(Chelsea Update would like to thank Vickie Kaiser for the photos and information in this story.)
July 24 was a beautiful day for a car show in Chelsea, and the Chelsea Classic Cruisers hosted 328, maybe more, cars from all over Southeast Michigan.
There were cars from the 1920’s to the 1970’s, elegant cruisers to muscle to street/rat rods. This year, we even had a couple classic racing boats from the 50’s, a German beer truck (sorry, no beer) and a giant Military Vehicle.
The Chelsea Classic Cruisers is a group of 22 couples plus two individuals ranging in age from 59 to over 80 who own American made cars from a 1914 Baby Grand Chevy to a 1985 Corvette and Cadillac and many different things in between. Our members live in Ann Arbor Chelsea, Dexter, Grass Lake, Jackson, Manchester, Pinckney, Stockbridge and Ypsilanti.
The club has been doing a large car show in Chelsea for at least 20 years as well as Cruise Nights at Wendy’s in Chelsea on the first and third Tuesdays from June to September, and in addition, we enjoy traveling together to other car shows. If you have any questions about the club please contact club president, Vickie Kaiser at [email protected] or 734-649-1106.
The 2015 Trophy Winners were:
Mayor Jason Lindauer’s choice was a ’70 Challenger owned by Don Consiglio of Dexter.
Police Sargent Rich Kinsey’s choice was a ’71 Dodge Charger owned by The McDowell’s of Chelsea.
Merchant’s Choice, Mark and Cindy Lesser of Part’s Peddler was a ’34 Ford Tudor owned by Rick Kaczmarek of Whitmore Lake.
DPW Choice selected by John was a ’46 Ford Pick-up owned by Forest Owen from Horton.
The Chelsea Classic Cruisers Ladies’ Choice went to a ’38 Packard Super 8 Convertible owned by Bill Golling of Chelsea.
The Chelsea Classic Cruisers Men’s Choice went to a ’29 Ford A Coupe Rod owned by Justin Wright from Grass Lake.
