Vehicles varied from all the decades at the show: a 1972 MG Midget, a 1963 Ford police car and a 1913 Chase truck. Organizers were pleased by the turnout of 83 car enthusiasts as well as the cars that the 32 members of the Bayside Cruisers car club in Fair Haven brought.
The Bayside Cruisers started in the 1990s, reviving a car club that was active in the 1950s and 1960s. “All the guys were going into the service and everything ... there were five or six that decided to bring it back and so far we've done pretty good,” said Robert Webster, the club's president.
The Freestyle three-man band favored car-themed covers: Ricky Nelson's “Last Kiss” and Travis Tritt's “Country Club.” “I drive an old Ford pick-up truck. I do my drink-in from a Dixie cup,” vocalist Dale Tracey sang.
All the money raised by the car show was donated to local charities. Two outside judges picked the 15 best of the show and awarded trophies donated by the club. Five trophies were sponsored specifically by club members in memory of Milton Baker, Bill Doud, Ralph Gordon, Max Reed and James Sherman and were given by the members' to their favorite cars in the shows.
“Because he had his” is the reason Joyce Scott jokes she got her 2000 Volkswagen Bug and changed pretty much everything in it. Her gray VW now has a purple interior and purple exterior detailing. Joyce, with a smile, says she can compete with younger competitors with foreign cars and “tuner” cars - stock vehicles with after-market modifications, the kind that starred in the Fast and Furious franchises.
Her Bug was parked side by side with Mike's red 1996 Chevy C1500 extended cab.
“They're just both unique,” Mike said. “There's nothing like this around here.”
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot.engel@lee.net
“It was my goal to refinish it,” Todd said. “He always wanted to have a car in Hot Rod magazine.”
“I don't know if he'll ever have it there but he hoped,” Deborah said with a laugh.
The Furbers' presence at the eighth annual Fair Haven Classic Car Show Saturday was a family affair, including their daughter and Todd's parents.
The 1972 Challenger was on the road in 2005 after an estimated 350 hours were put into restoring it. A detailed photo album Deborah put together shows every step of the way. Tim bought the Challenger because it was a sister car to the Plymouth Barracuda.
They're loving the Challenger as much as Tim might have. They've put 4,500 miles on the shimmering car in the last 2.5 years. “This isn't a garage queen,” Deborah said.
For John Hahn, of Baldwinsville, it was love at first sight for his 1937 Oldsmobile two-door sedan. “I just happened to see it and like it,” John said.
The vehicle initially was refurbished by a Montana man, but it has needed continued work, making it an expensive hobby, he said ruefully. But it's been his cruising vehicle with wife, Denise, for trips to Vermont and Pennsylvania.
Vehicles varied from all the decades at the show: a 1972 MG Midget, a 1963 Ford police car and a 1913 Chase truck. Organizers were pleased by the turnout of 83 car enthusiasts as well as the cars that the 32 members of the Bayside Cruisers car club in Fair Haven brought.
The Bayside Cruisers started in the 1990s, reviving a car club that was active in the 1950s and 1960s. “All the guys were going into the service and everything ... there were five or six that decided to bring it back and so far we've done pretty good,” said Robert Webster, the club's president.
The Freestyle three-man band favored car-themed covers: Ricky Nelson's “Last Kiss” and Travis Tritt's “Country Club.” “I drive an old Ford pick-up truck. I do my drink-in from a Dixie cup,” vocalist Dale Tracey sang.
All the money raised by the car show was donated to local charities. Two outside judges picked the 15 best of the show and awarded trophies donated by the club. Five trophies were sponsored specifically by club members in memory of Milton Baker, Bill Doud, Ralph Gordon, Max Reed and James Sherman and were given by the members' to their favorite cars in the shows.
“Because he had his” is the reason Joyce Scott jokes she got her 2000 Volkswagen Bug and changed pretty much everything in it. Her gray VW now has a purple interior and purple exterior detailing. Joyce, with a smile, says she can compete with younger competitors with foreign cars and “tuner” cars - stock vehicles with after-market modifications, the kind that starred in the Fast and Furious franchises.
Her Bug was parked side by side with Mike's red 1996 Chevy C1500 extended cab.
“They're just both unique,” Mike said. “There's nothing like this around here.”
Staff writer Amaris Elliott-Engel can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 282 or at amaris.elliot.engel@lee.net
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