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The week­end of the 18th brings out the fab­u­lous All British Field Meet in Van­cou­ver, B.C. in a gor­geous set­ting at Van­Dusen Botan­i­cal Gar­den hosted by Olde British Car Soci­ety.  READ MORE

Call­ing all hot rods! Call­ing all cars and fans.  The resched­uled Brack­et­star Sea­son Opener Car Show is com­ing your way this Sat­ur­day, May 18th at Pacific Race­ways!  (The orig­i­nal date was rained out due to cold wet weather.)

Open to all years, makes and mod­els. Reg­is­tra­tion is still only $15! The reg­is­tra­tion fee cov­ers car and dri­ver for the car show and drag race spec­ta­tor fee is included.  206–354-3152
 
 
 

The grand­daddy of Wash­ing­ton Swaps

held on May 18–19 is the

40th Annual Seat­tle Auto Swap Meet held in Mon­roe, WA.

Amer­i­can Reflec­tions 13th Annual Open Car Show
on the 19th at Moxee, WA

 
Also on May 18 — Billings (MT) Career Cen­ter Car Show; the Tillam­ook (OR) Cheese Fac­tory hosts Torch Run Show n Shine (503 842 8320).
 

The last week­end of May 24–26 is over­flow­ing wth events includ­ing Cam­rose (AB) Cruis­ers Show ‘n Shine, Cruise & 100 Footer; and on the 25th Car­quest Wasilla Show-N-Shine, Wasilla, AK ; ACE Car Show in Echo, OR (see Fea­ture Story); McMin­nville, OR’s 8th Annual Route 99W Car Show; Moses Lake (WA) Clas­sic Car Club Springfest Car Show

The last week­end of May 24–26 is over­flow­ing wth events includ­ing Cam­rose (AB) Cruis­ers Show ‘n Shine, Cruise & 100 Footer; and on the 25th Car­quest Wasilla Show-N-Shine, Wasilla, AK ; ACE Car Show in Echo, OR (see Fea­ture Story); McMin­nville, OR’s 8th Annual Route 99W Car Show; Moses Lake (WA) Clas­sic Car Club Springfest Car Show

Dou­ble days at May 25–26 include Brack­et­stars Surf N Shine Car Show at Ocean Shores,WA; Casper, WY’s  Cruizin’ With the Oldies Memo­r­ial Week­end; 21st Annual Show and Shine & Three-Day Tour in Kelowna, BC (250 769 6064); Seat­tle Rod-Tiques’ peren­nial favorite — the largest in Puget Sound is the Cruzin’ to Colby tak­ing up a grid of streets in down­town Everett, WA

Clos­ing out the week­end is Boule­vard Park Antique Car Show on May 26 in Belling­ham, but.…also on the 26th, don’t miss:

Step 1. Get Valve Cover. Step 2. Add Wheels. Step 3. Dec­o­rate It. Step 4. Race It!

A fun day for kids of all ages and those going around a sec­ond time is the LeMay Valve Cover Races at LeMay Fam­ily Col­lec­tion at Mary­moor Event Cen­ter on May 26.

These and all the car shows and events are shown in our MONTHLY, and for new shows, can­cel­la­tions and cor­rec­tions, check out UPDATES.

Com­ing up — the only auc­tion in May-June promises to be the most unique — the LeMay Fam­ily Col­lec­tion hosts the vin­tage truck auc­tion June 2. It includes shed­ding some ton­nage of Harold’s col­lec­tion plus many other trucks of all kinds at Lucky Car Auc­tions, imme­di­ately the day after the Amer­i­can Truck His­tor­i­cal Society’s National Meet in Yakima, WA.  Your pickup (or any truck — or col­lec­tor car) is wel­comed to sell, or plan to take one home as a dri­ver project PU. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Still need to do a lit­tle buy­ing — sell­ing — swap­ping or just plain people-watching?

Check out Swaps and our new list­ing of Cruise-Ins.

PREVIEWS

Truck enthu­si­asts: Mark your cal­en­dars for these unique events:

The Amer­i­can Truck His­tor­i­cal Society’s Antique Truck Show and National Con­ven­tion will be hosted by the Yakima ATHS Chap­ter May 30-June 1. Details at ATHS.

On Sun­day, June 2, LeMay Fam­ily Col­lec­tion at Mary­mount will host the Lucky Car Auc­tion with the first ever antique truck auc­tion.  Truck own­ers will be com­ing from all over the US.

Since Harold LeMay was famous for his love of trucks, in addi­tion to the cars, this is a nat­ural fit and will be a great oppor­tu­nity to see not only the LeMay trucks, but many more. Details of the auc­tion avail­able soon at Lucky Car Auc­tions.

Vin­tage Two Wheel­ers at LeMay Mary­mount in June.

Vin­tage Motor­cy­cle Enthu­si­asts will be pre­sent­ing the  Inau­gural “Mary­mount Motor­cy­cle Show” on June 10–16 (last day of show  is Father’s Day).  Over 200 vin­tage motor­cy­cles to be  dis­played for the dura­tion of the show with a road run and show ‘n’ shine on Sat­ur­day. More infor­ma­tion coming.

Mark your cal­en­dar for these major dates in 2013:

May 18–19 – Mon­roe, WA; 40^th Annual Seat­tle Auto Swap Meet

May 18 — Van­cou­ver, B.C. — All British Car Show

Jun 1 – Tacoma, WA; LeMay America’s Car Museum Annual Gala

Jun 2 — Tacoma, WA; Lucky Truck Auc­tion — LeMay Marymount

Jul 5–7 – Kent, WA; 25^th Annual PNW His­torics Vin­tage Car Races

Jul 12–14 – Boise, ID; North­west Motorfest

Jul 26–28 – Puyallup, WA; Goodguys 26^th PNW Nationals

Aug 9–10 – Puyallup, WA; 500 Corvettes Car Show – new show

Aug 16–18 – Spokane, WA; Goodguys 12^th Great NW Nationals

Aug 31 – Tacoma, WA; 36^th Annual  LeMay Fam­ily Car Show

Sep 7–8 – Van­cou­ver, BC;  Lux­ury + Super­car Weekend 2013

You can now order the 2013 NW Car Events Cal­en­dar with your credit card right here (1 to 10 copies). Car Clubs save money! Down­load your club dis­count order form 

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