The second annual Dream Rides custom car show was held at the Parkland Mall Saturday. The second event in the Yorkton motorsports weekend, the show featured vintage vehicles, customs, pickups, motorcycles, drag racers, tractor pull competition machines, sleds, bio-diesel cars and a semi.
Dream Rides rep, Dylan Rosenmeyer, says the event replaced the former Yorkton Dairy Queen car show following the disastrous flood which temporarily closed the Dairy Queen.
The show featured over 60 vehicles this year, reports Rosenmeyer.
He believes Dream Rides will continue the show for some time as it has become bigger and better than the first one.
One eye-catching exhibit was a vintage 1958 Ford Edsel.
The debut of the 1958 Edsel in Ford dealership showrooms was greeted far from enthusiastically by car buffs of the period. Everything about the Edsel from the novel front end to the heavy looking tail section drew often vitriolic criticism of the car buying public.
There were those rare few who actually liked the looks and features of the car but they were few and, for the most part silent.
Over the years, perhaps its rarity, and perhaps because the design was a tad ahead of its time, the Edsel has seen a revival among vintage car buffs.
Ken Emberton of Ituna is one such Edsel admirer. Ken and his wife Verla brought a 1958 Edsel four door hardtop to the Dream Rides car show and set it up as if it was at the local drive in theatre.
Emberton, who has done a fair amount of work on the car, bought it after it was restored. He recalls admiring the Edsel as a young boy who couldn't afford one. He bought one recently when it came up for sale. "I just liked the styling of them," he says.
Mechanically Emberton took the motor out, resealed it, put new headers on it and installed a new radiator. He also installed a town and country radio that seeks stations on its own. New trunk mats, undercoat, new brakes and shocks competed the rebuild.
The couple attends show with the car, including three this year.
