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Wednesday, July 19, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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for 30 years, and while look-
ing for parts for it in 1991
he came across another one
just like it in a field up in
Washington.
“I now have two ’67
Plymouths because the one I
bought for parts was too nice
to part out, so I rebuilt it for
my wife, Marie,” he added.
“That one is a pale yel-
low with a white and black
interior.”
For some folks it was a
stroll down memory lane,
and for others it was an excit-
ing adventure to behold these
unique autos of yesteryear.
For Jack Walsh of Sisters
it was all about the sentimen-
tal value that his 1935 red
Ford pickup held.
“My grandpa had this
pickup on his wheat ranch,
and I used to drive it around
the ranch when I was a teen-
ager, over 50 years ago,”
Walsh said.
His grandfather, John,
bought the truck in 1942 for
$250.
“It broke down one day
and sat out on the side of the
barn for many years. Then
in the late ’80s I went and
picked it up, drove it home
and fixed it up.”
DJ Chuck Boogie played
malt shop sounds of 1950s
and ’60s rock ‘n’ roll that
could be heard from the stage
in Fir Street Park.
Joan Spongeberg, one of
the directors of the Central
Oregon Chevy Club, paid
tribute to her husband, Ray,
who passed away in 2015,
by showcasing one of his
favorite vintage autos, a 1968
Chevy Camaro Rally Sport
Super Sport.
“He had such a passion
for classic cars,” Spongeberg
told The Nugget. “We were
married nearly 52 years.
It was 1992 when we both
picked up the Camaro in
Portland and it wasn’t in
good shape. But he restored
it and had it professionally
painted.”
Spongeberg has coor-
dinated the Flashback Car
Show in Bend for 25 years.
While classic cars are the
main attractions of a clas-
sic car show, judges play an
important role as well.
And judging coordinator
Mick Hunter of Sisters had
the help of 11 other experi-
enced people to judge over
20 categories/classes of clas-
sic cars.
“Two years ago, when
the Chamber (of Commerce)
turned the car show over to
SPRD, they asked me if I
would coordinate the judging
of the annual event,” Hunter
said. “I couldn’t turn the
Chamber down.”
Hunter had his own clas-
sic cars in the show over the
years and always helped park
the cars.
“I talk to people all year
long trying to recruit the
right persons for judging the
show fairly and accurately.
The judges that I’ve recruited
have been restoring classics
for 40 to 50 years like me.
Out of nine of us we have
510 years’ experience of
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Joan Spongeberg paid tribute to her late husband, Ray, by displaying one of his favorite vintage autos, a 1968
Chevy Camaro Rally Sport Super Sport.
working on cars!”
Rich and Marlayne Eliff
from Eatonville, Washington
showcased their ’57 Buick
Special Estate Wagon Street
Machine.
“We had the wagon
painted Estee Lauder Black
Cherry, my wife’s lipstick
color,” Eliff said.
“We had two other Buicks,
but I was looking for a really
special Buick. And I found
this car in a tire ad. It’s a rare
Buick, and we had it shipped
out from Connecticut. But
when I first got the car home,
my wife made me cover it
up because it was so ugly,”
Ellif added. “But I found
a shop in Canby that was
willing to take on the proj-
ect of restoring it. I found
all the pieces and all the
glass. “
It took 22 months to
restore it.
And right after 2 p.m. the
Eliff’s found out that their
rare ’57 Buick won Best of
Show and Best Paint at Glory
Days Car Show in Sisters.
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