Car show enthusiasts undeterred by move
Boyd’s Father’s Day Car Show relocated to industrial area after threat of flooding forces it out of City Park
The DeLorean Motor Company wasn’t the only carmaker to flirt with gull-wing doors. In 1987, Toyota presented a concept car called the Sera. Fewer than 20,000 of the right-handdrive vehicles were made before production was discontinued in the mid-1990s.
For the past 12 years, one of the distinctive Seras has been owned by Carol and Roy Unger of Vernon, who brought the headturning auto to the Boyd’s Father’s Day Car Show.
“I’ve heard that they were marketed largely toward ladies because they’re easy to get in and out of,” Roy Unger said as he explained some of the Sera’s unique features — such as rearwindow speakers that pivot — to auto enthusiasts attending the popular car show in Kelowna.
A risk of flooding in City Park forced the show’s relocation this year to McCurdy Place, a strata development in the industrial area.
“We had great support from all our neighbours to put the show on here when we found out we couldn’t have it in City Park,” said Methal Abougoush.
“It’s a little different, having people sit in lawn chairs on the road and in parking lots instead of the nice grass in the park, but it’s still a great show,” Abougoush said.
Estimates were the show would draw about 400 exhibitors, down slightly from previous years, with about $15,000 raised for the Kelowna Professional Fire Fighters Children’s Burn Fund.
A convoy of three shuttle buses brought car fans over from the nearby McCurdy Plaza shopping centre.
“I think I’ve only missed one or two of the shows since they started having them,” said Tyler McKitrick, who was admiring the vintage vehicles, muscle cars and hotrods with son Jordan.
“The park’s nice, but the location doesn’t really matter so much,” McKitrick said. “The cars, that’s what it’s all about.”