CLASSIC CARS FILL UP STREET
Fair Street Reformed Church’s sixth annual Classic Car Show brings in dozens of vehicles
When Art Cross finished work on a replica 1914 Ford, he admired the vehicle. “I was just proud and started then looking to building something else,” said the 82-year-old retired Esopus highway superintendent.
Cross’ Ford was on display Saturday along with 70 other vehicles at the Fair Street Reformed Church’s sixth annual Classic Car Show.
Karl Olsson, who is a show organizer, said that attendees of the event are always astounded.
“They just can’t believe that these cars actually still exist,” Olsson said.
“They just can’t believe that these cars actually still exist.”
He provided a list of some of them: a 1968 Mercury; a 1966 Chevy El Camino; and a 1970 Pontiac GTO.
Olsson said that a 1976 AMC Gremlin on display was used in the 2017 movie “Crazy Famous.”
Most of the vehicles had their hoods flapped open and the windows down so that
visitors could peer inside.
Cross, who has built other vehicles, said that he started assembling vehicles, including an Oldsmobile, MG, and a 1895 chuck wagon, in 2003 when he retired.
His 1914 Ford has a modern-day twist: a remote control to open the hood and trunk.
Five years ago, it took him eight months to build the Ford.
Some of the vehicles, such as Steve Terwillger’s F-100
1966 red Ford pickup, hold a particular sentimental value.
“This truck was my dad’s truck and he bought it in 1967 and paid $1,700 for it,” said Terwillger.
Back in 1985, Terwillger’s dad gave him the truck. He has since restored it to look like it did way back when.
“Two years ago, I just got it all finished with the original color just the way it was when my dad brought it in the yard back when I was 11-years-old,” Terwillger said.