Summit Racing Equipment Tallmadge, Ohio

Calling All Rodders,
Today, we rode over to Tallmadge, Ohio.   What is there you might say?  Summit Racing Equipment.

This store is like a giant candy store for my husband, LOL.  We pulled in and his eyes glazed over and the mental shopping began.  This was going to be a long shopping trip I could tell.  After roaming over the store, and grazing at the scratch and dent sale they were having this weekend, it was off to the ordering counter.  Friends of ours, and  I roamed the store in search of our own bargains.  Each of us filled our basket with things and headed off to the cashier.  It was there that I hear my husband say to the couple behind us, " Oh she won't be happy when we get to the counter and she finds out I spent about $550.00."  Little does he know that I expected he would spend more so I was happy, he controlled himself some LOL.  Good thing for him I love the cars as much as he does.  The car parts bill is usually not a problem at our house.  All in all it was a nice day, We continued on thru Amish Country to the Middlefield Cheese factory for some fresh curd and beef sticks and a nice ride home.  It was a good day!

Family Fun at Cruise the Bay in Erie PA

 Calling All Rodders,
Another fun filled evening was had at the Cruise the bay event in Erie, PA. I know, I have written about this event many times, but I thought you would like to see just how much fun we do have on Mondays! As we have said this event, is open to all call enthusiasts and the public. Each week they have a theme, and some fun party games to entertainment. Tonight Bonnell Hot Rod Shop was the sponsors. For fun Jack & Judy set up a hula hoop contest and bubble gum blowing contest.

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Two Local Car Shows on Sunday

Calling All Rodders,

Over the weekend we attended two local car events.  The first was in Waterford PA at the Gazebo Park.  This event is in it's 37th year, and put on by the Presque Isle Region A A C A Club. The park setting is a perfect back drop for the antique cars that line the park every June.  They do a nice Job.

The second show we attended was in Harborcreek, PA.  This was the fifth year for the Dave Layton Memorial Cruise In.  Held at the Harborcreek Municipal Building and again under the trees this is an excellent show put on by a few people.  They do a great job and grow bigger every year.  Great job  guys!

CruiseTown Erie Returns In 2012

Calling All Rodders,

It's that time of year again!  CruiseTown Erie has returned and by the look of the crowd that gathered here on Friday night, it is a well liked local event!  Rumor has it we had over 1000 cars parked up and down State Street in Erie, PA.  Coming from all over the tri-state area!  This event always draws a big crowd and has much to see and do in the downtown area.  George Lyons from Contemporary Motor Car is the sponsor of this event and has worked hard to ensure that we continue to have this event on an annual basis.  We have three dates scheduled for t his event this year 6-8, 7-27, 9-7.  The time is from 6pm to 10pm.  The weather was beautiful in Erie that evening.  Making the stroll up and down State street to check out all the local rides a pleasure.  Here for your enjoyment are a few pictures of the evening.  If you didn't make the first one make sure you make time to come to this Annual Erie, PA event I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

Vintage Pin Up Photo shoot fun!

Calling All Rodders,
Today's adventure brought us to the Sunset Drive In ,  in Waterford, PA.  Something I have always wanted to do is have Vintage pictures taken with the car.  So with my husbands birthday in mind I met up with local photographer, Penny Shaut.  You may have seen some of her work on my calling all rodders  fan page on facebook.  She is awesome and puts you right at ease... so we were off and running, playing with props and finding just the right shot.  Here are a few sample shots from today.  If you would like to have your own vintage shoot , contact Penny@ www.pennyshaut.com   She has just started to add this line to her portfolio's and is very eager to get you your own set of Vintage Pin-Up shots!   Live alittle have some fun

Welcome Back Cruise the Bay 2012

Welcome to season 2012

Tony from Tasty Twist
our new food vendor.

Calling All Rodders,

From Jack & Judy Miller a quick note:


After 7 years of faithful service to Cruise the Bay and all our cruisers, The Weenie Wagon has retired from the food business, we will miss them and their tasty treats.  Retiring also this year is our trophy maker extraordinaire, Jack's Dad John Miller of Pittsburgh, PA we will miss his unique and whimsical trophies.


Working with us once a month last year, we now welcome Tony Theil and Tasty Twist food trailer as our weekly food vendor.  Tony will be serving up all the traditional food vending fare- as well as Lake Erie Perch, French Fries, Italian Sausage and of course every ones favorite...Ice Cream! Please don't hesitate to make requests or offer suggestions to make the transition as smooth as possible for all of us.

Through the weekly 50/50 the T-shirt sale and of course the dollars raised at this years Snowflake Cruise In we hope to match or exceed our 2011 Make-A-Wish Donation of $3200.00.

We look forward to a safe, fun and hopefully dry cruise season!

Cruise the Bay

Area Cruisers Enjoy the Bayfront

Calling All Rodders,

Today was back to school days for me. My Nephew Ben Powers was presenting his class project and it was about cars! It was a nice afternoon and it is great to know that the love of cars is being passed down through the ages.

Ben Powers School Project

Parts Table

1969 Owned by Lance Proctor

1970 Owned by Colleen Surrena

1968 Owned by Rex Diemer

1979 Owned by Peter Shaffer

 We all lined up at the Fort Le Bouef Foot Ball field, Ben's Class came down to learn about the racing through the years of performance cars. Ben did an awesome job at explaining the changes through the years in motors and the reasons for some of these changes. He was well informed and capture his audience attention with his great demonstration. He had asked a few of us to display our cars for him as he did his presentation. The title of his report was , "Chevy racing through the years." Ben had arranged to have a 1979 Chevy Corvette owned by Peter Shaffer, a 1968 Dodge Coronet owned by Rex Diemer, ( The Mopar car was for comparison of different muscle cars through the years not only those made by Chevrolet) a 1969 Chevy Truck owned by Lance Proctor, and a 1970 Chevy Nova owned by Colleen Surrena. Ben also had on display various motor parts for demonstration.

The class seemed very interested in his demonstration. We even had a few passer bys stop in to see what was going on. Great job Ben ! Thanks for letting us be a part of your demonstration.