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“Car Crazy” draws large crowds to Amherstburg By Ron Giofu Amherstburg went “car crazy” again last Sunday and hundreds of cars and thousands of people turned out. The 19th Amherstburg’s Gone Car Crazy show was held in town with portions of Richmond St., Dalhousie St., Ramsay St., Murray St., Rankin St., North St. and all of Toddy Jones Park packed with vehicles and people. Scott Elliott, who heads up the volunteer organizing committee, believed it was a great show this year. The number of vehicles was in the same range as last year, maybe slightly down, but Elliott said that was likely due to wet weather early in the day. Rain usually scares off some classic car owners, who don’t like having their vehicles out in those conditions. Early estimates are 580-590 vehicles this year. “We had a lot of people from out-oftown,” said Elliott. Many stayed in town, he added, either with relatives or some other sort of accommodation. Elliott said one car owner drove down from Ottawa for the show with one of the award winners coming in from Kitchener. In addition to having people from around Ontario, Elliott said there was a strong showing of classic car owners from Michigan as well. Trade tensions between Canada and the U.S. didn’t stop anyone from coming over and Elliott said that was “good to see.” “It’s all political and not between car guys,” he said. The crowds that came out to view the cars were higher, Elliott said. “We had more pedestrian traffic than last year,” he said. “The streets were just
(Top) Mark DiMilo of Leamington won the “Paulie” Award for best in show for his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda. (Middle) Crowds head down Dalhousie St. during the show. (Right) Bob Moore shows his 2004 Corvette.
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packed. From past Murray St. to Toddy Jones Park, they were just jammed.” The car show benefits the community, he added. “It’s good for the town,” said Elliott. Amherstburg’s Gone Car Crazy had good support from the business community, and he said a goal of the show is to help them. “Hopefully it was good for the merchants,” said Elliott. “That’s what it’s designed for.” The car show has been growing over the years, he said, and the Amherstburg show is the biggest in Windsor-Essex County. The only one larger in the region is in Bothwell, but Elliott said the atmosphere in Amherstburg is great with the park, trees and along the streets. The Paulie Award for best in show, named for former town councillor and car show co-founder Paul Renaud, was won by Mark DiMilo from Leamington and his 1970 Plymouth Barracuda. DiMilo said it was the first show he entered with the vehicle, as restoration was completed just recently. He pointed out a lot of work went into the vehicle on both the interior and exterior and he’s owned the car for 20 years. “We literally just finished,” he said. Of winning the award, DiMilo was pleased. “It’s awesome. It’s nice to see our hard work paid off,” he said. “It’s been a very long process.” DiMilo added he attends the Amherstburg show regularly. “It’s always a beautiful turnout,” he said. “We always come every year.” Amherstburg resident Tim DeHetre attends the show annually but usually with different vehicles.
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