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16 • The Beacon July 28 , 2022

More than 100 vehicles enter fire department car show

By Marianne Austin
Forty-two businesses provided trophies to the car of their choice at the Three Rivers Fire Department annual car show on July 16 .
“ Thanks to the wonderful people here , we had 42 businesses donate trophies in Coshocton , from Main Street businesses to businesses in the county . This year we had Sponsor ’ s Choice trophy winners where the business donates a trophy and
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This was the 24th annual car show . “ We used to be at the fairgrounds , and we started doing it on Main Street . We have found it provides more area for us . It ’ s nice to get people downtown , and they can visit the local
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“ It ’ s been a great turnout . Last I checked , we had 110 entries vehicle-wise , and attendance-wise , we have had 500-600 people . It ’ s been quite a good day . It took a lot of hard-working people to make things happen today . Even with a little rain , it ’ s been fun .”
Tony Rochester has shown his bike , a 2015 Harley Davidson Breakout custom , quite a few times . “ I ’ ve lived in Coshocton most of
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Gibb Reese entered a Cadillac his brother had restored . The car came from Wisconsin .
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Tony Rochester with his son Brighton , nephew Chance and niece on his 2015 Harley Davidson . my life . We ’ ve done a lot of different car shows and bike shows ,” he said . “ We have a car we show sometimes . We ’ ve spent a lot of money on it . It ’ s a passion . As it grows , more money , more time , more effort . Then the little ones get into it .
“ I bought the bike four years ago and started doing custom on it — internal motor work and fancy things to make it look pretty . I have my son , my nephew and my niece with me today . The boys love it . They spent most of the day cleaning the bike before we came here .”
Doug Kenworthy from Byesville brought a 1923 Ford T-Bucket he bought as a kit . “ It is completely all brand new ,” he said . “ It took my dad and me about two years to build . This is our fourth show this year . We ’ ve been to some other shows down home . We got a trophy the last three times with it .”
Gibb Reese entered a Cadillac that originally belonged to his older brother Clifford , who passed away . “ Clifford bought the car in 1997 for $ 50,000 ,” Reese said . “ He had Cadillacs all his life , but he wanted a special one . The things he had added to the car increased the price $ 10,000 . The kids didn ’ t want it , but they knew their uncle Gibb was a classic car guy . It came from Wisconsin . This is maybe one of two times it ’ s seen rain . He never drove it in the rain or snow .”
Bud Mercer has owned his 1951 Chevy truck for

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