2005 Pontiac Bonneville Sle Paint Color Chart
A airing forth the sidewalk, abaft the appearance cars that faced the patrons, during the 15th anniversary Pacific Car Appearance aftermost Saturday, June 24, appear that there is abundant added activity on with these adequate beef cars and roadsters than artlessly transportation.
Don Pfitzinger of Sunset Hills brought a 1930 Ford Speedster that he spent three years rebuilding and abacus a custom architecture aback end that he crafted out of architecture lath afore he began beating metal.
Painted with seven coats of bright covering aloft the Ford aimless green, the different agent admiring a connected army of gawkers and captured the Ridge Rodders Choice bays that included a clear cup abounding with money.
It was the alone budgetary accolade aural the 90 plaques and four ample trophies that were awarded by the console of judges. The Speedster additionally took aboriginal abode in the Special Interest Modified class.
When Shawn Schulz of O’Fallon, Ill., saw the cardinal of entries and the categories tagged for anticipation he did not apprehend his 1967 adequate VW Bug to win a prize. He could see that bodies admired the California-style acrylic job and surfboard on the roof carrier, but to his abruptness the car captured a runner-up applique in the Special Interest Modified class.
Mike Heitkamp of rural Pacific couldn’t affirmation that he did any apology on the 1934 Ford Cabriolet convertible he brought to the show. He begin the altogether adequate gem online, collection to Great Bend, Kan., to aces it up and bought it to drive.
“This aged man adequate it absolutely as it was in the aboriginal blush Cordoba Gray,” Heitkamp said. “It’s the absolute McCoy.”
In animosity of Henry Ford’s affirmation that auto owners could accept any blush as continued it was black, by 1934 the Ford blush blueprint showed 20 colors.
The choice auto affective a runner-up applique in the actual aboriginal class, Stock Cars to 1954.
During the car show, assemblage leaned central accessible doors, ailing beneath hoods and airish with photos abreast their admired entry.
Randy Alexander, who rode his Harley from Flint Hill to see the show, was a archetypal visitor. A fan of beef cars, he looked over every detail of a 1967 two-door cream-colored Dodge Charger with its different bottle fastback.
“You can see it’s been repainted, but it’s the aboriginal blush and a acceptable job,” Alexander said. “These babies were high-performance models. They had accepted 383 engines, but some had 440s or alike 426 Hemis.”
Some assemblage seemed to be aggressive with the bright cars like 1-year-old Cameron McNulty of St. Clair, who rode forth the artery on a blooming bike adventurer dressed in color-coordinated sunglasses and a Panama hat.
More than 600 cartage lined city streets during the 15th anniversary show. The Pacific Partnership and Ridge Rodders Car Club hosted the accident that was chaired by Adam Krauss.
“We knew it would be a banderole day back the acclimate cooperated and added than 100 cars had registered by 8:30 a.m.,” said Stephen Flannery III, Partnership president.
It is mostly a man’s world, but this year 17 changeable owners were amid the runners-up and first-place winners.
At a mild 80 degrees with a breeze able abundant that bell-ringer canopies had to be anchored, crowds formed amid appearance cartage in comfort.
A DJ played archetypal oldies as archetypal beef cars revved their engines as they fabricated their way to an abandoned aperture on the barrier band of St. Louis, Union and Aboriginal streets.
No official appraisal of the army was available, but it appeared commensurable to the almanac crowds of 10,000 to 12,000 of antecedent years.
Some 108 plaques and bristles ample trophies were handed out in 34 categories in the advised event. The first-place winners are as follows:
Stock to 1954 — Jason Brinson, 150 Chevy Bel Air.
Stock 1955 to 1963 — Doc Klestinske, 1961 Corvette.
Stock 1964 to 1972 — Ron Eads, 1970 Mercury Cougar.
Stock 1973 to 1991— Stan Stricker, 1984 Chevy Monte Carlo.
Stock 1992 to 2004 — Paul Berger, 2004 Ford Mustang.
Stock 2005 to present — Gene O’Halloran, 2006 Ford Mustang.
Stock Truck to 1966 — Michael Poteat, 1931 Chevy pickup.
Stock Truck 1967 to present — Chris Thomas, 1972 Chevy pickup.
T-Bucket All — Bob Adney, 1923 Ford T-Bucket.
Street Rod to 1934 — Bill Kamper, 1934 Ford 3-W coupe.
Street Rod 1935-1948 — Dale Straatmann, 1937 Chevy pickup.
Modified Car 1949 to 1954 — Jason Enghauser, 1954 Chevy.
Modified Car 1955 to 1963 — Gary Gross, 1957 Chevy Bel Air.
Modified Car 1964 to 1972 — Ed Kiebler, 1965 Chevy Chevelle SS.
Modified Car 1973 to 1991 — Jynell Platt, 1973 Chevy Nova.
Modified Car 1992 to 2004 — Terry Barr, 2002 Chevy Camaro.
Modified Car 2005 to present — Tom Vollmer, 2015 Dodge Hellcat.
Modified Truck to 1954 — Chuck and Delores Shepard, 1942 Chevy pickup.
Modified Truck 1955 to 1966 — Rick Hunter, 1964 Chevy El Camino.
Modified Truck 1967 to Present — Kyle Wissman, 1969 Ford F-100.
Stock Cars and Trucks All — Butch Gragg, 1973 Chevy Camaro.
Factory Beef Car 1964 to 1972 — Shawn Bauerle, 1970 Chevy Chevelle.
Factory Beef Car 1973 to 1991 — John Lieber, 1987 Chevy Camaro.
Ford Beef Car 1964-1972 — Evan Eberlin, 1967 Fairlane.
Ford Beef Car 1973 to 1991 — Don Allen, 1973 Mustang.
Factory Mopar 1964 to 1972 — Gene O’Halloran, 1970 Dodge Challenger.
Factory Mopar 1973 to 1991 — Travis Unnerstall, 1973 Dodge Challenger.
Factory Orphan Beef 1964 to 1972 — Gene O’Halloran, 1970 Plymouth Road Runner.
Military/Emergency All — Dave Jett, 2009 GMC Yukon.
Special Interest Modified — Don and Kathy Pfitzinger, 1930 Ford Speedster.
Rat Rod All — Glenn and Patty Hahn, 1949 Ford F-6 pickup.
Modified 4x4 All — Robert Fisher, 2014 Dodge Ram pickup.
Jeep Stock — Jacqueline Stanfield, 2015 Jeep Wrangler.
Jeep Modified — Robert Lacy, 1988 Jeep Ranger.
Tuners — Cody Evans, 20123 Ford Focus.
Sponsor’s Choice Appearance Me Autobody — David and Jeff Jones, 1959 Pontiac Bonneville.
Sponsor’s Choice Dave Sinclair — Donnie Delmain, 1970 Dodge Challenger.
Ridge Rodders Aces — Don Pfitzinger, 1930 Ford Speedster.
Best of Appearance Stock — Tom and Lori Bartolotta, 1970 Plymouth AAR.
Best of Appearance Modified — Bill Pieper, 1955 Chevrolet.
