Mother Nature shines on Lyndon Car Show with record number of vehicles attending

LYNDON – Mother Nature met 137 vehicles in Richmond Park with a big old warm sunny smile Sunday.

Cars and trucks in a variety of makes, models and years cruised into the city park for the 33rd annual Lyndon Car Show.

“We broke our record today,” organizer Gerald Armstrong said. “Our record was 132 and today we had 137.”

Armstrong, who has organized the show for the past 20 years, said temperatures in the mid-70s and partly sunny skies helped make this year’s show a success.

“It was a perfect day for the show today,” Armstrong said. “We like using the park because it’s not so hot for the cars when they can park on the grass.”

Proceeds from the show go toward funding next year’s show, Armstrong said.

Vehicles ranged from one-cylinder wonders to full-blown muscle mammoths.

Vicky and Jim Cope brought their 1958 BMW Isetta 300 from Orion.

“We’ve had it 24, 25 years,” said Vicky, showing the multipage book that outlined the car’s complete restoration. “It has a one-cylinder engine, 13 horsepower and a top speed of 53 mph. It can get up to 65 miles per gallon.”

The teeny little blue gem was trailered to the Lyndon show, Vicky said.

“We would not want to be on the interstate with it,” she said.

John and Donna Morris of Lyndon didn’t have far to go to bring their 1954 Ford Skyliner to the show.

“We live over there,” Donna said, pointing across the street.

“About a block,” John said, laughing.

The couple traveled to Florida in a Skyliner for their honeymoon in 1956.

“That’s the kind of car we had when we were married and we took it to Florida for our honeymoon. When we saw this one, we had to have it,” Donna said.

Despite the short ride home, John took the hubcap off the front driver’s side wheel.

“I take it off because if I don’t, it falls off,” John said.

3D Sound served as the DJ for this year’s show with Susan Palmer and Sue Waszaki sharing the announcing.

“It was a beautiful day and we got done early so everyone could easily cruise back home,” Waszaki said.