There’s More Than Meets The Eye At The 2012 Grand Junction Car Show

There's no better place than beautiful downtown Grand Junction for a car show and every car looks great in the Main Street setting. But many times the story or history of the car is just a cool as the car itself.

This Jeep's For Haulin' Not Rock Crawlin'

This 1960 Jeep was originally used to haul horses and was purchased and restored by Don and Gretchen Haynes.  In addition to all the mechanical and body work, all the wood in the stake bed had to be custom cut, and planed to an exact fit. This jeep barely got finished in time for the show.  In fact, Don was still applying the wax when the show started.

Grand Junction Native

This 1950 Mercury Sports Sedan was purchased new by Karl and Lena Ingram from the Grand Junction Mercury dealer on 7th and Ute. Other than a trip to Texas and back, the car has never traveled outside western Colorado.  The car remained in the Ingram family until recently when it was purchased by Dan Perrin.  Dan has a connection to the Ingram family. He dated one of the original owners' granddaughters in high school.

Check Out The Plate On The '58

Look closely at the license plate on this 1958 Chevy and you'll notice that it matches the year the car was manufactured. There is one other unique feature of this license plate. According to local car enthusiast Rick Rodd, 1958 was the only year Colorado featured a skier on license plates.