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DRIVING EVENT
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Sep / Oct 2017
Ray Steeble
was on! And what a parade it was!
The Great Car Show was a bene t charity for two organizations: The World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial and the Kansas City Auto Museum in Olathe, KS. These two groups partnered to produce a car show event that is prob- ably unrivaled in Kansas City history. The sight of more than 400 awesome cars of every style was something to be- hold; starting at 7: 30 AM, winding their way to the large green grass area just east of the long circular Liberty Memo- rial drive.
lowed for clubs to keep their cars near familiar faces while affording the other groups the ability to view and enjoy the widest range of awesome cars. Every kind of car was represented by these di- verse car clubs, with each having several that are usually only displayed in their own collector’s locations.
The north end of the show was reserved for the VIP cars. There were several pre- war vintage cars being shown along with various other early postwar vehicles. Our club was honored to display a silver 1965 Porsche 904 GTS, which was the
The Great Car Show
PSORSCHES ON DISPLAY
unday, July 30, dawned bright, Many car clubs had been invited along cloudless and cool. What a perfect with our own KCR PCA. Each one was day for a giant car show in the cen- given a good size area in which to park
ter of Kansas City! The Great Car Show their specialty cars for display. This al-