8th Annual Muskegon’s Labor Day Cars For Cancer

When: September 2nd & 3rd 2012

Where: Mercy Health Partners Lakes Campus

Presented By: Different Strokes Car Club

Mercy Health Partners – Lakes Campus

37 Classes 3 trophies per class
Best Of Show – Young Guns – Peoples Choice
Dash Plaques to first 400 registered
Vendors – Door Prizes – Grocery Giveaway
Engine Blow – Valve Cover Racing

Kickoff Party -September 2nd, 2012
Entertainment Tent 5pm – 11pm
Registration 5pm – 8pm
Live Music
beverage Tent
Car Cruise at 6:30pm
Labor Day Cars For Cancer – September 3rd, 2012
Registration 7am – 11am
Participant Voting from 11am – 1pm (Monday only)
Breakfast and Lunch prepared by the Knights Of Columbus #13035
Pancake Breakfast 7:30am – 10am
Hot Dog and Hamburger Lunch 11am – 2pm

All proceeds go to: Johnson Family Center For Cancer Care – Mercy Health Partners
In 2011 $13, 387.00 was donated
Over $70,000 total in the first seven years
Registration:
pre-registration : $10 (to guarantee a dash plaque)
$18 with a shirt
Due before – August 24th
Registration Day Of The Show – $10
Registration Will Be Good For Both Sunday and Monday

Download the official show flyer HERE

Located At the Mercy Health Partners Lakes Campus
Just Off US-31 Between Muskegon and Grand Haven
For More Info Or Questions email – tradrod51@aol.com

The nonprofit Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, Mich., has launched a bold, new Web site at wpchryslermuseum.org. The site features significantly improved navigation, beginning with home page tabs and links from which all Museum programs, exhibitions and events, as well as Chrysler’s rich heritage, are directly accessible.

Within a few easy clicks, cyber-visitors can make tax-deductible donations, become members and volunteers, arrange corporate and private meetings and events, schedule school and group tours and purchase gift shop collectibles. The site also offers quick access to Museum contacts; hours, admission, location and other operational details and a two-for-one discount admission coupon.

The new site also features:

An online community through which users can:

• establish a password-protected home page to share interests and contact preferences to receive future e-newsletters from the Museum;
  access personal giving history; and participate in exclusive polls and surveys.
• Museum members can additionally send eCards to family and friends via the online community.

Much easier access and online transaction capabilities for programs that support the nonprofit Museum’s collections and operations, including:

• A multi-level membership program
• Adopt-a-Vehicle and Brick Legacy commemorative programs; andtax-deductible donations – monetary, as well as vehicles and artifacts.Easier to navigate overviews of the Museum’s K – 12 education and K – 8 Summer Fun Day programs.
• Enhanced imagery throughout the site, including a home page slide show directly linking to facility rental, group tour, membership and other content.
• User-friendly access to Chrysler history highlights searchable by both decade and brand.
• Easier access to Chrysler Historical Services through which enthusiasts can request owner and service manuals, photographs, production numbers and build records for heritage vehicles.

The site also highlights:

• local and national car clubs
• pre-packaged group tour itineraries
• complementary attractions near the Museum, including several offering discounts to individuals and families
• a direct link to the Museum’s Facebook fan page and a news release archive.

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is open for self-guided tours 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tues. – Sat. and noon – 5 p.m. Sun. The Museum is closed every Monday, Easter Sunday, July 4, Thanksgiving and Dec. 24, 25 and 31.

Admission is $8 for adults, $7 for seniors (62 and older) and $4 for six – 12 year olds. Members and children five and under are admitted free. A discount rate of $4 per person is available for groups of 15 or larger.

Museum admission includes access to Kids’ Corner, an area for pre-school – elementary school-age children stocked with automotive-inspired puzzles, games, projects, books and coloring activities.

The Museum is located on the Chrysler Group LLC complex in Auburn Hills, at exit 78 (Chrysler Dr.) off I-75.

The Walter P. Chrysler Museum is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public charity and donations are tax-deductible.

Michigan weather and a lack of volunteers have forced organizers of the Pottsville Cruise to scale things back to a one-day-only event according to Stephen Pytak of the Republican Herald. Donations to the Pottsville Lions Charities dropped considerably in 2011.

The 19th annual Great Pottsville Cruise, organized by the Pottsville Lions Club, will be held Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, with a rain date of Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012. The new Great Pottsville Cruise will focus on downtown Pottsville and the staging area will be Centre Street from Laurel Boulevard to Mahantongo Street.

The Bloomsburg annual Rod and Custom Cruise-In, usually held the same weekend, will not be held in 2012.

For more details about the Pottsville Cruise – visit them online

Click HERE to see the full article on the Republican Herald

Second Mopar® ‘Top Eliminator’ of 2011 to be Named at Carlisle Chrysler Nationals

• Second of three 2011 Mopar® ‘Top Eliminator’ winners to be named at Carlisle
• Mopar Direct Connection display center will also be on hand with Mopar exhibits and fan activities
• Carlisle will also feature Chrysler Group LLC vehicle test-drive area

July 5, 2011 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – The second of three Mopar® “Top Eliminator” winners of 2011 will be named during the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals in Carlisle, Pa. on Sunday, July 10 and honored during the awards celebration which wraps up the annual three-day event.

