Car Show - Dave’s Midwestern Ohio Memories

A Series of Guest Blogs by an out-of-state Fish Report reader originally from this area about fond memories of growing up in Midwestern Ohio during the 50’s & 60’s.

Car Show Brings Back Memories

A week before the annual Woodward Dream Cruise each August, a local Italian restaurant hosts a pre-Dream Cruise car show. The owner of the restaurant, Gino, is the father of one of my son’s best friends from high school, so we always go. The classics bring back memories and this year was no exception. For example, the above beautifully restored 1956 Ford pick-up truck was on display. While growing up, a neighbor had a similar red truck, but only in much rougher condition, more like the one shown below.

But in my minds eye, this idyllic photo is how I recall those days.

Dad’s truck was a yellow Dodge like the vehicle shown below. Even though I worked for Ford, he never upgraded to a Ford truck, primarily because my sister’s husband ran Dodge dealer & long time Fish Report sponsor, Gaier’s Garage in Ft. Loramie.

Ford is sponsoring the Woodward Dream Cruise and since this year is the 100th anniversary of the first Ford pick-up, I expect many restored pick-ups from those 100 years to be cruising the boulevard during that always fun weekend.

Gino’s car show also had a red ’62 Chevy pictured below like my second car documented in this previous blogpost.

Thanks, Gino, for a great cars show and for bringing back some wonderful memories.