The 14th annual Spring Fling Show and Shine will be held at the Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum on Saturday, June 3.
Show spokesperson Rob Downton said he expects plenty of cars from all over to at end the show on the museum village streets.
Last year’s show drew 147 cars that registered.
Vehicles from before 1980 and special interest vehicles are invited to come. The first 100 cars will receive dash plaques.
This year’s event will again feature a trivia walk to encourage visitors to view the buildings and artifacts.
Persons interested in the trivia walk can pick up an information sheet when they pay admission.
The sheet highlights some of the places and things they can see, aside from cars at the show.
“We wanted them to look around and see stuff. Last year we didn’t get much response. But we’re trying again.’’
The show starts at 10 a.m.and winds up by 4 p.m..
Participants with vehicles and one other person in the car get in free. Everyone else pays regular admission.
Food concessions will be available as will a 50-50 draw.
Over the years the show has grown from a few cars.
He expects some museum members will show their cars. The rest of the 200 cars are in the museum buildings.
President Gord Ross said the museum is looking for another successful year.
Getting the grounds in shape for the opening last week was challenging.
“It was a little slow getting prepared for opening because of the weather,’’ he said. “The wet snow we had did damage.
“Our excellent volunteers showed up to get things done.
“We had storm damage from the storm in October. We had significant damage in the old shop. About a 30 x 16 foot section of the roof collapsed and had to be rebuilt.
“The old tractor shed suffered a lot of damage. A lot of it is going to have to be torn down and rebuilt.”
The museum “already had a full slate of projects.
“The Mortlach Hall needs work. The fascia on the front is rotted out. We thought we’d just paint the rest but it looks now like we might have to re-side it.”
Major projects include “getting the kitchen in the railway station done where the plaster is out so we can re-open it..”
“Right now they are moving the old wooden outhouse away for storage. What we’ll do is use porta potties for our major events along with the main bathroom.
“We can always use volunteers — carpenter skills, mechanical skills, any skills and we'll find them something to do.”
Ron Walter can be reached at [email protected]