The Mopar “Top Eliminator” program challenges the “best of the best” to produce accessorized Chrysler, Dodge and Plymouth vehicles. A panel of Mopar representatives will select the “Top Eliminator” winner, with each recipient’s vehicle to be showcased in the Mopar display at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas, Nov. 1–4, 2011.

“The Carlisle Chrysler Nationals features one of the largest show fields of Mopars anywhere in the world,” said Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, Chrysler Group LLC’s service, parts and customer-care brand. “With thousands of amazing Mopar vehicles on display, there is no better venue to choose our second 2011 Mopar ‘Top Eliminator’ winner than at Carlisle.”

Scott Buck of East Greeneville, Pa., was named the Mopar “Top Eliminator” winner at the 2010 Carlisle Chrysler Nationals for his 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee. Buck spent several years on the restoration, which included a number of Mopar parts, including a Mopar Performance camshaft, valve covers and intake manifold.

Martin Wimberly of Odin, Ill. and his 1971 Plymouth HEMI® ’Cuda convertible were chosen as the first Mopar “Top Eliminator” winner of 2011 on June 5, during the 27th Annual Mopars in The Park at the Dakota County Fairgrounds in Farmington, Minn. The final of the three Mopar “Top Eliminator” winners of 2011 will be chosen during the Woodward Dream Cruise in Royal Oak, Mich., on Saturday, August 20.

The Mopar Direct Connection display center will be on hand for all three days of the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals, with Mopar parts and show vehicles on exhibit, and fun activities and contests available for attendees to take part in. A test-drive area will also be on tap at Carlisle for Mopar enthusiasts to take the wheel of brand-new Chrysler Group LLC vehicles. Famed Mopar-powered drag racing legends, the Ramchargers, will take part in autograph sessions on Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 at 11 a.m. at the Mopar display. The Mopar brand will also feature its Rolling Speedshop gear trailer, with Mopar apparel and other items available for purchase.

Mopar Performance

When theft turns into opportunity.

To celebrate Woodward, the Woodward Avenue Action Association (WA3) came up with a great looking sign to mount all along the famous stretch of road otherwise known as M1.

Once the 50 signs went up this past spring, two were stolen from Royal Oak and two from Pontiac.  The 48″ x 24″ signs costs about $400 each and were funded by the Federal Highway Administration.  How was this turned into opportunity?  To help curb future thefts, the WA3 has come up with replica signs, a smaller and lighter version, available for between $100 and $200 each.  See the official press release here.

Interested in purchasing a sign?  Contact Lori Ella Miller at the WA3 at 248-288-2004 or loriella@woodwardavenue.org

Learn more about the WA3

Photo credit: Judy Davids - Royal Oak Patch

MotorCities National Heritage Area Raffle

“Drive your luck with $10 bucks” and accelerate telling our story!

A community wide raffle program sponsored by MotorCities National Heritage Area in partnership with our museums, sites, educational programs, and events dedicated to the revitalization of our region through the interpretation of our auto and labor heritage.

1st Prize: $20,000

2nd-5th Prize: $1,000

Ticket drawing will be held on October 8, 2011 at 6:00pm at the Automotive Hall of Fame (21400 Oakwood Blvd. Dearborn, MI 48124). Winners do not need to be present.

To order online or for more information, visit motorcities.org

Motorcities.org

SONIC Drive-In classic car shows

When: Every Monday from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Where: SONIC Drive In – Sterling Heights, MI. 36888 Van Dyke & 16 Mile (Metro Parkway)

Starting Monday, May 9th, these cruise nights will be held every Monday evening through the summer. There will be a 50/50 raffle.

For more information, contact SONIC at (586) 264-8700

SONIC car shows

Our friends at Backyard Wrench Heads will take you inside the home-based garages where some of the coolest classics, muscle cars and hot rods are being built and restored. You will meet the very unique and talented local wrenchHEADS who spend countless hours creating these awesome machines and see the true reality of the car hobby.

The BWH crew as just released four new feature videos from the 2011 Detroit Autorama at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.

Feel free to watch the videos in full HD on YouTube as well…just select 720 or 1080p in  your browser.

To see the new videos, visit www.backyardwrenchheads.tv

Come back tomorrow to see a FIFTH video!

www.backyardwrenchheads.tv

Our friends at BackyardWrenchHeads.com are back with more teaser videos. This third installment takes you deeper into the show setup. While we anxiously await their video coverage of the Autorama, we can enjoy the teaser videos they released this week.

Be sure to click the HD version of the video below for the BEST effect.

Our friends at BackyardWrenchHeads.com are back with more teaser videos. This gives you an idea what goes on behind the scenes to setup for a show like the Detroit Autorama. While we anxiously await their video coverage of the Autorama, we can enjoy the teaser videos they released this week.

Be sure to click the HD version of the video below for the BEST effect.