SPRING MILLS — The youth group of Faith Alive Fellowship Church, located at 4394 Penns Valley Road near Spring Mills, hosted its second annual car, truck and motorcycle show Aug. 6.
Youth group leader and show organizer Autumn Fetterolf said this show is held as a community outreach project by the young people. The entire show is free of charge. No registration fees were charged for show entrants, and a pavilion on the church grounds held a supply of free food and beverages for entrants and spectators.
The youth group performed the duties of running the show, handling registration, parking, judging and awarding of trophies. About 60 vehicles, including muscle cars, antiques, pickup trucks and motorcycles, were entered in the show.
Kurt Sampsel, of Centre Hall, brought his 2010 Chevrolet Camaro coupe to the show. Sampsell said he bought the car in New Jersey. It features a 6.2 liter V-8 engine, making about 400 horsepower, and is a real eye-catcher with its inferno orange paint. Sampsel has earned several trophies with the Camaro, and a photo of it was featured on a calendar of muscle cars.
A.J. Myers, of Spring Mills, showed his blue 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger hardtop. Myers said that when he was 8 years old a friend of his grandfather owned the car, which Myers admired. The friend sold the car, and when Myers turned 21, he decided to try and locate a car like the Dart. He saw an Internet ad from a man in Mechanicsburg and responded to it. When the car’s owner sent him the car’s VIN number, Myers was shocked to discover that it was the very same car he had known as a child, and he bought it immediately. The Dart had changed owners three times in a 13-year period, and had been driven only about 5,000 miles during that time.
Myers was the youngest of three generations of his family showing cars at this show. His father, Mike Myers, and grandfather, Jeff Myers, also showed classic Chrysler cars.
Dustin Houtz showed a very unusual vehicle — a go-kart fitted with a 1941 Willys coupe body about a third the size of the real car. Powered by a lawnmower-type engine, the little Willys had a seat rising up from the back window, handlebars sticking out of the hood and foot pegs on the fenders. Houtz rode it around the show grounds to many cheers and chuckles from spectators.
The Faith Alive show also featured a display of model cars on a diorama mimicking a typical downtown car show in 1/25 scale.
