JUNE 16, 2016 // 29
Start your engines for Muscle & Chrome
Patty Petersen
returns with 1964
‘Mompala’ car
By EVE MARX
SEASIDE — Saturday,
June 18 is the date for one
of Oregon’s premiere and
most anticipated car shows,
Seaside Muscle & Chrome,
to take place in downtown
Seaside. Five city blocks of
show quality vehicles from
1960 to 1978, plus factory
built vehicles from 1979 to
the present, will be on dis-
play. Muscle & Chrome is
produced and coordinated
by the Seaside Downtown
Development Association.
Patty Petersen is a
resident of Vancouver,
Washington. She is the
proud owner of a 1964 Im-
pala she calls “Mompala”
that’s trophied at Muscle
& Chrome for the last two
years. “Mompala” has also
had the honor of being
featured two years in a row
in Cruize Magazine.
“My mother bought the
car brand new in ’64 after
raising 13 kids. The car has
been kept safe and sound
in the family ever since we
lost Mom in ’99,” Petersen
said.
Petersen is a single
woman and takes care of
the car on her own. “I have
a mechanic, but this is a
flying solo project,” she
said. “I’m the youngest
of 13. My brothers didn’t
have an interest in showing
the car, but I did. Our mom
bought it in ’64 brand new;
she paid cash for it. It was
a pretty big thing for her to
come home with a brand
new car.”
Petersen said she grew
up in the car. “I’ve always
loved classic cars. I’m
a member of Beer Boys
Racing, a Vancouver-based
club. Our club has gotten
the Best Club Participation
trophy a few times at Mus-
cle & Chrome. I was very
close to my mom. The car
gives me a lot of comfort.
I’m a breast cancer survi-
vor and the car keeps me
grounded. Mompala is such
therapy for me. It’s a good
kind of nostalgia.”
Petersen said that when
she was a child the car
seemed small, “But now it
seems like such a big car!
The trunk is huge!”
Petersen said that when-
ever she brings the car to a
show lots of younger peo-
ple look at it and appreciate
its beauty, but the biggest
response comes from older
folks who like to stand
around and tell their own
classic Impala stories.
PHOTO BY JEFF TER HAR
Cars will line Broadway in Seaside for the Muscle & Chrome.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Patty Petersen will be coming to Seaside for Muscle & Chrome.
“I’ve had a lot of
bodywork done on the car.
I know the story behind
every ding and dent,”
Petersen said. “I haven’t
completed the interior
work. At shows, I build a
shrine to my mother inside
the car. My daughter made
a special blanket and I have
all these amazing pictures
of my mom with her Chevy
Impala. When I take Mom-
pala to shows, I spread that
blanket over the seat. It’s a
real conversation starter.”
Petersen said it’s not
always easy being a single
woman with a classic car.
“The car world tends to
be a man’s world, so it’s
nice when women can be
highlighted,” she said.
“It’s very empowering not
only to me but hopefully to
other women.”
For modern muscle car
fans, the Kepler Motors
Motion Supercar will be
on display at the Seaside
Civic and Convention
Center during the show on
June 18. The car features
a 550 horsepower 3.5 litre
Twin-Turbo engine, is
AWD, and can go from
0 to 60 mph in under 2.5
seconds.
Registration and check
in for Muscle & Chrome
begins Friday, June 17, at
1 p.m. at the convention
center and is open until 7
p.m.
Participants are invit-
ed to the Leisure Time
Campground for a compli-
mentary barbecue at 5 p.m.
The Cruise Highway 101
event starts at 6:30 p.m.
for registered vehicles. On
Saturday, registration and
check in begins at 6 a.m. at
the convention center and
is open until 11 a.m. The
Show and Shine event on
Broadway runs 7 a.m. to 6
p.m. and is open to regis-
tered vehicles only. The
City Center parking lot will
not be reserved for regis-
tered vehicles.
For information about
other events connected to
Muscle & Chrome includ-
ing the Treasure Hunt and
the Downtown Cruise as
well as the dinner and
awards ceremony, visit sea-
sidedowntown.com or call
503-738-7637 or contact
Keith Chandler at 503-440-
4040.
Originated in 2004 as
Muscle Beach Cruz by
the late Gary Diebolt, a
merchant and SDDA board
member, Muscle & Chrome
is officially sponsored by
Sunset Auto Parts, Ras-
cals, Holiday Inn Express,
Comfort Inn, River Inn at
Seaside, Shiloh Inn, Hi-
Tide Oceanfront Inn, The
Seashore Inn and Ebbtide.
Note that for 45 minutes
starting at 5 p.m., streets
will be closed to public
traffic for the Downtown
Cruise. Closed will be
Holladay via Broadway
to Turnaround north on
Columbia, right onto 1st
Avenue, right on to Holl-
aday and right going west
on Broadway.
Seaside Wheels and
Waves is the next classic
car event to take place in
Seaside Sept. 8 to 11. For
more information, call 503-
440-4040.
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