![]() READ MORE: OUR VIEW: Cruise-In one of our great community gatheringsĭan said “they do one thing and they do it well,” adding the wait is part of the experience, and worth it.GOODTIME III and the Fryan Family have been and continue more than ever to being committed in providing a safe and enjoyable environment and experience for our passengers. ![]() “An enjoyable partner for a car person like me,” he said, smiling.Īfter COVID restrictions prevented In-N-Out Burger from coming across the border last year, the iconic American hamburger chain’s portable restaurant returned, and so did the the long lineups of patient burger lovers.ĭan and Deirdre Taylor from Willoughby arrived at 8:15 a.m., and by 11 they were nearing the front of the line.ĭeirdre explained they developed a taste for the fresh-tasting In-N-Out burgers during a visit to California. Rose, he added, is a car fan herself, one who ranks the Buick as her favourite ride. “We don’t have room for them all, and something must be sacrificed, and I begged the wife to keep me,” he laughed. “I definitely like the fact that it’s now in Aldergrove, because I live like three blocks from the car show,” he commented.Ĭhuck Dudek brought his 1956 Buick Special two-door hardtop, with a small sign suggesting it might be for sale.ĭudek, who moved from Nanaimo with his wife Rose to their new home between Langley and Fort Langley, explained the sale was being forced by a lack of space for vehicles. Wiesehahn has been a faithful Cruise-In participant since it started. “She brought it brand new, she didn’t like driving in rain or snow, so she just didn’t.” He explained it had one previous owner, a Saskatchewan woman who never took it out when there was salt on the road. It looked like it had just driven off a showroom floor. “The interior’s original, the paint’s original, the chrome’s original - it’s completely untouched.” ![]() “It’s never been painted,” Wiesehahn said. READ ALSO: Jimmy Shine will be back in-person at the Langley Good Times Cruise-InĪldergrove’s Menno Wiesehahn brought his never-restored, immaculate 1966 Acadian. Late in the day, the winner was announced - Trevor Williams from Nanaimo, who will be making the pick at next year’s Cruise-In. “You can tell how someone loves a car,” Fisher remarked. Sinclaire was looking for someone who “put their hearts and soul” into their creation, and so was Fisher. “The final decision falls on this man, here,” Shine said. Shine explained he can make suggestions about worthy candidates, but the pick was up to the previous winner, Sinclaire. Southern California custom car legend Jimmy Shine was back, looking for a winner of the coveted Shine Speed Shop Award of Excellence, with the previous year’s winner Sean ‘Hollywood’ Sinclaire, a former Langley resident who lives in Parksville, and Karl Fisher of Missions’ Make It Kustom shop. ‘It’s fantastic to see the crowds come out to support us,” Sestito said. But based on the sheer congestion, it may have been a record. It’s one for the records.”Įven harder is estimating crowd size when people can come and go anywhere along the route. We’ve cars parked on every little cranny you could find. “We’re crammed,” Sestito summed up for the Langley Advance Times. READ ALSO: Hundreds of cars take to streets of Langley night before Cruise-In 10 event.Ī slightly frazzled Riccardo Sestito, president of the Cruise-In said it was hard to provide an exact number, because in the scramble to accommodate so many vehicles, some didn’t didn’t formally register, but still made donations to the charitable fundraiser. (Dan Ferguson/Langley Advance Times)įans of the Langley Good Times Cruise-In filled Fraser Hwy between 264th Street and 272nd Street with an estimated 1,400 cool vehicles, and many times that number of visitors, who packed the street and several side roads and parking lots for the Saturday, Sept. Thousands filled Fraser Highway between 264th and 272nd Street in Aldergrove on Saturday for the Langley Good Times Cruise-In show, which drew an estimated 1,400 vehicles to the charitable fundraiser. Chuck Dudek brought his 1956 Buick Special two-door hardtop, with a small sign suggesting it might be for sale.
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