6th annual car show planned by SCABA June 7

The South Chicago Avenue Business Alliance (SCABA) has announced that its 6th Annual Classic Car Show will be held on Sun., June 7, from 10am-4pm at the intersection of 48th St. and Chicago Ave. As in other years, the car show will feature a wide variety of classic cars and trucks from the 1940’s through the 1980’s – and even some cars older than that. Also, as in other years, there will be free admission to the car show! Everyone is invited to stop by and “stroll through the past” while dreaming about the cars from yesteryear.

Mike Kmiecik, president of SCABA, has affirmed that the Street Kings Car Club of Minneapolis-St. Paul will again co-host the car show, as it has done for the last few years.

“Last year’s car show was our best car show ever in terms of the number of cars that participated,” stated Kmiecik. “We had some cars displayed on Chicago Ave. for the first time, instead of just having cars on 48th St. on both sides of Chicago Ave. We like being able to spread out the car show if we can. Hopefully, this year we’ll be able to spread it out even more.”

Kmiecik mentioned that the car show was open to anyone who wanted to exhibit their classic cars or trucks. The car show will feature a “bounce house” for kids, as well as a D.J. who would be “spinning” classic ‘50’s-‘80’s tunes, plus a “beer garden” operated by Adrian’s Tavern.

Kmiecik also said that he expected the “paint car” to be available again this year for the kids to turn into a “work of art” – for free! Of course, all of that will be in addition to the great restaurants and other businesses around the 48th and Chicago area that will be open that day.

Kmiecik noted that there was a small registration fee for each vehicle registered in the show: $10 for pre-registered vehicles; $20 for day-of-show registrations. Anyone interested in entering the car show should check out SCABA’s website at “www.48chicago.org” for more information.